A unique partnership between WSU and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will have new leadership, starting in January. John Peters, director of WSU’s Institute of Biological Chemistry (IBC), will take the reins of WSU’s…
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded WSU’s NIH Protein Biotechnology Training Program $2.3 million to support training of Ph.D. graduate students.
Each week, we showcase one of our CAHNRS Ambassadors, a student leadership organization that encourages students to pursue higher education and serves as a liaison between the college and the greater community. This week, we’re featuring Grace Murekatete, a junior from Kigali, Rwanda. What are you studying? I’m majoring in Agricultural Biotechnology. Favorite Show/Movie: Grey’s Anatomy Favorite Cougar Tradition: My favorite […]
Each week, we showcase one of our CAHNRS Ambassadors, a student leadership organization that encourages students to pursue higher education and serves as a liaison between the college and the greater community. This week, we’re featuring Kayla Beechinor, a junior from Walla Walla, Wash. What are you studying? I’m double-majoring in Agricultural Biotechnology and Field Crop Management. Favorite Show/Movie: The […]
By Maya Wahl, CAHNRS Academic Programs CAHNRS is a diverse college that is home to students with various backgrounds, interests and motivations. The common denominator between all CAHNRS students is that they hope to contribute to a system larger than themselves. There is always a pathway that leads past the classroom, campus, and even the […]
Esther Rugoli grew up on a subsistence farm in Rwanda with 11 brothers and sisters. She’s now at WSU to learn how to help feed everyone in her homeland.
Each week, we showcase one of our CAHNRS Ambassadors, a student leadership organization that encourages students to pursue higher education and serves as a liaison between the college and the greater community. This week, we’re featuring Jason Wigen, a sophomore from LaCrosse, Wash. What are you studying? I’m majoring in Agricultural Biotechnology and Field Crop Management. Why did you choose WSU? […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Each summer, eight undergraduate students from throughout the nation will have the opportunity to study plant biology in cutting-edge labs at Washington State University. Horticultural genomics Professor Amit Dhingra, the leader of a new Research Experience for Undergraduates site funded by the National Science Foundation, said the program is accepting applications from […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – State Sen. Mark Schoesler and new Washington State University President Elson S. Floyd are scheduled to speak during the noon program of the Spillman Agronomy Farm Field Day on Thursday, July 12. Registration for the field day begins at 7:15 a.m. Tours are scheduled from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., followed by […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Promising lab results by researchers at Washington State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service show the herbicide glyphosate has activity in suppressing Asian soybean rust.