PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University Cooperative Extension has created a Web site to help citizens find answers to questions about West Nile virus. The WSU site at http://wnv.wsu.edu links users to many useful resources across the nation, according to Tom Platt, coordinator of extension’s West Nile virus education project. “The site has general information […]
A new Washington State University policy regarding the sale of university property will be the subject of a public meeting in Puyallup. The policy will provide local governments and nonprofit organizations the first option to purchase university property offered for sale. The meeting will be Wed., Sept. 3, from 6:30 p.m. — 7:30 p.m. at […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — “Empezando”, a one-day professional development conference to help non-Latino therapists, caseworkers, agency managers, law enforcement professionals, educators and others better understand the Hispanic culture is scheduled Sept. 26 at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Center in Burien. “In parts of the state, more than 30 percent of the residents identify themselves […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University officials want to have the nation’s premier teaching, research and extension program in viticulture and enology. With $1 million in new funding, five new faculty positions and appointment of a coordinator whose duties will cut across most departments in the College of Agriculture and Home Economics, WSU plans to […]
PULLMAN — There was more talking than listening when 150 scientists and consumer activists met at the Biotechnology: Science and Society At A Crossroad conference in Seattle, June 1-3. The meeting was sponsored by the National Agricultural Biotechnology Council and hosted by Washington State University and Oregon State University. “One of our objectives was to […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The lowly potato, the world’s favorite tuber, will be in the lime light for five days in Spokane, Aug. 10-14, as scientists gather to report their research at the 87th annual meeting of The Potato Association of America. Nearly 300 strong, they will come from around the world; from Russia, the Netherlands, […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — James J. Zuiches, who has served as dean of Washington State University’s College of Agriculture and Home Economics since 1995, will step down from the post effective Aug. 9. R. James Cook, who has held the Endowed Chair in Wheat Research at WSU for five years, will become interim dean of the […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Craig Cogger, Washington State University extension soil scientist, received the university’s 16th annual Kenneth J. Morrison Award in Agronomy and Soils here today. The award recognizes WSU Cooperative Extension faculty for significant contributions to agronomic crop production and soil management. Cogger, who is stationed in Puyallup, was honored for his work to […]
PUYALLUP, Wash. — Washington State University’s first ever field day for small-scale and urban area farmers will be held on Wednesday, July 16, at the university’s Puyallup Research and Extension Center. This will be the first opportunity for growers to see the new field trial plots at the facility that are specifically for research to […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Valoria Loveland, Washington State Department of Agriculture director, will speak at the luncheon during Washington State University’s annual Spillman Agronomy Farm Field Day, Thursday, July 10, 2003. Loveland will speak on the importance of agriculture. The half-day program will feature field tours of WSU and USDA Agricultural Research Service cereal and legume […]