Mt. Rainier in my native Washington State is a stunning site. It’s a beautiful mountain, covered in snow and ice in both winter and summer. At over 14,000 feet, its summit is worthy of respect from even serious hikers. There’s no wonder it’s a National Park.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Mark your calendars now to attend the second annual Oilseed Crop Production Workshops scheduled at the Odessa Community Center in Odessa on Jan. 24, and the Hill Ray Plaza in Colfax Jan. 26, 2012.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Service Award Each year WSU recognizes and honors members of our University community with the MLK Distinguished Service Awards. We need your help in identifying and nominating those persons, organizations and departments who live the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by serving others. Past winners have included student […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – A renowned food technologist, the research leader for women’s cardiovascular health in Canada, a former Washington state representative and the first Cougar to serve as chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service are the latest inductees into the Washington State University College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences Hall […]
Dogs are loyal, playful, loving and sometimes cute as a button. It’s no wonder we love them (some of us more than others, to be sure).
When Devin Drennen’s mother, Susan, offered her son ice cream for dessert, he asked for carrots instead. Why? The fifth-grader at Edison Elementary School in Tacoma learned through a nutrition class about the importance of eating fiber foods to maintain the health of the body’s digestive system. Students made carrot juice with a juicer and handled the fiber to see how it looked and felt. The hands-on lesson stuck.
SEATTLE – Although sales haven’t risen for most, and the number of workers they employ is unchanged, Seattle business executives are more optimistic about the future than they were during the second quarter of the year, according to a recent survey.
MOUNT VERNON, Wash.—Wheat growers west of the Cascades could bring in more profit by supplying wheat to local bakers, according to the results of a recent survey conducted by Washington State University graduate researcher Karen Hills. Sixty percent of western Washington commercial bakers said they are interested in purchasing locally sourced wheat and flour for […]
Genome Sequencing Furthers Knowledge of Plant and Animal Pathogen The various species of bacteria in the genus Enterobacter may be painfully familiar to you. Enterobacter cloacae, the best known of the genus, is a cause of various infections, including those of the lower respiratory tract, urinary tract, skin and soft tissues, wounds, and all manner […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Join WSU Extension specialist Jim Freed and the experts from Fungi Perfecti for a hands-on shiitake mushroom cultivation workshop Nov. 19, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the WSU Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center in Mount Vernon. The topics covered will include the different species that grow well in our […]