WSU honors student Claire Thornton grew up hearing stories of her grandfather Dell, a combat medic during World War II. This year, Thornton studied the impact GIs had on Washington State College as they left the war behind and entered the halls of higher education. » More …
Three free, public events highlighting the central and inclusive nature of the humanities will be held Tuesday-Thursday, Feb. 17-19, on the WSU campus and at Neill Public Library in Pullman. A reception will follow each event. » More …
Sena Clara Creston, clinical assistant professor in digital technology and culture and fine arts at WSU Tri-Cities, has received a grant from the state nonprofit Artist Trust to construct an “art machine” entitled “The Umbrella Ship.”
“The sculpture will provide the audience with the constructed reality and physical sensation of a childlike dreamscape,” Creston said.
The interactive installation will be a three-wheeled art machine propelled by wind hitting a large umbrella. The vehicle will transition from a bed to ship to bicycle and will be constructed from repurposed materials.
A Washington State University Vancouver math instructor is celebrating his win in the “Super Bowl” of puzzle hunts.
Thomas Gazzola is part of a 40-member team of solvers who successfully deciphered the 2015 MIT Mystery Hunt, an annual puzzle competition held in Boston during the Martin Luther King Junior weekend.
The Mystery Hunt, created by an MIT graduate student in 1981, is widely regarded as one of the world’s oldest and most complex “puzzlehunts.” According to the MIT website the event draws about 1,000 people each year and has inspired similar competitions at universities, companies and in cities around the globe.
“There were about 180 puzzles in this year’s hunt,” said Gazzola, director of the WSU Vancouver math resource lab. “My crew managed to get through them all in just under 41 hours.”
Winning means his team has the dubious honor of designing the closely guarded theme and puzzles for the upcoming 2016 hunt.
As a professor of music at WSU, Jeffrey Savage doesn’t limit his talent to the Pullman campus.
He’s performed at such prestigious New York City venues as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and the Juilliard Theater.
And on Jan. 17, the accomplished pianist brings his talents to the Tri-Cities for a Camerata Musica concert in the Battelle Auditorium in Richland.
The concert will be an all-Beethoven event.