PULLMAN – Food safety issues – from produce in the field to meals on the table – will be the focus of the next installment of WSU Extension’s “Research that Works for You” Webinar series. The presentation will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1, at http://breeze.wsu.edu/research_that_works_for_you/. Karen Killinger, WSU Extension food safety specialist, […]
PULLMAN – When the first irrigation water from the Columbia Basin Reclamation Project flowed through the sage brush of Quincy, Keith F. Kirkbride was there launching a program at the high school to educate the area’s future farmers. Now, Kirkbride’s sons, Frank and Charlie Kirkbride, are launching a scholarship program at WSU to honor the […]
PULLMAN – Two new spring wheat varieties will soon be available to state growers, thanks to scientists at WSU. “JD” is a new soft white, spring club variety. “Babe” is a soft white, common spring wheat. Both varieties were bred by professor Kim Kidwell, wheat breeder and associate dean for academic programs in the WSU […]
McLean PULLMAN – Faculty and staff of WSU’s College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resources Sciences and WSU Extension were honored Saturday, April 4, at the 50th annual CAHNRS’ awards banquet Derek McLean, assistant professor of animal sciences, assistant animal scientist and associate director of the Center for Reproductive Biology, received the R.M. Wade Foundation […]
WSU faculty granted tenure and promotion in 2009 include: 2009 PROMOTION AND TENURE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL, HUMAN AND NATURAL RESOURCE SCIENCES NAME ACTION RANK DEPARTMENT EFFECTIVE DATE Matthew F. Bumpus Grant and Promote Associate Professor Human Development August 16, 2009 Kenneth C. Eastwell Promote Professor Plant Pathology, Prosser July 1, 2009 Eric L. Jessup Promote […]
Inglis Debra A. Inglis will receive the 2009 CAHNRS Women’s History Recognition Award for Professional and Academic Leadership. Inglis is an associate professor of plant pathology at WSU. From 2004 through 2008, she served as interim director of WSU’s Northwest Washington Research and Extension Center in Mount Vernon. As interim director, Inglis led the […]
CAHNRS faculty and staff contributed approximately 1,400 pounds of food and paper products, which will be matched by Pam and Dan Bernardo, yielding a total contribution to the Food Bank of 2,800 pounds. This total is over three times the amount collected when the food drive began three years ago. The College of Engineering […]
PULLMAN – An unprecedented number of undergraduate students in the WSU College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences will have an opportunity to conduct hands-on science thanks to a series of grants from the college specifically aimed at supporting undergraduate research. “Experiential learning and applying basic science and research to real-world issues and challenges […]
Activity by the Washington State Governor’s 2008 Climate Action Team (CAT) to help reduce Greenhouse gas emissions in Washington State will be the focus of the next Extension Engaged broadcast on Friday, Nov. 7 at 10 a.m. The program will feature a discussion with Jake Fey, director of the Extension Energy Program, and Chad […]
Thomas Henick-Kling, photo courtesy of Cornell University PULLMAN – Thomas Henick-Kling, an international leader in wine research and education, is the new director of WSU’s viticulture and enology program. Dan Bernardo, dean of the WSU College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, announced the appointment today. Henick-Kling is scheduled to assume his new […]