Carolyn Ross

Award-winning instructor prepares students to address real challenges, be strong teammates.

Food science, said Emily Goodstein, was “the perfect marriage” between two things she really loves: food and science. “Few people know that food science exists, but it impacts everybody, every day.” Goodstein currently works as a beverage product developer in Seattle where, she said, she makes “tasty stuff.” Before she started her career in the […]

PUYALLUP, Wash. – It takes a long time – 14 years on average – to develop a new cultivar of red raspberry using traditional methods, and even then, breeders can’t always accomplish what growers and consumers want. Understanding consumer and grower needs and refining breeding processes to develop cultivars that meet those needs is the […]

The Fine Details: The Ability to Blend Art and Science Helps Make Great Wine When sipping a glass of a fine winemaker’s red blend in front of the fire, it’s easy to appreciate the art that went into that glass. But anyone who has tried to make wine finds him or herself quickly caught up […]