January 22, 2024
WSAS receives generous donation to support key activities
The Hoveida Family Foundation's gift will support several upcoming WSAS activities in key areas such as developing the future STEM workforce, advancing Indian and Native health, and assessing the impact of COVID-19 on K-12 students.
October 4, 2018
WSAS Board member David Eaton served as the Chair of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s recent report on “Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes”, published earlier this year. In the report Eaton and a committee of 12 other experts critically evaluated over 800 peer-reviewed papers that addressed one or more of the often-controversial aspects of e-cigarettes.
September 28, 2018
TVW coverage of the 11th Annual WSAS Symposium “The Highs and Lows of Conducting Research on Cannabis in Washington State” is now available to stream online. The Symposium running time is approximately 5 hours and TVW has split its coverage into four segments, which can be found below. […]
July 13, 2018
The Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS) is pleased to announce 29 new members in recognition of their outstanding record of scientific and technical achievement and willingness to work on behalf of the Academy to bring the best available science to bear on issues within the state of Washington.
July 10, 2018
The selected students attended the 2018 AAAS meeting - whose theme was Advancing Science: Discovery to Application - and shared their application-based research proposals with the broader scientific community.
July 2, 2018
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation recognized Schwartz for his innovative and interdisciplinary programs recruiting Native American and other minority STEM scholars at the University of Washington as well as his role as the founding director of UW’s Clean Energy Institute.
June 15, 2018
Two of WSAS’s founding organizers, Drs. Jim Cook and Gordon Orians discussed the creation of WSAS and the ways in which WSAS mirrors the National Academies at the state level.
December 18, 2017
At the meeting, AJAS awardees will present their research projects and have the opportunity to meet with accomplished scientists and visit world-class facilities.
December 14, 2017
Three WSAS members were selected as 2018 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society.
July 26, 2017
The Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS) today announced the election of 13 new members in recognition of their outstanding record of scientific achievement and willingness to work on behalf of the Academy in bringing the best available science to bear on issues within the state of Washington.
