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CNBC: Election officials ban certain public workers from trading on prediction markets ahead of midterms

Thessalia Merivaki, professor of government and director of the Foley Institute, was quoted in an CNBC article about election officials banning certain public workers from trading on prediction markets ahead of midterm elections. 

In the media.

Forsythe selected as CAS director of student success 

The College of Arts and Sciences has selected Katie Forsythe as the new director of student success, strengthening a college-wide effort to ensure students graduate prepared for their first job and for careers that will continue to evolve throughout their lives.

Portrait of Katie Forsythe standing on the Washington State University campus.

Wogmans donate $3M for instructional chemistry laboratories

The effort to modernize Washington State University’s scientific learning spaces has received a boost, as Ned and Nancy Wogman pledged $3 million to outfit three instructional chemistry laboratories in the planned Integrated Sciences Building on the Pullman campus.

Conceptual rendering of new Integrated Sciences Building at WSU.

WSU musicians help silent films find a new voice

When the lights dim at Moscow’s Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre on Sept. 2, 13 musicians from the Washington Idaho Symphony will have one chance to synchronize more than an hour of newly composed music with a century-old film that will not stop for mistakes.

Musicians perform in a small pit in front of a silent movie.

Holly Miowak Guise Headlines 2026 Pettyjohn Memorial History Lecture

The Washington State University Department of History and WSU Librariesare pleased to welcome Holly Miowak Guise (Iñupiaq) as the speaker for the 2026 Sherman and Mabel Smith Pettyjohn Memorial History Lecture.

Holly Miowak Guise.