Bankruptcy; Biodiesel; Bias; Supercomputer

Following are links to recent media articles regarding WSU faculty and staff, as well as items of general interest in higher education news.  To view the articles, just click on the appropriate link.
 
 

July 24, 2008
 
  • The Post (Athens, OH) — Bankruptcy shifting to elderly, with WSU grad student Deborah Thorne, who is researched bankruptcy for 10 years

  • Biodiesel Magazine — Federal grants fuel Washington biodiesel initiative, noting Washington State University Extension Service
  • Tricity Herald — $4 million federal grant to help get PNNL’s Cray computer going, with WSU as partner in research
  • Baltimore Sun — Naps: the rest of the story: As experts debate value, more doze off, with WSU researcher Gregory Belenky
  • New York Times — Wheat residue best left on the ground, according to Ann Kennedy, USDA soil scientist at WSU.

 

July 23, 2008
 
  • KEPR-TV (Video) — Local organic farming booming
  • Chronicle of Higher Education — Using new policy, students complain about classroom bias

  • Chronicle of Higher Education — Keeping an eye out for online course cheating
  • Seattle Times — Making the most of your produce, with Olga Fuste, WSU food safety program
  • Spokesman-Review — Preserving foods can be a lot easier if we do it together; featuring Master Food Preserver class through Washington State University Extension Service
  • Seattle PI — WSU prof to head new Univ. Tenn engineering division
 
 

July 22, 2008
 
  • Chicago Tribune — Making the most of nap time, with Gregory Belenky, WSU sleep researcher
  • KXLY-TV (Video) — WSU track star Diana
    Pickler heading to Beijing for Summer Olympics, with WSU coach Rick Sloan
  • Heartland Institute (Illinois) — Cold Temperatures Continue to Batter United States, Pullman’s June 10 snow earns attention (to refresh your memory click here)
  • SeattlePI and Spokesman-Reveiw— Wheat residue too valuable for biofuels

 

July 21, 2008
 


  • Business Week — The College Credit-Card Hustle: How universities and alumni associations profit by marketing undergrads to financial giants
  • Tricity Herald — WSU Tri-Cities expects to exceed enrollment target
  • Solar Electric Power Association — U.S. Utilities Evaluate Solar Power with WSU
  • Sun Star (Phillipines) — Chronic arthritis of goats with Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory
 
 


July 20, 2008
 
 

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