Manuscript explores Chile underground
WSU history professor Andra Chastain’s circuitous path to her career studying and teaching Latin American history took her from high school Spanish classes to visiting an exchange student in Chile, and from earning a degree in English at Reed College to graduate studies at Yale.
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Shaping Conversations: CAS in the Media
Conservationists release hundreds of endangered frogs into wildlife refuge
Erica Crespi, WSU biology professor, is participating in research to boost the endangered northern leopard frog population in The Spokesman-Review.
Sociology grad student wins AKD paper competition
Whitney Shervey, doctoral student at WSU, received the top prize for her research on the restaurant industry gender wage gap.
Could climate change cause more lightning — and spark more wildfires?
Dimitri Kalashnikov (’24 PhD, environment) on the conditions that prompt dry lightning on CBC News and The Weather Network.
Trump campaign aired more TV ads than Harris everywhere except for these 8 media markets
Travis Ridout, political scientist at WSU and co-director of Wesleyan Media Project, on differences in spending and placement between the two campaigns in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Lesser-known cannabinoid found to reduce anxiety without intoxicating side-effects
Carrie Cuttler, associate professor in the Department of Psychology, on the first human clinical trial on cannabigerol (CBG) in The Lewiston Tribune.
Extreme heat is making our mental health worse
Kim Meidenbauer, a social, cognitive and environmental neuroscientist at WSU, talks about the impact of high temperatures on cognitive functioning in The Korea Herald.
Scientist releases ‘distressing’ map showing cities at risk of summer heat
Deepti Singh, founder of the Climate Extreme Labs at WSU Vancouver, on our new complicated relationship with summertime and extreme heat events on TCD: The Cool Down.
Squads of Seattle volunteers travel to swing states to stump for Democrats
Travis Ridout, professor of government and public policy at WSU, on the resurgence of political canvassing in The Seattle Times.
Over 100 shooting stars per hour expected from Perseid meteor shower
WSU astronomer Guy Worthy explains one of the most spectacular and consistent meteor showers in the northern hemisphere for NewsNine (India).