Academics

Uprooting bias: Decoupling discrimination from portrayals of invasive insects

Historic racial bias has frequently shaped portrayals of invasive insects and the words used to describe them. Scientists are working to push back against that biased language. “Historical Perspectives of Anti-Asian Racism in the United States: Uprooting Society Biases and Moving Forward,” an article written by Washington State University graduate Trinity Reeve, reviewed literature on […]

Trinity Reeve

Crop-defending scientist Lindsey du Toit leads WSU Plant Pathology Dept.

Lindsey du Toit is the first woman to lead WSU Plant Pathology as full, regular chair.

Lindsey du Toit portrait

New cross-college major bridges agriculture and human health

In WSU’s new Human Nutrition and Food Systems major, students will study the connection from fields to plates to human health.

A man stands in a field of golden-colored grain.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture helps break ground for new USDA-ARS Plant Sciences Building

Officials, legislators, and university leaders broke ground for the new USDA-ARS Plant Sciences Building on the Pullman campus

USDA-ARS Plant Sciences Building Groundbreaking

Circle complete: alumnus Gordon Davis receives top animal science honor, 22 years after his WSU mentor, Gary Smith

Following in his mentor’s footsteps, alumnus Gordon Davis received the American Meat Science Association’s highest honor.

Gordon Davis at Steptoe Butte