Press Releases

Researchers determine key improvement for fuel cells

By Tina Hilding, Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University researchers have determined a key step in improving solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), a promising clean energy technology that has struggled to gain wide acceptance in the marketplace.

July 22-30: Life is a cabaret! WSU presents musical revue

PULLMAN, Wash. – Music from the Broadway hits “Cabaret” and “Chicago,” the films “Funny Girl” and “New York, New York” and more – all written by John Kander and Fred Ebb – will be performed in a musical revue at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, July 22, 23, 29 and 30, at Bryan Hall at […]

Scholarship to help increase Native American nurse force

By Alli Benjamin, College of Nursing SPOKANE, Wash. – Washington State University Ph.D. nursing candidate Leslie Randall has received a $10,000 scholarship from Johnson & Johnson companies designated for American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) scholars in an effort to increase their representation among the workforce.

Popular conservation writer receives WSU alumni award

LINCOLN, Neb. – Paul Johnsgard, an ornithologist, artist and emeritus professor at the University of Nebraska, was honored July 12 with the Washington State University Alumni Association Alumni Achievement Award in recognition of writing and teaching that has expanded public understanding of natural history, conservation and pressing environmental issues.

Want fries with that? Stealth potato virus threatens industry

By Sylvia Kantor, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – The next time you sink your teeth into a hot, crispy french fry, consider the threats that stand between you and this iconic food. Newly emerged viruses threaten the U.S. potato industry, including potatoes grown in Washington.

WSU Performing Arts 2016-17 series tickets on sale

By Gail Siegel, WSU Performing Arts PULLMAN, Wash. – Season tickets for Washington State University Performing Arts 2016-17 go on sale Friday, July 15, at TicketsWest. A dozen acts include everything from “The Complete History of America (abridged): Election Edition,” to a brass holiday concert, to Cirque Zuma Zuma aerial acrobatics, to a comedic romp […]