By Kathy Barnard, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – Christopher Keane, director of the National Ignition Facility User Office at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is Washington State University’s new vice president for research. WSU President Elson S. Floyd announced the appointment, which becomes effective July 1, this morning.
By Eric Sorensen, WSU science writer PULLMAN, Wash. – While drivers tend to believe it is dangerous to text and drive, many say they can still do it safely. Now Washington State University researchers say drivers can be discouraged from the practice with public service announcements that evoke their fear of death in graphic terms.
PULLMAN, Wash. – A free open house with light refreshments will give the Washington State University community the opportunity to meet staff from the Office of Commercialization, discover what it does for WSU and learn how to use its resources.
PULLMAN, Wash. – U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., visited Washington State University’s plant growth facilities Friday, Feb. 21, to highlight the impacts of the recently approved federal farm bill on WSU and the state.
By Jane Payumo, Office of International Programs PULLMAN, Wash. – A systematic, university-wide program for international collaboration as well as resources supporting individual faculty efforts were called for and discussed at the recent Washington State University international research forum, “Beyond International Talk.”
By E. Kirsten Peters, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Haifang Wen grew up in a rural area of Shandong province in eastern China. In his youth there were not many paved highways in the Chinese countryside.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Universities play a critical role in the commercialization of new technologies, and Washington State University is among the research, land-grant institutions developing new knowledge making a difference locally, nationally and internationally.
By Nella Letizia, WSU Libraries PULLMAN, Wash. – From sewing a miniature book binding to watching a demonstration of shaping a stone tool, nearly 200 eighth-graders from Lincoln Middle School recently took a whirlwind tour of library sciences and anthropological research at Washington State University to prepare for their final history project this spring.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Junior undergraduate researcher Brianna Berg is the first Washington State University student – and one of 10 students nationwide – to be selected by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) for the annual Thomas J. Bardos Science Education Award.
By Sabrina Zearott for CAHNRS communications PULLMAN, Wash. – A new technology available to food companies increases product quality while reducing the chance of contaminated chilled or frozen meals being sold in retail markets.