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News >  Spokane

WSU research could lead to a simple test to diagnose autism

A study conducted by a Washington State University professor earlier this year bolsters a growing body of research that suggests the pupils of children with autism constrict more slowly when exposed to flashes of light than those of their typically developing peers.
News >  Spokane

WSU’s Pullman campus may go tobacco-free

At least once a day, between classes and study sessions, student Abdul Albarraq smokes a cigarette near the library in the center of the Washington State University campus. He’ll probably have to stop doing that soon.
News >  Spokane

WSU officials select medical school dean, faculty

Washington State University officials have selected a dean and hired more than 40 physicians and scientists to work in the university’s Spokane medical school, which will be named after the university’s late president, Elson Floyd. The university recently announced that Spokane-based physicians have been hired to help develop the first two years of curriculum for medical students. WSU officials believe the program can win initial accreditation next year and begin accepting students in fall 2017.
News >  Spokane

New medical school will be named for WSU’s Elson Floyd

Washington State University officials have selected a dean and hired more than 40 physicians and scientists to work in the university's Spokane medical school, and the school will be named after late university president Elson Floyd.
News >  Pacific NW

Banning terms including ‘male, female, illegal alien’ draws ire at WSU

PULLMAN – Three Washington State University instructors are being accused of violating students’ First Amendment rights by banning terms such as “illegal alien,” “male” and “female” in the classroom. Students were told they would risk losing points or failing a class if they repeatedly use terms deemed oppressive or hateful in discussions or assignments. The instructors – one professor and two doctorate students in WSU’s Department of Critical Culture, Gender and Race Studies – outlined their policies in course syllabi.
News >  Spokane

Remembering Elson Floyd: WSU president’s passion honored

PULLMAN – Some called him a giant in higher education, a dynamic force who could influence lawmakers and business leaders one day and cheerfully welcome students to his home the next. Many knew him for his Southern hospitality, his ever-present grin and his unwavering passion for Washington State University.
News >  Pacific NW

Pullman-Moscow airport lands funding for new runway

PULLMAN – It took years of planning, some finessing in Congress and millions of dollars in donations, but this bustling college town finally has enough money to replace the small, outdated runway at its airport. The runway at the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport was built decades ago and doesn’t meet federal design standards for modern commercial planes. Passenger flights into Pullman take place almost exclusively on the 76-seat Bombardier Q400, a plane that the runway isn’t designed to handle.
News >  Spokane

WSU investigates hacking attempt

PULLMAN – Washington State University administrators announced this week they are trying to thwart a sophisticated hacking attempt that was detected more than a month ago. Students and staff were notified Thursday evening that administrators “became aware” of suspicious activity in the university’s email and directory systems July 8. The university said it swiftly launched an investigation with help from federal investigators and a private cybersecurity firm.
News >  Spokane

Planned apartments near GU have Stockton family tie

A vacant lot within walking distance of Gonzaga University soon will be the site of a four-story retail and apartment building geared toward graduate students and young professionals. The 88,000-square-foot Matilda Building, 1002 N. Hamilton St., will feature three floors of upscale apartments above one floor of retail spaces. Developer Kent Hull said one business, an unnamed but “pretty well-known” coffee shop, intends to sign a lease for 5,000 square feet.
News >  Spokane

Dust storm causes multiple crashes near Ritzville

State troopers are ordering drivers on state Route 395 to near Ritzville to stop driving due to an extreme dust storm that has caused multiple collisions in the area, including a semi truck that has caught fire.
News >  Spokane

Rutter Canyon Fire 25 percent contained

Firefighters had stopped the blaze from spreading by Wednesday morning, but a GPS survey now pegs the size at 155 acres, said Guy Giffords, a spokesman for the state Department of Natural Resources.
News >  Spokane

Driver, suspect pleads not guilty in sidewalk killing

The driver suspected of steering an SUV onto a north Spokane sidewalk –  killing a 68-year-old woman and narrowly missing her great-grandson – pleaded not guilty to a vehicular homicide charge Tuesday in Spokane County Superior Court. Brandon P. Pratt, 34, is suspected of being intoxicated when the black Ford Explorer he was driving veered off North Ruby Street near Augusta Avenue and struck Marla Langley, who was taking her 2-year-old great-grandson to day care on July 28.
News >  Spokane

Spokane police lay down law on ‘false alarms’

Four ceiling tiles crashed to the ground, and a black-clad figure slithered down a stretch of electrical wire in a north Spokane convenience store. Within half an hour, two burglars stole about $7,000 worth of cash, lottery tickets, cigarettes and glass pipes from the Hillyard neighborhood’s M&K Grocery. An alarm sounded, and a security company alerted police at 5:33 a.m. Saturday.