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Grants for Washington artists responding to the Black Lives Matter movement made available

Washington artists will have the opportunity to share their creative visions in response to the Black Lives Matter movement with help from a new grant program established by Jordan Schnitzer in partnership with Washington State University’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.

The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Program will distribute $2,500 grants to 20 artists across the state of Washington who will be asked to use their voices, experiences, and artistic expression to reflect on social justice efforts in response to systemic racism.

A panel is being formed to review the artist submissions which will include: Ryan Hardesty, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU; Io Palmer, associate professor , Department of Fine Arts WSU; Lisa Guerrero, professor, School of Lanuages, Cultures, and Race WSU; Trymaine Gaither, Honors College WSU; and Mikayla Makle, Black Student Union WSU. Grantees will be notified by Oct. 31.

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New WSU book explores Hanford legacies, Manhattan Project

A new book published by WSU Press includes essays about the complex legacies of the Manhattan Project, including work at the Hanford nuclear reservation.

The new book, “Legacies of the Manhattan Project: Reflections on 75 Years of a Nuclear World” covers topics such as newspaper censorship, activism, nuclear testing, environmental cleanup and atomic kitsch.

Michael Mays
Mays

It was edited by Michael Mays, director of the Hanford History Project at WSU Tri-Cities and CAS faculty member.

“The compositions delve deep into familiar matters, but also illuminate historical crevices left unexplored by earlier generations of scholars,” according to WSU Press.

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How tadpoles provide insight into pandemics

A virus affecting wood frog tadpoles throughout the eastern United States is offering scientists a rare opportunity to investigate the role of environmental factors in the spread of infectious disease.

Erica Crespi.
Crespi
Jesse Brunner
Brunner

The study of interactions among agent, host, and environment is best done with a collaborative approach incorporating a range of expertise. Jesse Brunner, a disease ecologist, and Erica Crespi, a physiologist, both in the School of Biological Sciences at Washington State University, have studied Ranavirus and its effects on individual tadpoles. Brunner specializes in the relationship between Ranavirus and its host, while Crespi is an expert on tadpole health.

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Dr. Universe: Does science get harder every year, or is that just me?

As a new and unusual school year gets underway, the WSU Insider figured it would be an ideal time to feature a question from the Ask Dr. Universe archives that is likely on the minds of both Washington State University students and faculty.

Andy Cavagnetto
Cavagnetto

Andy Cavagnetto, an associate professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning and the School of Biological Sciences, sat down with the fictional feline Dr. Universe to discuss an eighth graders’ question about why the things we learn at school get more complicated each year.

But nevertheless, while it is not always easy to do, Cavagnetto said we all have built up knowledge we can use to address the unique problems of today. By taking advantage of what other people have learned, or what you already know, you’ll be able to learn more and understand more of the world around you.

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Fear of Missing Out impacts people of all ages

Social media addicted teenagers are not the only people who experience the Fear of Missing Out also known as FoMO.

Chris Barry.
Barry

“FoMO is not an adolescent or young adult problem, necessarily. It’s really about individual differences, irrespective of age,” said Chris Barry, a WSU psychology professor and the lead author on the study.“We expected FoMO to be higher in younger age groups, particularly because of the tremendous amount of social development happening at those times, but that’s not what we found.”

“We’re not all equally prone to the Fear of Missing Out, but for those who are, social media can exacerbate it,” said Barry. “Social media allows you to witness what other people are doing and what’s going on in their lives. If there’s already concern about missing out, then there will be distress at seeing that on social media.”

For people experiencing this kind of distress, Barry suggested that it may be good to reduce social media use or cut it off altogether for a period of time.

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