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New from Extension: National manual for aerial pest control

The latest manual from WSU Extension instructs pilots how to apply pesticides properly and safely from an aircraft.

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Helpful resources to prepare CAHNRS students for a successful school year

From finding an internship to leadership opportunities, scholarships, and more, CAHNRS is committed to helping its students flourish while achieving their academic and personal goals in the new school year.

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Cosmic Crisp® tasting connects new Coug families, minds behind legendary WSU apple

Incoming students and their families got a juicy introduction to WSU’s land-grant mission, and in some cases a bite-sized Q&A session on apple breeding, during fall 2026 move-in.

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Harsher weather conditions could encourage sustainable ecolabeling in fishing industry

New economics research examines how changing environmental conditions may influence the practice and trustworthiness of sustainable ecolabeling in fishing.

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Regents Professor Jill McCluskey joins National Academies’ new Food, Nutrition, and Ag Committee

The WSU Regents Professor and Director of the School of Economic Sciences is an inaugural member of the National Academies’ newly established Food, Nutrition, and Agriculture Program Advisory Committee.

Jill McCluskey

Families reunite decades later as part of 4-H Japanese exchange program

Washington State 4-H hosted 18 youths this summer as part of an exchange program. Two Japanese chaperones were in the program when they were teens.

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Special WSU Extension podcast series highlights food safety after wildfires

“Wildfire Food Safety: Making Safe Choices After a Wildfire” series talks about food safety in the aftereffects of a fire.

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Biocultural families: Study centers Indigenous priorities in modeling connections between Mi’kmaq Nation and their environment

Horticulturist Jeffrey Wall partnered with members of the Mi’kmaq Nation to create a new, Indigenous-centered model of the culture-supporting connections linking humans, plants, animals, and the environment.

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Washington households continue to face food insecurity, survey finds

WSU researcher assists on survey that finds Washington households grappling with multiple sustained concerns.

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