ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Using community technology to reduce the digital, economic, social and cultural divides among Washingtonians will be the topic of a day-long summit held in Ellensburg, Wednesday, Oct. 19. The session is the first statewide meeting of the Communities Connect initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and administered by Washington […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Waist-high corn stalks laden with full-size ears; squash plants that don’t sprawl over half your yard; a miniature tomato plant offering hefty red fruits to astronauts weary of freeze-dried food: these are just a few of the possibilities raised by new research at Washington State University. Lead investigator B.W. (Joe) Poovaiah and […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire is scheduled to deliver the keynote remarks at the grand opening ceremony of Washington State University’s Plant Biosciences Building on Friday, Oct. 14. The event will be held from 2 to 3 p.m on the building’s southwest patio at the intersection of Stadium Way and Wilson Road (across […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Hideo Takahashi first came to the Skagit Valley more than a quarter century ago to be an intern at the Alf Christianson Seed Co. As a young employee of Sakata Seed, he spent a year in the Mount Vernon area working on a joint venture breeding project for spinach in the […]
WENATCHEE, Wash. — Virtually every second grader in Wenatchee, nearly 700 students, will leave their classrooms next week to spend two days in the orchards of the Washington State University Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center. The fifth annual “Awesome Apple Adventure” field experience will bring the students to the facility, along with teachers, parent […]
PORT HADLOCK, Wash. — The new official Guinness world record for the world’s largest harmonica ensemble is 1,706, set at the Northwest Folk Life Festival in Seattle on May 29. Washington State University Jefferson County Extension educator Robert Force, who helped organize the effort, says he has received official certification of the setting of the […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Adding value to cattle through creative marketing, including niche marketing, will be the focus of Washington State University’s Beef Information Day scheduled Sept. 24 at Moses Lake. “Beef producers are accustomed to thinking of their product as a commodity,” said Art Linton, WSU Extension beef scientist. “The dynamics of the beef industry […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Vickie Parker-Clark, an accomplished Extension professor with more than 22 years of experience, is the new director for Washington State University Extension’s Northeast District. WSU Extension Dean Linda Kirk Fox announced the appointment today. Parker-Clark, who has served as District 1 Extension director at the University of Idaho in Coeur d’Alene for […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Annabel R. Kirschner, professor and extension sociologist at Washington State University, received the 2005 Excellence in Extension and Public Outreach Award at the 68th annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society at Tampa, Fla., in early August. Kirschner, who also is serving as interim chair of WSU’s department of apparel, merchandising, design […]
VANCOUVER, Wash. — They have names like Baby Doll, Belle, Jubilee, Tiger Baby and Melitopolski. Their fruit may be the traditional red, or they may be pink, yellow or orange. They are varieties of icebox watermelon that are being field tested at Washington State University’s Vancouver Research and Extension Unit as a potential crop for […]