PULLMAN, Wash. – Overall business conditions in the Seattle area improved slightly in the third quarter with a majority of Seattle business executives reporting an increase in sales and hiring, according to a survey conducted by Washington State University.
SPOKANE, Wash. – John Turpin, a Washington State University associate professor and chair of the Department of Interior Design, has been named by DesignIntelligence one of 25 “educators and education administrators who exemplify excellence in design education leadership.”
PULLMAN, Wash. — A group of Washington State University student entrepreneurs have custom designed a “Go Cougs” blanket that is being manufactured for them by Pendleton Woolen Mills.
PULLMAN, Wash. – How plants metabolize herbicides, rendering them either deadly or duds, will be the focus of the next installment in Washington State University Extension’s “Research that Works for You” Webinar series. The presentation will begin at 10 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 18, at http://breeze.wsu.edu/research_that_works_for_you/.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Progress on research to reduce wind erosion and improve air quality in the inland Pacific Northwest will be reported at the Columbia Plateau PM10 Project annual meeting on Dec. 1 at Washington State University.
Dear Colleagues, Chairs and directors within CAHNRS and WSU Extension are in the throes of developing plans to address the two budget reductions I described in my last message to you. We are building 10 percent and 8 percent plans, as requested by the president and provost, to help address a permanent 6.3 percent cut […]
“Every single day we learned something that we could bring back with us,” reported Jackie Koster upon her return. Koster was one of five WSU Student Swine Co-op members who broadened their knowledge of the pork industry while on a summer field trip to the Midwest. The students added to their knowledge of swine operations […]
PROSSER Wash.- Switchgrass, one of the newest options for biofuels production, will be the focus of a daylong workshop on Dec. 8 at Washington State University’s Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center at Prosser. The event starts at 9 a.m. with registration at 8, and it lasts until 3 p.m.; lunch will be provided. Pre-registration […]
BURLINGTON, Wash. – The 2011 Country Living Expo & Cattlemen’s Winterschool will offer something for everyone with more than 150 class offerings to choose from, nearly a third of them new offerings.
Western Farmer-Stockman reported on research conducted by Shaojin Wang on using radio frequency technology to control post-harvest pest infestations. http://mobile.westernfarmerstockman.com/main.aspx?ascxid=cmsNewsStory&rmid=419&rascxid=&args=&rargs=9&pid=9&dt=634248138803124000&cmsSid=43442&cmsScid=9 The fall edition of Washington Business, the Association of Washington Business magazine, reported on the stormwater management research being conducted at the Puyallup Research and Extension Center. http://www.awb.org/magazine/Enom/2010/Fall%202010/flash.html#/57/ A story in Tuesday’s Sydney Morning Herald […]