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 […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Finding ways to involve primary water users in the research process to develop scientifically sound and economically feasible public policy for water usage in the Columbia River Basin is the focus of a new, $1.5 million grant at Washington State University.
NORDLAND, Wash.—Dedication of a Marrowstone Island organically managed farm to Washington State University will be celebrated at a public open house from 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, at Twin Vista Ranch, 6456 Flagler Rd., Nordland. The press is invited to attend the dedication from 4-6 p.m.
Research Enrichment Initiatives The Office of Research is pleased to announce two new Research Enrichment Initiatives (REIs) made possible by generous support from President Elson Floyd. The goal of these REIs is to stimulate new research and support existing research and scholarly activities, thus supporting the university’s strategic objective of growing the research enterprise at […]
New WSU Program Tackles Challenge of Developing Science-based Tools to Measure Sustainability in Ag and Food Systems A new WSU program has been charged with developing science-based tools to measure the sustainability of food production systems. The program, called “Measure to Manage: Food and Farm Diagnostics for Sustainability and Health,” or M2M, just received a […]