WSU Pullman

To bolster a New Year’s resolution, ask, don’t tell

By Sue McMurray, Carson College of Business PULLMAN, Wash. – “Will you exercise this year?” That simple question can be a game-changing technique for people who want to influence their own or others’ behavior, according to a recent study spanning 40 years of research.

Stan Berry

PULLMAN, Wash. – Stan Berry, retired director of admissions, died Dec. 18, 2015. He worked at WSU 1955-88. Read an obituary submitted by the family at https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/609/2016/01/Stan-Berry-1923-2015.pdf

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James F. Smith

PULLMAN, Wash. – James F. Smith, retired from facilities services, died Dec. 13, 2015. He worked at WSU 1977-88.

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Rare moon to light up skies on Christmas

By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, WASH. – A brilliant moon should be all that Rudolf needs to guide Santa’s sleigh over the Pacific Northwest this Christmas. For the first time in almost four decades, a full moon will hang high in the sky, making the landscape glow – especially where there is snow.

Living snow fence thrives, surprises in drylands

By Seth Truscott, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences DAVENPORT, Wash. – Along a blustery rural highway, foresters from Washington State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are proving that living snow fences – windbreaks made of live trees – can protect Northwest roads and farms from winter’s fury.

Photos: Snow frosts WSU; more on the way

PULLMAN, Wash. – Snow brought beauty and slow, treacherous travel to Washington State University Wednesday. More snow and freezing rain are forecast for the Pullman area from noon Thursday through Friday night, according to the National Weather Service in Spokane, Wash.

Golden grads, native tribes, more tap into digital resource

By J. Adrian Aumen, College of Arts & Sciences, And Nella Letizia, WSU Libraries PULLMAN, Wash. – In the early 1970s, the Tejon Indian Tribe in southern California essentially vanished from U.S. memory when it was mistakenly omitted from the Department of the Interior’s list of federally recognized tribes. It took until 2012 for the […]