In addition to his half‑time UR leadership duties, Lessmann will continue to teach chemistry classes and advise chemistry students for the College of Arts and Sciences.
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August 2, 2021
A Michigan lottery player was a big winner this weekend after purchasing their ticket at an EZ Mart in Prudenville.
Saturday’s Lotto 47 prize was $18.41 million. The person who purchased the ticket has the option of either 30 annuity payments of about $614,000, or a one-time payment in cash of $11.7 million.
The winning numbers were 03-05-10-20-28-31. The Lotto 47 was last won in January, where a Wayne County resident won $1.2 million. Some residents of Prudenville are taking the news as motivation to participate.
“Knowing that it was at this, the convenience store that my wife and I go to frequently, yeah, it might make us buy a couple more tickets, especially this week,” said Prudenville resident Michael Konkel.
Researchers have found the mechanism that one bacterium uses to enter the intestinal cells of the body. This bacterium is the most common cause of food-borne illness in the U.S.
The bacterium, Campylobacter jejuni, is contracted from eating raw or undercooked poultry, most often found in chicken, said Nick Negretti, WSU alumnus and postdoctoral research fellow at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
C. jejuni is similar to salmonella. People infected with it tend to get severe abdominal cramps and can have a fever, Negretti said.
The researchers have discovered many secreted proteins that come from C. jejuni. One of them is called CiaD, which allows the bacterium to get into intestinal cells, said Michael Konkel, professor in the WSU School of Molecular Biosciences.
April 20, 2021
Division of Academic Engagement and Student Achievement (DAESA)
The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation has announced that Washington State University juniors India Dykes, Haley Morris, and Gunnar Sly have each received $7,500 awards for the coming year, said April Seehafer, director of the WSU Distinguished Scholarships Program.
Prestigious national Goldwater awards are given to highly qualified undergraduates intending to pursue careers in math, the natural sciences, or engineering.
Dykes, a junior from Spokane, is majoring in bioengineering in the Voiland School of Engineering and Biosciences in the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture. Her mentors are Arda Gozen, Bernard Van Wie, and Anita Vasavada.