PULLMAN, Wash. – Just 18 months after her premature death from cancer in December 2010, Washington State University graduate student Virginia Gale Lee’s dream of making a difference in the world is beginning to come true.
Yesterday was one of my favorite days in the academic calendar at WSU: the Diamond and Golden Grads were on campus for their reunion. It is always fun and inspiring to meet these Cougs of yesteryear. It is interesting to track history as a result of engaging with these 50- and 60-year alumnae. Over the […]
Tiny Differences Help Scientists Take Giant Steps Forward Genetics has something in common with linguistics. If I say “po-tay-toe” and you say “po-tah-toe,” a linguist can begin to tell which part of the country each of us is from. To a linguist, a tiny difference in the pronunciation of a vowel acts as a kind […]
TACOMA, Wash.—Washington State University Extension Educator Karen Barale has been named the 2012 Outstanding Dietitian of the Year by the Washington State Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The award, the highest honor given by the Washington Academy, recognizes a dietitian who has demonstrated leadership and served as an outstanding role model of professionalism and as […]
SEATTLE – Washington State University took another giant step in becoming the world’s model for research, teaching and extension in organic and sustainable agriculture thanks to a $5 million donor investment announced here this afternoon.
From Dean Bernardo: Thank you and congratulations on having a poster(s) included in this year’s Academic Showcase Poster Session. This poster session is a great way to communicate to the rest of our university colleagues the fine and diverse work that is being done in CAHNRS and WSU Extension. CAHNRS and WSU Extension were identified […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – With wolves moving into the state, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) in spring 2011 had a problem. It needed a plan to manage the big predators, especially with regard to livestock and large game animals.
YAKIMA, Wash.—Warmer weather means more travel and a higher likelihood of picking up unwanted hitchhikers—bed bugs. Washington State University Extension has just published a fact sheet to help individuals and families recognize and manage bed bugs, both at home and while on the road.
The Ice Age is my favorite bit of Earth history, a time when mammoths, giant beavers and saber tooth tigers roamed the world. I was so impressed by the Ice Age when I was a child, reading about it in the school library, that I recognized the book I had studied decades later when I […]
In my previous post, I talked about the long list of recognitions handed out to CAHNRS and WSU Extension faculty, staff, and students at the 2012 Showcase events. In fact, the list got so long that I ran out of space and reserved some of the discussion for this later post.