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2023 WSU Wine Science Highlights

From an endowed professorship to awards and student scholarships, 2023 was an exciting year for WSU’s viticulture and enology department.

Illustration of a Blended Learning wine bottle pouring out red wine with red wine grapes next to it. Text reads "2023 Wine Science Highlights." The text on the bottle reads "Blended Learning Viticulture and Enology 2018 Sangiovese Columbia Valley" with the WSU cougar head logo.

Retiring scientific assistant reflects on 40 years at WSU IAREC

When Lynn Mills moved to the Pacific Northwest to work at WSU IAREC in the 1980s, she thought it might be a brief stop in her career trajectory. As she retires four decades later, Mills is grateful for meaningful learning experiences and a community that feels like family.

A group of seven people stand, kneel, and lean over, working in a vineyard. Hills, trees, and fields are in the background.

Champion of rural Washington broadband access retires

Monica Babine, who worked more than 20 years to connect citizens and policymakers and make rural broadband a reality, retires today. Throughout her career, Babine, senior associate and leader of WSU’s Program for Digital Initiatives, spent years demonstrating the value of broadband internet and importance of digital access for all communities in Washington. Then came […]

A broadband tower is pictured against a yellow sunset sky.