Professor Pauline Sameshima will be leading a discussion centered around her recent work, Awakening to Soma Heliakon: Encountering Teacher-Researcher-Learning in the 21st Century, on Nov. 4 in the Brian Library from 3:00-4:00 p.m. The event is open to all. Faculty and students are encouraged to attend to take advantage of the occasion for collaborative […]
RICHLAND – An internationally recognized microbiologist is joining WSU as the director of the Center for Bioproducts and Bioenergy and as the Battelle Distinguished Professor, based at WSU Tri-Cities. Birgitte Ahring signed the offer letter this week at her home in Denmark, agreeing to lead WSU’s interdisciplinary center that will focus research and academic programming […]
PULLMAN, – Bill Pan, professor of soil science and chair of the crop and soil sciences department at WSU, has been named a fellow of the American Society of Agronomy. Selection as fellow is the highest honor the society can bestow on a member. Pan will be recognized at the 2007 international meetings of the […]
Pullman, Wash. – Brian Lamb, Regents’ professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been named 2007 Anjan Bose Outstanding Researcher for the Washington State University College of Engineering and Architecture. Lamb will discuss “Regional Air Quality Modeling: Short Term Forecasts and Long Range Climate Predictions” at the Anjan Bose Outstanding Researcher Lecture at 3:30 p.m., […]
The Christmas tree tradition supports a sizeable industry in Washington, and Gary Chastagner, a scientist at the Puyallup Research and Extension Center, works to make sure both tradition and industry remain strong. Sudden oak death, an exotic plant disease with the potential to kill some species of large oak trees, is Chastagner’s main concern. “At […]
A Washington State University scientist is trying to turn cull potatoes into a profitable byproduct for Washington potato growers.The state’s potato growers harvest about 5 million tons of potatoes every year. Nearly 15 percent of the potatoes, usually known as culls, end up as some form of feed or residual use by-product, according to Melvin […]
A Washington State University scientist is trying to turn cull potatoes into a profitable byproduct for Washington potato growers. The state’s potato growers harvest about 5 million tons of potatoes every year. Nearly 15 percent of the potatoes, usually known as culls, end up as some form of feed or residual use by-product, according to […]
Research. Teaching. Service. It’s the trinity of academic life, but nobody said it was easy. Still, Frances K. McSweeney, professor of psychology and the 2004 recipient of the WSU Eminent Faculty Award, the highest honor the university bestows on its faculty, makes it look easy. More than easy, like she enjoys it. “The thing that […]
Gene Allwine, scientific assistant in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at WSU, has traveled to all but one state in the U.S. He will add the final state to his list on Saturday, Oct. 18, when he competes in the Superbowl of triathlons, the Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. The race was […]
James J. Zuiches, who has served as dean of Washington State University’s College of Agriculture and Home Economics since 1995, will step down from the post effective Aug. 9. R. James Cook (photo right),who has held the Endowed Chair in Wheat Research at WSU for five years, will become interim dean of the college. “Dr. […]