WSU is encouraging all students in Pullman to get tested for COVID-19 this month, regardless of whether they are experiencing symptoms. Testing is free, with students only having to bring their Cougar Card.

In a message to the WSU community, President Kirk Schulz reinforced the university’s ongoing commitment to containing covid-19 and working with stakeholders to protect the communities where WSU facilities are located.

In many respects the COVID‑19 pandemic is revolutionizing the ways WSU Pullman’s affinity student centers are providing support and facilitating student engagement.

With supervisory approval, the mentor/mentee program is available to all WSU staff. Supervisors are encouraged to allow staff members to participate.

After serving the WSU community for 30 years in a variety of important roles, Ana María Rodríguez-Vivaldi retired from her post as an associate professor and associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences but will continue working to improve lives across the university and beyond.

Joshua Gendron, Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, Yale University, presents “Illuminating the plant calendar.”

WSU’s Outdoor Recreation Center is offering outdoor trips and web clinics. If you’re on the Pullman campus join us for trips like Sunset Paddles, Idaho Hot Springs Eco-Adventure, Illia Dunes Eco-Adventure, Gym-to-Rock Climbing Series, Full Moon Hike at Kamiak Butte, Moscow Mountain Hike, and so much more!

Join us at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, Wednesday, September 30, from 1–4 p.m.! Etsuko Ichikawa will be present in the gallery to informally welcome visitors to her exhibition, Etsuko Ichikawa: Broken Poems of Fireflies.

To date, the Office of the Provost has distributed thousands of dollars in grants to support faculty purchasing new technology to make laboratory exercises more engaging for students.

The test demonstrated a key technology needed for long endurance, all‑electric flights for medium-sized UAVs. It could also be the first step toward a future of using hydrogen in aviation.

The organ models, developed in part by WSU scientists, could improve surgical outcomes for thousands of patients worldwide.

The spectrometer will enable WSU researchers to perform more accurate measurements of materials found in spent nuclear fuels, nuclear waste forms and fuel materials.

For the first time, a team of scientists led by WSU’s Jon Oatley have created pigs, goats and cattle that can serve as viable “surrogate sires,” male animals that produce sperm carrying only the genetic traits of donor animals.

WSU researchers are studying the effects of heat and developing an electronic, open‑source cooling system to protect plants and wine quality.

Research by WSU graduate student Brenden Campbell found mealworm larvae fed polystyrene waste, discarded polymers better known by their trade name of Styrofoam, could be safe for human consumption.

Grafting joins parts from two plants together so they grow as a single plant. The researchers found grafted watermelon crops produced greater yields than non-grafted plants when there is disease pressure.

The new three‑year residence training program, based at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett, is currently accepting applications.

Until the smoke clears, Washington State University veterinarians say the best thing pet owners can do is keep their animals indoors.

A recent study showed that the slow release of soy-based chemical compounds from a 3D‑printed bone-like scaffold resulted in a reduction in bone cancer cells while building up healthy cells.

Hosted by WSU President Kirk Schulz, the meeting included discussions with university, student and community leaders about COVID‑19.