By Seth Truscott, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences
PROSSER, Wash. – The calendar still says winter, but grain and fruit crops in Washington may already think it’s spring.Continue reading
Programs benefit as health management joins nursing
By Alli Benjamin, College of Nursing
SPOKANE, Wash. – Enhanced graduate education and collaboration in nursing and health management will result now that the Department of Health Policy & Administration (HPA) at Washington State University is part of the WSU College of Nursing.Continue reading
Vaccine skeptics aren’t swayed by emotional scare tactics
By Darin Watkins, Edward R. Murrow College of Communicaton
PULLMAN, Wash. – On the heels of a nationwide measles outbreak comes a report that campaigns aimed at scaring people about the consequences of non-vaccination might not be as effective as many think. An upcoming article in the journal Communication Research challenges the popular assumption that emotional appeals have a wide, sweeping effect on people’s health beliefs.Continue reading
Ask Dr. Universe: When do children’s brains work best?
PULLMAN, Wash. – Hang on tight because the human brain keeps you on a 24-hour roller coaster. Every day the human body produces a chemical messenger in the brain called melatonin. It tells the body when it is time to go to bed.Continue reading
Women’s basketball heading to Pac-12 tournament
PULLMAN, Wash. – Senior guard Tia Presley scored 28 points to lead Washington State University past the University of Southern California 68-62 on Senior Day at Beasley Coliseum Saturday.Continue reading
Getting ready for spring, despite today’s snow flurries
PULLMAN, Wash. – The first hoop house went up on the new Eggert Family Organic Farm at Washington State University recently.Continue reading
Warehouse to be demolished Monday to make way for clinic
SPOKANE, Wash. – Crews will demolish a large portion of the former Peirone warehouse on the southeast edge of the Washington State University Spokane campus beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, March 2, and lasting one to two hours. The structure will be razed to make way for the new University District Health Clinic (UDHC), a project of the Spokane Teaching Health Consortium.Continue reading
Research examines pilot alertness in multi-leg flights
By Judith Van Dongen, WSU Spokane
SPOKANE, Wash. – Yesterday Washington State University and the Regional Airline Association released a report detailing the findings of the first, science-based study of pilot fatigue in multi-segment flight operations. The study was conducted by researchers at WSU’s Sleep and Performance Research Center.Continue reading
Nearly $1M grant to study Dutch history of tolerance
By Linda Weiford, WSU News
PULLMAN, WASH. – It’s not often that a humanities researcher is awarded a grant for nearly a million dollars – especially when the money is distributed from the government of another nation.Continue reading
Targeted search with eDNA for endangered, invasive species
By Will Ferguson, College of Arts & Sciences
PULLMAN, Wash. – New technology at Washington State University could help save the world’s largest species of freshwater turtle from extinction.Continue reading