Number of female DUIs soaring across the country, statistics show
“They may be getting caught more often now for behavior they’ve always had,” Schwartz told the Tribune.
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Matteson honored with American Chemical Society Cope Award
Young ‘mad scientist’ to honored chemist
As a youngster, Don Matteson was known among his friends as a bit of a mad scientist. Encouraged by his high-school-biology-teaching father, Matteson cooked up lead alloys, brewed gooey rubber and distilled alcohol from home-canned jars of plums gone bad.
Years later, as a chemistry professor at WSU supervising his first graduate student, he was intrigued by an unexpected boron-based product in one of their experiments. That one “mistake” would lead him on a life-long journey and ultimately to the development of an important cancer treatment that is today saving lives around the world.
Summer institute helps teachers make math reasoning explicit
“In traditional math instruction, students are taught how to use a certain formula,” said Libby Knott, professor of mathematics and director of the summer institute, “but they aren’t taught why it works or what the reasoning is behind the process.”
WSU observatory holds star party
Jazz and Barbecue Star Party
Enjoy live music, BBQ dinner, dessert, and good company at the Jewett Observatory! Sponsored by the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Palouse Astronomical Society, the event is free but a $7 donation is suggested.
When: Saturday, September 7, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Where: You’ll find the observatory on Olympia Avenue, up the hill from Grimes Way
Music professor to explore Beethoven’s influence in Friday performance
The performance is the first of the academic year in the WSU School of Music Faculty Artist Series. Proceeds benefit the school’s scholarship fund. To view the fall schedule, visit Faculty Artist Series.