Halver Lecture

National Zoo nutritionist to reflect on exotic species, career firsts at WSU’s Halver Lecture

February 22, 2024

As senior nutritionist for the National Zoo, Mike Maslanka solves diet-related riddles in a world of amazing species.

Feb. 17: Nutritionist shares feeding habits of vital ocean predators in Halver Lecture

February 11, 2021

Speaker blends enthusiasm for research, role in keeping important animals fed and healthy

About the Author

Today, it's an encounter with WSU forestry students learning to fight wildfire. Tomorrow, it might be a photo session with cheesemakers at the WSU Creamery or a field-day trip through experimental meadows at the university’s new Perennial Grass Breeding and Ecology Farm. For communicator and WSU alumnus Seth Truscott, the many facets of CAHNRS ensure that no two days are alike. A newspaper journalist and editor in a prior incarnation, he has brought the community and identity of the college to light through reports, blog posts, press releases, images, and other media since 2015.