Press Releases

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.

Food box program helps families eat more nutritious meals, while giving rural farms and retailers a healthier economic base.

Initial accreditation allows the college to begin developing and sponsoring residency and fellowship training programs. 

This exhibition features 10 works — nine performance-based videos and one live performance/sculptural installation — by this New York-based artist.

Grain scientists will share some of the latest discoveries in wheat breeding, disease and pest management, and production innovations.