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Denver museum calls on children of the Colville Confederated Tribes to curate Clyfford Still exhibit

Michael Holloman, professor of art at WSU Pullman, was featured and interviewed in this article from the Spokesman-Review about the recent exhibition “Tell Clyfford I Said ‘Hi’: An Exhibition Curated by the Children of the Colville Confederated Tribes” at the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, Colorado.

In the media.

Port Townsend Writers Conference invites WSU Campus Civic Poet to attend

Hope Dela Cruz, Washington State University’s Campus Civic Poet for the 2025–26 academic year, will attend the Port Townsend Writers Conference this summer thanks to a new fellowship supported by the nonprofit arts organization Centrum.

An aerial view of the town of Port Townsend.

How a deadly fungus could decimate North America’s salamanders

WSU-Vancouver PhD candidate Ryan Wagner authored an article in National Geographic featuring research on how North American salamanders may be highly vulnerable to the fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, or Bsal for short.

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Ancient brines helped build Idaho’s Silver Valley and the Idaho Cobalt belt

Idaho’s Silver Valley has produced about 1.2 billion ounces of silver since the late 1800s, enough to cast a solid cube roughly as tall as a five-story building, along with huge amounts of lead and zinc.

A composite featuring Isabelle Rein and Johannes Hämmerli examining rocks and a scenic view of Idaho’s Silver Valley.

Ion chemistry research earns NSF funding

A recently awarded grant from the National Science Foundation is supporting Washington State University chemistry researchers as they design, fabricate, and assemble a new class of analytical instrumentation.

Closeup of a circuit board printed by the Clowers Laboratory.

CAS research funded by President’s Big Ideas Initiative

Ten Washington State University research projects were awarded funding from the President’s Big Ideas Initiative, and two of those efforts come from professors affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences.

Washington State University logo.

Zoology Club welcomes Erica Rosenblum for the 2026 Jonas Lecture

The School of Biological Sciences and the College of Arts and Sciences are proud to welcome Erica Rosenblum of the University of California, Berkeley to Pullman for the 2026 Robert Jonas Lecture and School of Biological Sciences seminar.

Erica Rosenblum

First-of-its-kind, $1M gift strengthens student support in College of Arts and Sciences

An anonymous donor has made a $1 million gift of private equity stock, the first of its kind to support Washington State University’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), creating the Power of Arts and Sciences Endowed Fund — a flexible fund that will expand student access and support services in years to come.

Three undergraduate students working on experiments in a chemistry lab.