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CAHNRS News – March 7, 2013

Announcing Dr. James Moyer, Director of the ARC and Associate Dean for Research I am pleased to announce that Dr. James Moyer has accepted our offer to become the new Director of the Agricultural Research Center and Associate Dean for Research in the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences. Jim’s tentative starting date is May […]

‘We Trust in God, but Sell for Cash’: Successful Turn-of-the-Century Dressmaker, Businesswoman Subject of WSU Exhibit

PULLMAN, Wash.—Lucy A. Stevenson would have been considered a woman ahead of her time for owning a dress- and hat-making business in 1901. That she started the business at age 60 in turn-of-the-century Issaquah, Wash., put her in the ranks of women making history in even rural corners of the world.

Science of wine is topic of WSU Innovator lecture April 4 in Seattle

SEATTLE – What role does science play in the quality of wine? Thomas Henick-Kling, director of the Washington State University viticulture and enology program, explores this and other questions in “Science in Your Glass,” the WSU Innovators luncheon, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, April 4, at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle.

WSU’s On Solid Ground – Antibacterial Microbes, Legume Flour – Feb. 27, 2013

Natural Soil Antibiotics Offer Potential Alternative to Farm Chemicals Research at WSU shows that several naturally-occurring antibiotics can control root disease and promote crop health, setting the stage for more economical and environmentally-sensitive options that farmers can use compared to the standard chemical fare. “All you have to do is make your microbial community happy,” […]