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Why blackface and making fun of a minority is not okay (in case you really needed some explaining)

October 26, 2016 adriana

So what’s wrong with putting on blackface and mocking an ethnic minority’s food, you might ask?

David Leonard from WSU’s Department of Critical Culture, Gender, and Race Studies explains, “Blackface is never a neutral form of entertainment, but an incredibly loaded site for the production of damaging stereotypes… the same stereotypes that undergird individual and state violence, American racism, and a century’s worth of injustice.”

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Fat in feces points to early presence of colorectal cancer

October 25, 2016 will.ferguson

Scientists at Washington State University and Johns Hopkins Medical School have discovered a fast, noninvasive method that could lead to the early diagnosis of colorectal cancer.

Using ultrasensitive, high-speed technology, the researchers identified a suite of molecules in the feces of mice that signifies the presence of precancerous polyps.

This “metabolic fingerprint” matches changes in both mouse and human colon tumor tissues and suggests a potential new diagnostic tool for early detection of colorectal cancer in a clinical setting.

Herbert Hill, WSU Regents professor of chemistry, and graduate student Michael Williams conducted the study in collaboration with Raymond Reeves, WSU School of Molecular Biosciences, and Linda Resar, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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NSF features WSU research on pygmy rabbit, habitat

October 25, 2016 will.ferguson

Lisa A. Shipley, professor in the School of the Environment, is featured in a new Science Nation video from the National Science Foundation about sagebrush habitat.

The video considers the southeastern Idaho region from the perspective of a tiny forager – the pygmy rabbit.

Shipley, a wildlife ecologist at Washington State University, collaborates on the research with ecologists Janet Rachlow, University of Idaho, and Jennifer Forbey, Boise State University.

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WiSTEM encourages, mentors WSU women in STEM

October 25, 2016 will.ferguson

As a sophomore transfer student, Elizabeth Magill wanted to start on the path to graduate school right away.

“I was really passionate about my zoology studies but didn’t know how to get involved outside of class,” she said. “In my junior year, I met two female graduate teaching assistants. They gave me direction, helped me get a job in a zoology lab and are still my friends and mentors today.”

In appreciation for that guidance, Magill is helping other students by participating in the WiSTEM initiative – Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics – at Washington State University.

The School of Biological Sciences (SBS) launched the effort this fall to connect young women interested in STEM careers with mentors, networking opportunities and a supportive community of like-minded individuals.

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Institute promotes nuclear science research, collaboration

October 25, 2016 will.ferguson

The new Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology (INST) will bring together diverse scientists and researchers at Washington State University to address global challenges in security, human health, energy and environmental quality.

“At a national level, one of the major research problems in nuclear science and technology is that experts working on one specific type of problem often are isolated from colleagues working in other areas,” said Aurora Clark, professor of chemistry and director of the institute.

Approved by the WSU Board of Regents in September, INST includes faculty from three colleges and will enable creative solutions to challenges in radioecology, nuclear energy, nuclear medicine and nuclear policy.

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