WSU Spokane

Salk Middle School, Rogers High School win state MESA

By Kevin Dudley, WSU Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. – Student teams from Salk Middle School and Rogers High School took home first place finishes recently at the MESA State Championship at the Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond, Wash. Salk will represent Washington at the MESA (mathematics, engineering, science achievement) National Competition June 22-25 in Ogden, Utah.

Benefits to timing chemotherapy to body’s ‘awake’ time

By Lori Maricle, College of Pharmacy PULLMAN, Wash. – Not a morning person? Neither are your kidneys. Research from the Washington State University College of Pharmacy suggests there may be benefits to timing chemotherapy in cancer patients to the time of day the body is “most awake.”

Why thunderstorms are rare in the Pacific Northwest

By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. – Last year on May 29, a thunderstorm rolled into parts of eastern Washington and northern Idaho causing sporadic power outages and several reports of minor hail damage to cars. Though the storm caused no significant or widespread damage, the event was big […]

Alumna, 100, a grad of WSU’s first four-year pharmacy class

By Lori Maricle, College of Pharmacy SPOKANE, Wash. – A member of the first graduating class of the four-year bachelor of science in pharmacy degree at Washington State Agricultural College (now Washington State University), Geraldine (“Jeri”) J. Kerr celebrated her 100th birthday on April 16.