Students compete to solve clothing rental company Armoire’s real-world challenge

Growing numbers of stylish but thrifty dressers are choosing to rent their wardrobes. Students put their knowledge of these consumers to the test in a competition judged by Seattle-based Armoire.

Pop-Up Shops team

New from WSU Extension: Enhancing conifer survival with debris and understanding why bee colonies fail

The latest guides show how woody debris provides an ideal microsite for future generations of conifers and help beekeepers understand the many stressors that cause a honey bee colony to collapse.

Tractor in field- mulch work

108th Lind Field Day to help growers during challenging season

Scientists will walk dryland grain growers through discoveries that could save fuel, fertilizer, and other input costs at WSU’s longest-running field day.

Carter speaking, with about 40 tour members nearby, standing in a maturing wheat field, with the Lind station, trees, and parked cars in the far distance.

Professor’s global impact on energy security featured by Fulbright France as part of America’s 250th anniversary

The Franco-American Fulbright Commission spotlighted Bin Yang’s global partnerships in sustainable fuel science as part of celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of the U.S.A.

Yang, in cycling gear with bicycle, smiling in an urban riverside scene.

Latest Extension publication: Managing odorous house ants

A newly revised publication from WSU Extension can help homeowners identify and manage a stinky insect pest found throughout North America: the odorous house ant.

Closeup of an Tapinoma sessile ant walking on green grass

New from Extension: Idling production in a vineyard, annual operations at Wilke Farm

The newest bulletins from Washington State University Extension help viticulturists understand how to idle vineyard production for a few years and offer an annual overview of operations at the Wilke Research and Extension Farm.

Harvesting crops using a combine, truck-pulled trailer, and grain truck at Wilke Farm.

What’s in a name? WSU virologists reveal two dahlia-damaging viruses are variants of the same species

For decades, two different viruses were believed to be responsible for a common, untreatable disease in dahlias, a colorful, high-value flower grown worldwide. WSU scientists discovered that they are actually the same species.

white/pink dahlia with yellow center on black background

Construction begins for new WSU Plant Growth Facility

Years in the making, the new Plant Growth Facility at Washington State University’s Wenatchee Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center (TFREC) began construction April 1.

 Architect's illustration showing an overhead view of a red and white research building with attached greenhouses, trees and landscaping. A row of overhead windows tops the roof.

WSU launches bilingual video series to help beekeepers improve colony health

Researchers with Washington State University’s Honey Bee and Pollinators Program have produced a new video series giving novice keepers a strong introduction to best practices and the science of apiculture, in both Spanish and English.

Miller, left, holds open clapperboard, as Ramirez smiles at right, in front of pallet stacks of boxes and containers in a large warehouse room.

Scientists discover new bee species that depends on native Texas shrub

Entomologists have discovered a new species of mining bee that has an unusually tight relationship with cenizo, the official state native shrub of Texas.

Side view close uo of bee-pinned