Photo above from Scientific American Magazine article on no-till farming
Following are links to recent media articles regarding WSU faculty and staff, as well as items of general interest in higher education news. To view the articles, just click on the appropriate link.
June 19, 2008
* KIMA-TV — (Video) College will cost ‘ya…more
* Vancouver Columbian — Disability no obstacle for grad
* Inside Higher Ed — Redefining where salary gaps linger
* Inside Higher Ed — NCAA penalties are no vacation
* Chronicle of Higher Education — Science fraud at universities is
common — and commonly ignored
June 18, 2008
* Scientific American Magazine — No-Till: How farmers are saving the
soil by parking their plows, by John Reganold and David Huggins, from
WSU’s CAHNRS (exerpt)
soil by parking their plows, by John Reganold and David Huggins, from
WSU’s CAHNRS (exerpt)
* Inside Higher Ed — The New SAT: Longer, but No Better?
* Associated Press — Peanut probe part of NASA mission, WSU soil
scientist Gaylon Campbell has device heading to the Red Planet
scientist Gaylon Campbell has device heading to the Red Planet
* Natural News — Vanishing Topsoil Threatens Sustainability of Human
Life on Earth, with John Reganold
Life on Earth, with John Reganold
* Montreal Gazette — Flame retardant linked to deaths of falcons could
affect humans, with Lindsay Oaks, a WSU veterinary pathologist
affect humans, with Lindsay Oaks, a WSU veterinary pathologist
* Seattle Post-Intelligencer — WSU employee tips auditor in fraud case
June 17, 2008
* Spaceref.com — Mini subs to probe odd structures in BC lake, WSU to participate
* Spokesman-Review — The Fathers of the future, with Matthew Bumpus, WSU assistant professor of human development
* Chronicle of Higher Education — Short and Sweet: Technology Shrinks the Lecture
* Inside Higher Ed — Pushing Student Research Methods ‘Beyond Google’
Monday, June 16
* Wall Street Journal — How to Buy and Hold Stocks, and Sleep at Night, with
John Nofsinger, associate professor of finance at WSU Pullman
John Nofsinger, associate professor of finance at WSU Pullman
* Bellingham Herald — Berry harvest needs warm weather, with Colleen
Burrows of the Washington State University Extension center in Whatcom
County https://www.bellinghamherald.com/business/story/440788.html
Burrows of the Washington State University Extension center in Whatcom
County https://www.bellinghamherald.com/business/story/440788.html
* Schenectady Daily Gazette, NY — Gluten-free cooking for dummies, with
Barry Swanson, a WSU Pullman food science professor
Barry Swanson, a WSU Pullman food science professor
* Orange County Register — Overtime policies push 100 sheriff’s
officers over $150,000, and increase fatigue, with Bryan Vila, a
criminology professor at WSU Spokane.
* Yakima Herald — Teachers of influence: They can make a difference
Thursday, June 12
* Seattle Times — Biofuels hit the rocks of evolution
* Spokesman Review — Water rights law modified in court
* Georgia Faces — WSU among universities to share $4.1 million bee research study
Wednesday, June 11
* Western Farmer-Stockman — Regional beekepers donate to research
* Port Orchard Independent, WA — Food sense and health, with Gayle Alleman, WSU Kitsap County Extension.
* Wired — Space Rocks: NASA Asleep at the Switch, WSU offers a glimpse of the devastation wrought by the Tunguska explosion, 1,000 times more powerful than the nuclear bomb dropped upon Hiroshima https://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/06/space-rocks-nas.html
* Tricity Herald — Skull found, Nez Perce and WSU contacted https://www.tri-cityherald.com/1154/story/208512.html
Tuesday, June 10
* Science — Say goodbye to whimpy paper, with WSU scientist Mike Wolcott
* Penninusula Daily News — Steward of the Land pursues strategies to help North Olympic Peninsula to feed itself
* Slate — Cheap Gas: What keeps pump prices so low in certain states?
Monday, June 9
* U.S. News & World Report — Sleep: A Necessity, Not a Luxury. An estimated 40 million Americans don’t get a good night’s rest, with Greg Belenky, director of the Sleep and Performance Research Center
* Seattle Times — Dead falcon chicks to be tested at WSU
* Everett Herald — Ten federal government 10 earmark grants, two for WSU
* Chronicle of Higher Education — The coming wave of baby boomer retirements; Colleges explore ways to manage retirements
* Everett Herald — Ten federal government earmark grants, two for WSU
* Chronicle of Higher Education — The coming wave of baby boomer retirements; Colleges explore ways to manage retirements
* (AUDIO) Chronicle of Higher Education — Keeping track of transfer students, Gretchen Bataille, president of North Texas, talks about how the institution manages the flow of transfer students
* Chronicle of Higher Education — NIH offers huge increase in money for grant reviewers
* Longview Daily News — New teachers get hard lesson about job market
* Allentown Morning Call, PA — Animal angels with a special task
