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WSU Professor Doug Walsh is one of six scientists who will join the ranks of the prestigious Fellows of the Entomological Society of America this fall.

A new generation of WSU engineers will learn not only how to build better robots but also how to make them work better with, and for, humans — thanks in part to a $3 million NSF grant.

A WSU team has designed a system that uses automated drones to deter pest birds, like European starlings or crows, that cost growers millions of dollars a year in stolen or ruined fruit.

WSU researchers are developing disease and pest-resistant hops as well as biocontrols that feed on damaging insects as part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant.

Washington is the second-largest wine producing state in the U.S. with over 1,000 wineries that produce over 17 million cases of wine each year, contributing to $8.4 billion in annual in‑state economic impact.

WSU’s Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center will celebrate its centennial at two special events: an Oct. 2 opening ceremony featuring WSU dignitaries, and a family-friendly community celebration on Oct. 5.

Extension specialists with WSU Tree Fruit Extension and Oregon State University will lead this year’s Cherry Fruit School, to be offered in four locations.

Khot and his team also will look at new organic products like plant extracts and highly refined petroleum oils.

WSU tree fruit experts will update growers on the highly anticipated WA 38 apple variety and Cosmic Crisp® fruit.

WSU graduate student Xiaochi Ma is making waves early in his career in viticulture, the science of growing grapes.