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🌱 What WSU is asking Olympia to fund for the Pullman campus

Pullman, Washington Patch AM: a 5 min read

Hey there, Pullman! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What WSU is asking Olympia to fund for the Pullman campus
  • Former WSU student jailed after secretly recording men in dorm bathroom
  • Why was a key warning light removed on the Pullman-Snake River route?

Also on today's calendar: Rotary program: Moscow school district levy and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Sunshine, nice and warm, with a high of 77 and low of 50 degrees.
  • Sunday: Sunny and pleasantly warm, temps: high: 79, low: 50.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 78 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. WSU submits state funding requests for upcoming legislative session (dailyevergreen.com) — Washington State University is asking lawmakers for more money for its College of Medicine, full funding of its academic student employees’ contract, and a new science building to replace Heald Hall on the Pullman campus. With the state facing budget deficits, WSU officials warn more cuts are possible, but say these investments are crucial to maintaining core teaching and research in Pullman.
   

2. Former WSU Student Receives Maximum Jail Sentence For Secretly Recording Men In Campus Shower (dailyfly.com) — In Pullman, a former 20-year-old WSU student has been sentenced to three months in jail, a psychosexual evaluation, and 10 years on the sex-offender registry for secretly recording a man in a Stephenson South dorm bathroom. Prosecutors in Whitman County dropped two additional voyeurism counts after some victims could not be identified, and the identified victim supported the maximum sentence.
   

3. Port concerned by Pullman-area light removal (wcgazette.com) — Drivers traveling between Pullman and the Snake River face a safety change after the state removed a long-standing flashing caution light at the busy U.S. 195 and State Route 194 intersection, citing cost and visibility. Local port and fire officials, who note the light followed past fatal crashes, are urging transportation leaders and legislators to restore the warning signal.
   

4. Student Research Shapes Problem-Solving Clinicians (wsu.edu) — Pullman readers can take pride in WSU students who recently showcased speech and hearing research at the SURCA undergraduate research event on campus. Five Floyd College of Medicine undergraduates presented projects on hearing loss, childhood speech disorders, and communication after brain injury, gaining hands-on experience they say will make them more thoughtful, evidence-based clinicians in the future.
   

5. NIH awards WSU researcher $3M to study inflammatory response during virus infection (bigcountrynewsconnection.com) — A Washington State University researcher in Pullman has received a $3.04 million NIH grant to study how the body’s inflammatory response to RSV can damage lungs and how to block that process. The five-year project, conducted with a Philadelphia partner, could eventually lead to new treatments for RSV and related viral infections that particularly threaten infants, children, and people with weakened immune systems.
   

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💬 Chatter

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  • October is LGBTQIA+ History Month!
    LGBTQIA+ History Month celebrates the achievements of 31 lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender Icons. Each day in October, a new LGBT Icon is… (Nextdoor Sunnyside Hill)
  • Is there a place in Pullman that can take a few stuffed animals.
    They have been just as decoration...loved but not played with. They're nice and just don't want to give to Goodwill.......they aren't collectibles… (Nextdoor Cougar Country)
  • Pullman Regional Hospital posted a job opening for Patient Registrar in Pullman. Apply here.
  • Washington State University posted a job opening for Instruction & Classroom Support Technician | Dept of Chemistry (Pullman, WA) in Pullman. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pullman here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Pullman

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Pullman

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.