Author: Sharon Hatch
5 article(s) found by this author.
George E. Duvall, gentleman scholar
Summer 2003
George E. Duval, 82, a pioneer of shock physics research and
professor emeritus at Washington State University, died January 3,
2003 in Vancouver. He was internationally recognized as a founder
and leader in studies related to shock wave propagati...
Categories: WSU faculty, Physics
Tags: In memoriam, Shock physics, Education
The sink's nearly full
Winter 2002
Some climate change researchers have placed high hopes in forest
and grassland soils and their ability to act as carbon "sinks."
These sinks store excess atmospheric carbon and thus partially
offset the effect of increasing amounts of carbon dioxi...
Categories: Environmental studies, Earth sciences
Tags: Climate change, Soil
Herbert Eastlick mentored thousands
Winter 2002
Zoology professor Herbert L. Eastlick was devoted to preparing
students for professional careers in medicine, dentistry, and
veterinary medicine. He once described himself as a "taskmaster and
autocrat in the classroom," motivated by his overridin...
Categories: Biological sciences, WSU faculty
Tags: In memoriam, Zoology
Lots of merit in biochem
Spring 2002
Molecular biologist Michael Smerdon has won a 10-year $3.58
million MERIT award from the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences (NIEHS) so that he can continue his research on
repairing DNA. Smerdon was the only scientist to receive t...
Categories: Biological sciences
Tags: DNA
Feminae Romanae!
Spring 2002
". . . but Roman women
rule the Romans"Femina gladiatrix? Femina
medica?Historians typically ascribe household or family roles to women
of ancient Rome or ignore them altogether. Accounts of male
emperors, male military leaders, male sc...
Categories: History, Gender studies
Tags: Roman history, Women