Press Releases

Vilma Navarro‑Daniels recipient of the Marianna Merritt and Donald S. Matteson Distinguished Professorship in Foreign Languages and Cultures.

Peter Nolan sees his military experience and a degree in social sciences leading to a great career in the military or civilian law enforcement.

November Board of Regents meeting set for Pullman campus.

A new study by WSU researchers suggests that a protein called CDK2 plays a critical role in heart damage caused by doxorubicin, a commonly used chemotherapy drug.

WSU researchers have received a $1.4M National Science Foundation grant to create software tools and simulators to enable efficient decision making by power grid operators.

WSU researchers examine effects of cannabis use during pregnancy.

Cyber security researcher Glenn Fink will present “The Internet of Things: A Security and Privacy Perspective” and discuss the issues that society faces in terms of the internet and what people can do to protect themselves.

Political scientists Cornell Clayton, Travis Ridout, and Michael Salamone are available to provide expert analysis of the midterm elections.

Star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes appear to play an essential role in sleep, scientists with the WSU Sleep and Performance Research Center are finding.

Leroy Hood, co‑founder of the Institute for Systems Biology, will give a presentation titled “Systems Medicine, Personalized Health Care and Community Health.”

WSU researchers have determined that Nez Perce Indians grew and smoked tobacco at least 1,200 years ago, long before the arrival of traders and settlers.

Funding for the new Native Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Resource Center in Minority Aging comes from a $2.8 million five‑year grant from the National Institute on Aging.

As cool autumn days arrive, so do the spiders in Pacific Northwest homes. In most cases, the spiders aren’t a threat, they’re simply reacting to the change of season.

“Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything” authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith will speak at the twelfth annual Common Reading Invited Lecture on Oct. 22.

Regardless of political standing, age or gender, U.S. voters favor renewable energy, according to research by WSU professor Christine Horne.

In 2010, the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation donated $26 million help create the Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health.