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WSU’s Lav Khot, center, accepts the National Excellence in Multistate Research Award, Nov. 6, at the APLU Annual Meeting in Denver, Colo., with colleague and team academic advisor Randy Raper, right, and Gary Thompson, executive…

In collaborative internships, visiting students explore wine science, entomology, fruit breeding, and engineering at IAREC.

When Alfredo “Freddy” Reyes was working in Yakima Valley orchards as a youth, he didn’t know he’d someday be studying the science behind tree fruit crops. Now he’s gaining valuable agricultural experiences in the field and lab through an internship with WSU IAREC.

WSU leads a new $8 million USDA-funded project aiming to advance soil-biodegradable plastic mulches and develop innovative methods for recycling the regular plastic mulch.

The Adopt-A-Drain program, launched by Puget Sound communities and supported by the Washington Stormwater Center, celebrates first anniversary Oct. 1.

WSU hosts a a National Academies workshop on labor and automation in agriculture on the Tri-Cities campus Sept. 7.

John Stark, a WSU professor of ecotoxicology and director of the Washington Stormwater Center at the WSU Puyallup Research and Extension Center, has been named an Entomological Society of America fellow.

ESCALA training helps faculty increase retention, graduation rates of underrepresented students

Four WSU graduate students recently earned acceptance into the prestigious Rockey FFAR Fellows Program.

Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist Lindsey du Toit. Internationally recognized for her work protecting valuable seed crops from diseases, Lindsey du Toit has been named a fellow of the American Phytopathological Society. A professor and…