PULLMAN, Wash. – What a difference a month makes. October clearly lived up to its reputation as a transitional month in Washington, as conditions shifted from warmth, wildfires and frost to heavy winds, rain and snow.
CHEHALIS, Wash. – The Washington State University Creamery will offer its popular series of basic cheese making, advanced cheese making and pasteurization short courses in early 2013.
Some say it’s the most complicated machine we’ve ever built. We rely on it not just each day, but each moment of each day. It reaches into our homes, factories, offices and stores. And at times it’s surprisingly fragile and subject to massive failure. I’m talking about the electrical grid. We’ve recently seen it tested […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – James Harsh, a Washington State University faculty member since 1983, has been appointed chair of the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, effective Jan. 1. Harsh succeeds Rich Koenig, who was named associate dean and director of WSU Extension.
CAHNRS News – November 1, 2012 Early Edition of CAHNRS News CAHNRS News is going out a little early this week, as the CAHNRS Marketing, News, and Educational Communication site, http://cahnrsnews.wsu.edu/, is being migrated to a new server as a part of the ongoing Web Integration Project. Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Thank you to […]
PULLMAN, Wash.—Students of Washington State University professor Richard Zack’s “Insects and People” course, as well as the public, will have a chance to put their gag reflex to the test during the annual insect-eating lunch from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, at Ensminger Pavilion. On the menu will be cricket chili, mealworm tacos and […]
WENATCHEE, Wash. – One of the world’s leading experts in tree fruit horticulture extension, Desmond R. Layne, is joining the faculty at Washington State University. Layne will be the first to hold one of WSU’s newest endowed chairs funded by the state’s tree fruit industry through their historic partnership with WSU and gift to the […]
NORDLAND, Wash.—Lisa Painter wore a red baseball cap with an iconic image—Rosie the Riveter flexing her arm and the words “We Can Do It!”—last week when she donated her longtime farm and property to Washington State University. The hat and words reinforce a lifetime of can-do moxie that helped make the 87-year-old Painter a fixture […]
I don’t know about you, but I find it all too easy to sometimes come up with a reason I just can’t exercise on a given day. I tell myself that my life is too crowded with work and meetings, or that I’m too tired from sleeping poorly the night before. Mind you, if I […]
Viruses Aid and Abet to Overcome Plant Defenses WSU researchers have found that viruses will join forces to overcome a plant’s defenses and cause more severe infections that an individual pathogen. “These findings have important implications in our ability to control these viruses,” said Hanu Pappu, Sam Smith Distinguished Professor of Plant Virology and chair […]