You have certainly done business on them, and you may well have lived within their boundaries. Whether you recognize it or not, and whether you are reading this in the desert West or the soggier regions of the country, floodplains are a part of the landscape around you – and they can be highly dangerous […]
WSU Receives $5 Million Investment to Support Organic Ag, Model Farm 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 by alumni and natural foods pioneers Chuck and Louanna Eggert and their family. Their gift […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Topics ranging from organic foods and certification to chemicals in food and food allergies will be the focus of a new class offered at Washington State University this fall.
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.