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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.

To stem invasives, WSU leads only publicly available biocontrol resource in Washington

WSU offers publicly available access to biocontrol resources, helping land managers and owners, food producers, and recreationists statewide tackle tough invasives.

Washington State University Professor and Extension Specialist Jennifer Andreas looking through magnification at a branch, searching for knotweed biocontrol agents. Photo credit: Shawna Bautista, USDA Forest Service.

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

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

WSU Extension nutrition educator receives lifetime achievement award

Washington State University Skagit County Extension Specialist and Associate Professor Diane Smith received the Helen Denning Ullrich Annual Award for Lifetime Excellence in Nutrition Education from the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior last Thursday in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Two women pose with award in front of large projected slide.