Following are links to several recent media articles regarding WSU faculty and staff, as well as items of general interest in higher education news. To see a full article, just click on the live URL link.
* Seattle Post-Intelligencer — Scientists study race to rebuild Mount St. Helens. WSU Vancouver botanist John Bishop Vancouver, is placing his bet on the mountain,
https://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_St_Helens_Rebirth.html
* Peninsula Daily News — WSU unit to lead Jefferson County’s economic development efforts, https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070807/NEWS/708070305
* Seattle Times — WSU Football | Freshman Anderson makes impact, https://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/cougars/2003824642_coug07.html
* King News — Washington state forms advisory panel on bee industry, including Steve Sheppard, WSU entomologist, https://www.king5.com/business/stories/NW_080307BUB_honeybee_advisory_panel_JM.dafd36f7.html
* Salon.com — Two words: Bad plastic. “One day, the controls went bananas, showing a huge number of chromosomal abnormalities,” recalls Patricia Hunt, professor of molecular biosciences at Washington State University, https://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/02/bisphenol/index.html
* Inside Higher Ed — Marketing push leads to enrollment surge for women in science and technology, https://insidehighered.com/news/2007/08/07/enrollment
* Medical News Today — Food standards aren’t U.S. issue only. Gustavo Barbosa-Canovas, professor of food engineering at Washington State University, says the U.S. system is so under-staffed and under-funded that it is sometimes rendered virtually ineffective, https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/78865.php
* Inside Higher Ed.com — $40 billion science bill ready for passage, https://insidehighered.com/news/2007/08/02/compete
* Chronicle of Higher Education — Students scorn soft skills that corporations want, https://chronicle.com/daily/2007/08/2007080204n.htm?=attn
* Inside Higher Ed.com — Discouraging ‘Course Fishing,’ students limited to six course drops, https://insidehighered.com/news/2007/08/03/texas
* Chronicle of Higher Education — Congress approves plan to shine light on academic earmarks, https://chronicle.com/daily/2007/08/2007080301n.htm?=attn
