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New WSU program looks to expand early pathogen detection in potato crops

New WSU-led project will help potato growers safeguard domestic and international markets and maintain high-quality potatoes for consumers around the world.

Formal portrait of Chakradhar Mattupalli wearing a white lab coat.

No bug left behind: Elizabeth Beers named Entomological Society Fellow

Helping stop pests and training future entomologists, Elizabeth Beers is a new Fellow of the Entomological Society of America.

Elizabeth Beers

WSU faculty receive funding to further study of firearm safety practices in rural communities

Two WSU researchers are continuing their investigation of firearm safety practices in rural Washington state communities, thanks to a new $32,000 grant from the Grandmothers Against Gun Violence Foundation, a Seattle-based nonprofit.

A person's hands as they place a gun into a lock box that sits on a table.

WSU Wagyu breeders announce their first dual-inheritance hornless heifer

Wagyu cattle breeders at WSU reached a milestone this summer, confirming their first homozygous polled heifer.

Wagyu heifer summer

Fellowships help students predict how ticks hunt for prey, lower pesticide use

Two scholars will help make a safer environment for people, animals, and crops through newly announced USDA-NIFA research fellowships.

Rampone and Marshall- AFRI Scholars

Founding chair of V&E department named Future 40 Tastemaker by Wine Enthusiast

Jean Dodson Peterson, the founding chair of the Department of Viticulture and Enology, was recently named one of Wine Enthusiast magazine’s Future 40 Tastemakers.

Jean-Dodson-Peterson