washington state university news

NWPR announces second expansion in a month

    NWPR station history and facilities Except for the 1922 station that is now KWSU and the University of Idaho station (KUID) that became KRFA in 1984, these new coverage projects (including the 1994 KRFA power upgrade) have been funded through a combination of community donations and federal assistance from the Public Telecommunications Facilities […]

Aviation biofuel development takes off at WSU

Alaska Airline Boeing 737-800 (Photo courtesy of Alaska Airline)   Gardner PULLMAN – A major WSU effort to develop aviation biofuel is underway with the announcement of a strategic initiative called the “Sustainable Aviation Fuels Northwest” project; the first of its kind in the U.S.  In partnership with Alaska Airlines, Boeing, the Port of Seattle, […]

Apply now for fall graduate student travel grants

PULLMAN – The Graduate School and the Graduate and Professional Student Association now are taking applications for fall semester graduate student travel grants. These grants are intended to help students in their research and scholarly activities and to present papers at significant meetings.   The deadline for the fall 2010 travel grant applications is 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. […]

Punjab Agricultural University, WSU to partner

  Warwick Bayly, WSU provost (l) and Manjit Singh Kang, vice chancellor of the Punjab university (Photo by Shelly Hanks, WSU Photo Services)     PULLMAN – Agricultural research could be getting a boost worldwide, thanks to a new agreement signed by Washington State University. The memorandum of understanding with Punjab Agricultural University (PAU)  in Ludhiana, India, […]

Hi-pressure material an energy storing monster

  Choon-Shik Yoo and students in laboratory. (Photo courtesy of Washington State Magazine)     PULLMAN – Using super-high pressures similar to those found deep in the Earth or on a giant planet, WSU researchers have created a compact, never-before-seen material capable of storing vast amounts of energy.   “If you think about it, it is […]