Following is a chronological list of recent popular news articles.
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Alternative jet fuels
WSU exhibit to open at Paris Air Show
PARIS - When the 50th International Paris Air Show gets under way June 17, representatives from WSU will be here to promote the university's expertise in developing viable alternative jet fuels[more]
Pear, apple, almond, cherry
WSU scientists make genomes available for research
PULLMAN, Wash. - Anyone who has bought a hard pear at the supermarket can probably attest to the fruit's unpredictable ripening process. But that unpredictability, one of the [more]
Engineers needed
Avista Power Lab aims to prepare students for a smarter grid
PULLMAN, Wash. – A five-year pledge commitment totaling $325,000 from Avista Corp. will support research innovation and better prepare Washington State University students for new Smart Grid technologies. [more]
Participants show ‘increased joviality’
Dogs help improve moods among teens in treatment
PULLMAN, Wash. - Lindsay Ellsworth is prescribing a new, mood-boosting therapy for teenagers in drug and alcohol treatment: shelter dogs.
Saving, diversifying honey bees
WSU researchers preparing bee semen bank
PULLMAN, Wash. - WSU researchers are preparing to use liquid nitrogen to create a frozen semen bank from select U.S. and European honey bee colonies.[more]
National award
Graduate student wins for video about Parkinson’s study
PULLMAN, Wash. - A WSU student has won a national award for a compelling video that he created about his work to improve treatment for Parkinson’s disease. View the video [more]
Advisor assists entrepreneur
Soccer strategy, thrills in a board game
PULLMAN, Wash. - Motivated young soccer players can improve their skills by kicking the ball around, but how do they improve their understanding and strategy?[more]
Season of the tick man
Tick expert cracks tough cases
PULLMAN, Wash. - As hikers take to the forests and fields, ticks are emerging for their first blood meal of the season. While most people cringe at that thought, a WSU scientist is enthralled[more]
Twitter ‘yelling’ attracts followers
Confidence trumps accuracy in pundit popularity
PULLMAN, Wash. - It would be nice to think the pundits we see yelling on TV and squawking on Twitter are right all the time. It turns out they’re wrong more often than they are right.
[more]Goldwater and Howard Hughes
Student scientist wins top national honors
PULLMAN, Wash. - WSU senior Fiorella Grandi, 21, recently landed two prestigious national awards for her academic pursuits: [more]
Holds 86 U.S. patents
Distinguished professor becomes AIChE Fellow
PULLMAN, Wash. – WSU Voiland Distinguished Professor Yong Wang was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in May, just a couple months after being named a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.[more]
Research gateway photos
Wine Science Center builders selected
RICHLAND, Wash. - The Wine Science Center Development Authority has selected Lydig Construction Inc. and ALSC Architects of Spokane to design and construct a $23 million [more]



