Philippines

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – In Elmar Villota’s home country of the Philippines, as much as 15 percent of households do not have electricity. Villota, a doctoral student in biological systems engineering at Washington State University Tri-Cities, is motivated to close that gap with renewable energy.

By Jane Payumo, Office of International Programs PULLMAN, Wash. – The potential healing property of chemicals found in nature was addressed by two Washington State University faculty members recently at a scientific seminar in their home country of the Philippines.

By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – When the weather turns foul, students in the U.S. get snow days; in the Philippines, Jeff Godoy got typhoon days.