Press Releases

Researchers develop scale to measure the quality, quantity and value of “imaginativeness” in new ventures.

Smith comes to WSU from the University of Utah’s College of Architecture and Planning, where he served as associate dean for research and community engagement.

The James and Marilyn Oliver Hyde estate has gifted $1.4 million to support students in Department of Entomology.

Naidu Rayapati, world-renowned plant pathologist, has been named director of the Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Prosser and assistant dean for WSU Tri-Cities CAHNRS.

WSU’s Sleep and Performance Research Center has embarked on a $2.8 million study to determine how poor sleep impacts decision-making.

Clients of the Washington Small Business Development Center made a strong showing at the U.S. Small Business Administration Washington State awards gala in Seattle.

Washington State University scientists are getting two new laboratories in outer space.

Lewis Blakeney, a certified business advisor with the Washington SBDC, was named the network’s Star Performer for his work with small business owners in North Central Washington.

KENT, Wash. – Learn to identify and control invasive weeds that choke out trees and forested areas at the Invasive Forest Weed Control Field Practicum hosted by WSU Extension.

Two WSU scientists, working in their spare time and without funding, built an electron microscope in the 1930s to help usher in the era of atomic-level imaging.

400 students from 31 high schools across the Pacific Northwest will compete May 19 at WSU in the Alaska Airlines Imagine Tomorrow competition.

Transplanting fungi to restore native plant populations in the Midwest and Northwest is the focus of efforts by a team of WSU Tri-Cities researchers.

The WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine is unveiling the newly named Tamara A. Hennings Cancer Research Lab, made possible by a $1 million gift from Willard and Patricia Hennings of Ritzville in loving memory of their late daughter.

“The Secret Life of Yeast: Not So Secret Anymore,” a lecture by Linda Bisson, will be presented May 16 at the WSU Wine Science Center in Richland.

The struggle to identify the origins of the E. coli outbreak, which has sickened people nationwide, highlights the difficulty of tracking a pathogen through a complex food supply chain.

WSU and the Palouse Discovery Science Center are helping the public connect with science and research.