April 29, 2021
Revenue generated from this request will support mental health, housing, and food insecurity services for students. It will also provide additional tuition waivers for students who are having difficulties paying for college.
Press Releases
April 29, 2021
Despite perceptions that entrepreneurs should always be positive, a WSU‑led study found that entrepreneurs whose facial expressions moved through a mix of happiness, anger and fear during funding pitches were more successful.
April 29, 2021
Professor Lav Khot was named interim director of WSU’s AgWeatherNet with the goal of maintaining the momentum of the system’s growth and increasing public-private partnerships. Khot takes over as director for Dave Brown.
April 28, 2021
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination for the 2021-22 academic year will be required for all students engaging in activities at a WSU campus or location, and the intent is to extend the requirement to all employees and volunteers as well. Exemptions will be allowed for medical, religious, or personal reasons.
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April 28, 2021
The study showed that a silica surface such as sand has little effect but natural organic matter can temporarily or permanently trap some types of nanoscale plastic particles.
April 26, 2021
A new study shows that ancient Pueblo farmers often persevered through droughts, but when social tensions were increasing, even modest droughts could spell the end of an era of development.
April 20, 2021
Today’s verdict is a critical moment in a long overdue addressing of the systemic racism and historical injustices that continue to persist in our country.
April 14, 2021
The proposal was chosen for its unique framework to create a flexible infrastructure for resilient entrepreneurship, which consists of support programs that spur regional economic development.
April 13, 2021
WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine is looking for local and regional canine participants to be part of the Dog Aging Project, a five‑year, $23 million undertaking to better understand canine aging.
April 12, 2021
In a new paper, anthropologists document the many dietary solutions ancient Pacific Coast people likely employed to avoid “salmon starvation,” a toxic and potentially fatal condition brought on by eating too much lean protein.
April 9, 2021
WSU Extension educators will help residents of southwestern Washington learn if they have prediabetes, enabling them to protect their health, through virtual consultations April 12 and 15.
April 9, 2021
Whatever bad luck befell Butch, a roughly 1‑year‑old stray dog, his future is looking much more promising after he found his way to the WSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
April 6, 2021
With a $450,000 New Innovator Award from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, WSU researcher Haly Neely will lead a team to study how soil compaction impacts crop productivity and yield as well as develop management practices to reduce the problem.
April 5, 2021
The ability to control your own behavior, known as executive function, might not exist all in your head. A new theory proposes that it develops with many influences from outside the mind.
March 31, 2021
For the first time, researchers at WSU’s Institute for Shock Physics have hard evidence that human-made hexagonal diamonds are stiffer than the common cubic diamonds found in nature and often used in jewelry.
March 30, 2021
WSU researchers have discovered a protein that could be key to blocking the most common bacterial cause of human food poisoning in the United States.
March 29, 2021
New research by a team of WSU scientists could someday lead to treatments to slow or halt the progress of rheumatoid arthritis, a disease which affects an estimated 1.5 million Americans.
March 25, 2021
Cougar Health Services is contacting people who were impacted to report the error and determine if any repayment is necessary.
March 24, 2021
Most people rely on family members to help them learn how to open a bank account, find a job or create a budget, but that’s often not an option for youth in foster care, according to new WSU research.
March 17, 2021
COVID‑19 created many new problems for pregnant women, a WSU study found. Among their concerns, women worried about their babies contracting the disease and being forced to isolate from their newborns in the hospital.