News and Achievements

Along the shoreline of South Puget Sound where forests, wetlands, and marine ecosystems meet a rapidly growing urban corridor, WSU researchers and students are studying pressing environmental and cultural challenges at Meyer’s Point Environmental Field Station.

The David G. Pollart Center for Arts and Humanities is pleased to announce the Faculty Fellows for 2026-27. Each year, the Pollart Center selects applications from WSU faculty members for projects that advance knowledge and public awareness of the arts and humanities.

On Tuesday, Matthew Avery Sutton was awarded an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship, a prestigious honor that joins Sutton’s Fulbright and Guggenheim awards on a crowded list of accolades.

Ryan Booth calls it “the thrill of the hunt,” that moment when his WSU students visiting Terrell Library’s Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections for research find an article or some archival manuscript that really helps with their topic.

Seventy-three students at the Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (SURCA) 2026 were the recipients of 65 awards totaling $14,000.

Matthew Sutton, professor of history at Washington State University, was the featured author of the Wall Street Journal’s “Saturday Essay” on April 17, 2026.