PULLMAN, Wash. – Risky experiences flying a single-engine airplane across remote landscapes, tracking the lives of wildland firefighters and more will be discussed in a free, public presentation by author W. Scott Olsen at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, at the Museum of Art at Washington State University.
PULLMAN, Wash. – The U.S.-China relationship – including national security, economic and political perspectives – will be explored in the free, public CHINA Town Hall at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28, in Todd Hall 334 at Washington State University.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University researchers say ancestral exposures to environmental compounds like the insecticide DDT may be a factor in high rates of obesity. The finding comes as DDT is getting a second look as a tool against malaria.
RICHLAND, Wash. – Grape vineyards in regions of mixed field crops historically have been exposed to herbicides, presumably from a combination of local spray drift and regional off-target movement.
PULLMAN, Wash. – River cleanup, senior citizen visits and trail maintenance are some of the Make a Difference Day activities to be sponsored by Washington State University on Saturday, Oct. 26.
By Sue McMurray, College of Business
PULLMAN, Wash. – Predicting whether consumers will purchase organic or conventional food is a multimillion dollar gamble within the food sector. A novel paper by Washington State University College of Business researchers will help advertisers more effectively target the fast-growing organic food market.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Race, popular culture and masculinity are the topics of a free, public presentation at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, in Todd Hall 276 at Washington State University Pullman.
By Nella Letizia
PULLMAN, Wash. – After three decades of distinguished public service, former Washington State Congressman and 57th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Thomas S. Foley leaves a powerful legacy in public policy and education throughout Washington and nationwide. Widely admired for his quiet commitment to respectful leadership, Foley died this morning at age 84 at his home on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
SEATTLE – Hundreds of students, parents and community members will participate in Washington State University’s iCollege program 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence in Seattle.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Rural communities will identify ways to build their local economies by creating places for businesses to thrive with help from Becky McCray, a national expert in entrepreneurship.
By Linda Weiford, WSU News
PULLMAN, Wash. – October marks the peak of wild mushroom picking in the Northwest, and a Washington State University plant pathologist nicknamed the “mushroom queen” is just the person you’d want in tow. She can keep you from getting lost in the woods and from eating a mushroom that tastes bad – or worse, one that will make you sick.
YAKIMA, Wash. – In a project that began with the rural journalism initiative at The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to help expand Northwest Public Radio’s (NWPR) news coverage in central Washington.
PULLMAN, Wash. – The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University is launching an online M.A. degree in strategic communication with classes to begin in January 2014.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Six original Andy Warhol prints recently were given to the Washington State University Museum of Art from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. They are the largest Warhol prints in the museum’s permanent collection (up to 40 x 40 inches) and depict both mundane and recognizable pop culture references.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Patrons of Washington State University Libraries soon will use a single search box to find journals, books and digitized collections. Users will see other improvements, too, including access to some 9 million titles and 26 million resources from 36 other higher education institutions.
PULLMAN, Wash. – The deadline for nominations for Washington State University’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Service Awards is Friday, Nov. 22.
By Alyssa Patrick, College of Engineering and Architecture
SPOKANE, Wash. – Crime prevention theories suggest that when a burglar decides to rob a house, he or she chooses a home that gives passers-by a poor view of entry points such as doors, windows and garages.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington poet laureate Kathleen Flenniken’s life and work have taken twists and turns since she earned her degree in civil engineering at Washington State University in 1983.
SPOKANE, Wash. – Students in the nutrition/exercise physiology program at Washington State University in Spokane are beginning their annual health and fitness clinic and need 30 volunteers to be their clients.
By Rachel Webber, College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences
PROSSER, Wash. – Although the calendar said September, the stormy weather at the end of last month looked more like November or December.