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03.07.2019
Researchers study visuals’ effect on learning
Two researchers are studying how visual literacy skills can be incorporated into their teaching. Erika G. Offerdahl, associate professor for WSU’s School of Molecular Biosciences, said visual literacy skills can be described as skills that help students learn how to develop visual representation skills. When students learn to make sense of the symbols around them, they use them to create new meaning.
Daily Evergreen

02.26.2019
Teaching science students visual literacy life skills
Students who study molecular biosciences can’t actually see what they are learning. “We can never see with our eyes the things we study,” says Erika Offerdahl, a biochemist and associate professor in the WSU School of Molecular Biosciences. “It is hard to directly see beyond the subcellular level, so as students we learn through representation.”
WSU Insider

02.14.2019
Using National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Results to Assess the Senior Experience (School of Molecular Biosciences)
Every two years, WSU participates in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) to help assess student engagement in educational practices associated with high levels of learning and development. In collaboration with Institutional Research, ATL disaggregated 2017 WSU NSSE results by major for undergraduate academic degree programs and colleges, focusing on responses from seniors, intended to provide information about the student perspective to help continually improve the learning experience for WSU undergraduates. Some programs also received disaggregated reports for 2014-15, as part of a pilot.
Assessment of Teaching and Learning

02.08.2019
Martin Klotz elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology

American Society for Microbiology

12.13.2018
Lisa Gloss appointed WSU Graduate School dean.

WSU Insider

11.29.2018
Jason Handy received the Crimson Spirit Award

Crimson Spirit Award

11.09.2018
Pork futures
Pig 135 snuffles and grunts inside his pen. Jon Oatley reaches through the bars to pet the more than 500-pound genetically modified animal.
Washington State Magazine

10.17.2018
Steven Roberts receives Pacesetter Award | Katrina Mealey receives Technology with Impactful Contribution to Society Award

Office of Research

10.09.2018
Why 'BPA Free' May Not Mean a Plastic Product Is Safe
The study started as an accident. Geneticist Patricia Hunt of Washington State University and her team were investigating the reproductive effects of BPA in mice. Housed in BPA-free plastic cages, the test group got doses of BPA through a dropper; the control group didn't.
National Geographic

10.08.2018
Is BPA-Free Plastic Better? Researchers Don’t Think So
Researchers have discovered that some alternative materials designed to be an alternative to bisphenol A (BPA) could be leaching from plastic into foods, drinks, and other items contained in plastics.
Healthline

10.03.2018
WSU Professional Science Master’s Degree
Are you looking for an online graduate degree that combines science and workplace skills? Consider a PSM-Molecular Biosciences degree!
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10.01.2018
$2.2 million gift creates School of Molecular Biosciences graduate fellowships
A $2.2 million gift from the estate of Bernadine and James Seabrandt will create the Bernadine Fulfs Seabrandt Graduate Fellowship in Molecular Biosciences at Washington State University’s School of Molecular Biosciences.
WSU Insider