January 23, 2020
Unlike some other popular diets, there’s a growing collection of scientific evidence behind intermittent fasting, especially in relation to diabetes and the collection of conditions known as metabolic syndrome.
News and information for faculty, staff, and the WSU Community
January 23, 2020
In a scientific first, WSU researchers delivered a one-two punch to knock out viruses that affect many food, feed, and fiber crops, using precise, targeted editing of viral genes.
January 22, 2020
WSU scientists modeled the threat posed by “smart devices” and “smart homes” to the nation’s power grid. They presented their work recently at the 2019 Northwest Cybersecurity Symposium.
WSU Spokane News
January 22, 2020
WSU research shows premature mortality—death occurring before the age of 65—is three to eight times more likely among non‑whites from low‑income neighborhoods compared to more‑affluent whites in Washington.
Upcoming events
January 14 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
January 24 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
January 27 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Campus and Community
January 23, 2020
The exhibition will feature a range of styles of art, including interactive and electronic sculptures, ceramics, photography, painting, drawing and more by 16 faculty and staff from across the WSU system.
January 23, 2020
Award-winning novelist and poet Patrick Coleman will visit Pullman from Feb. 4–6 as a guest of the WSU Visiting Writer series. Coleman also is an artist and curator who serves as assistant director of the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination at UC San Diego.
January 22, 2020
Awards will be offered by the Office of Undergraduate Research, the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture, and WSU Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation—an NSF‑funded program for underrepresented minority students in STEM majors.
January 22, 2020
The Commercialization Gap Fund is intended to be the final funding step for near market-ready technologies in the areas of clean tech, engineering, human and animal health, and agricultural and/or information technologies.
Science & Technology
January 9, 2020
They propose immediate “no regret” solutions, steps that can only help insects recover while they work to build more scientific knowledge of the problem.
December 17, 2019
The $500,000 grant will help the WSU research team direct supercomputers to automatically find the most efficient ways to run large programs, reducing the burden on resources and on the programmers.
December 12, 2019
WSU researchers are creating the first-ever “IQ test” for artificial intelligence systems that would score how well they learn and adapt to new, unknown environments.
December 2, 2019
A team of WSU engineers developed a deicer containing grape extract and other agricultural waste products that outperforms other commonly used deicers, including road salt and what is thought to be a more environmentally friendly blend of salt brine and beet juice.
Food & Agriculture
January 15, 2020
WSU scientists have transferred a collection of genes into plant-colonizing bacteria that let them draw nitrogen from the air and turn it into ammonia, a natural fertilizer.
January 10, 2020
Women across the Northwest can learn how to run resilient farms and businesses while enhancing their own health at the 2020 Women in Agriculture Conference, organized by WSU Extension, on Saturday, Jan. 25.
January 9, 2020
Salvage logging and re-seeding a forest after a wildfire helps reduce flooding and returns water levels to normal faster, according to a new WSU research.
January 7, 2020
WSU is part of an international effort to revolutionize the production of rice, a project that recently earned a five‑year, $15 million grant renewal from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Health & Medicine
January 13, 2020
The researchers are hopeful that their discovery could someday be used to improve treatment outcomes for breast cancer patients.
January 13, 2020
If not identified before surgery, a rare genetic mutation could result in your dog being exposed to dangerously high levels of anesthetic agents.
January 2, 2020
The five-year $1.59 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will focus on studying how the ovarian steroid hormones estrogen and progesterone affect fertility within the female reproductive tract.
January 2, 2020
The nurses left for Thailand on New Year’s Day to join Thai colleagues in looking at the unique care provided to cancer patients at a temple there.
Announcements
January 24, 2020
Human Resource Services – Benefits and TIAA will be providing an overview of the benefits and retirement savings options available through WSU.
January 24, 2020
The pet portraits of second-year WSU veterinary student Jessica Turner will be on display through mid-May at the Animal Health Library, part of the WSU Libraries’ “Art in the Library” program.
January 24, 2020
Kami Ryplewski, office assistant 3 for Pharmaceutical Sciences in the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, received the January 2020 Crimson Spirit Award.
January 24, 2020
Have you noticed a WSU employee going out of their way to help a colleague, student, or member of the community?