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CUB changes room rates

PULLMAN – Compton Union Building administration will introduce a new room rate structure beginning July 1, 2010.   The intent of the new rates, CUB administrators said, is to provide more flexible scheduling options and to make space more accessible to WSU community members.   A recent reservation review indicated that an average meeting taking place in the CUB […]

WSU Athletics offers overview of 2009-2010

    PULLMAN – WSU Athletics has assembled a year-end overview of all its teams including academic honors, titles and records. Here are a few stats for the year:   2009-2010 Overall Record: 109-108-2 (.502) 2008-09 Conference Record: 36-69-2 (.346) All-Americans: 6 individuals for 6 awards All-Region Awards: 5 individuals for 5 awards All-Conference Selections: 33 […]

Human heart disease key might lie with hibernating bears

    Video by Adam Wallberg, WSU News Service intern     PULLMAN – WSU’s Bear Center is currently looking at hibernation and how a bear can survive with a very low heart rate for an extended period of time.   “Humans or other animals could not do what the bears do in hibernation without […]

Georgia agrometeorologist to lead AgWeatherNet

Hoogenboom PULLMAN – Gerrit Hoogenboom, a professor of agrometeorology and crop modeling, has been named the new director of WSU’s Agricultural Weather Network (AgWeatherNet).   Hoogenboom succeeds Gary Grove, professor of pathology, in the position, and will begin his new responsibilities on Aug. 1.   ”Gerrit is a seasoned professional with areas of specialty that exactly match […]

Vet med receives scanner through family donation

      Tari a 10 year-old registered quarterhorse mare (first two photos above) undergoes a spiral CT scan to examine a mass near one of her carotid arteries. The new CT scanner makes it possible to scan parts of large animals, like horses, as well as full body scans of smaller animals, like  ‘Jaker,’ […]

Register now for Hardhat Classic Golf Tourney

Above l-r, Jordan Bowker, 2010-2011 WSU Facilities Operations scholarship recipient; Andrew Seaman of Jess Ford of Pullman; and Steve Westbrook, FacOps scholarship committee chair, pose at Palouse Ridge Golf Club with a Ford 2010 F150 XLT Super Cab 4wd pickup truck, the tourney’s hole-in-one prize which is sponsored by the dealership. Caitlyn Dimock, the other scholarship […]

Cougs in NCAA tourney, second consecutive year

  INDIANAPOLIS – For the second-straight season, the Washington State University baseball team received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Championship. The announcement came May 31 that the Cougars will take part in the postseason, their first back-to-back appearance since 1987-88.   WSU (34-20, 15-12 Pacific-10) finished third in the Pac-10 and was […]

Molecular biology to merge with Vet Med July 1

PULLMAN — WSU’s School for Molecular Biology (SMB) will become an academic unit within the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) effective July 1.   SMB is currently within the WSU College of Sciences (COS) and is the recipient of the most National Institutes of Health funding in the WSU system.   Bayly The merger has […]

Once named the greatest athlete in WSU history

Carl Dietz (Image compliments of WSU’s Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections) Stories That Live Forever   This article is the 11th installment in a series titled “Stories That Live Forever,” by Jason Krump, WSU Athletics.    The series originated in 2007 to commemorate Memorial Day and honor the names listed on the WSU Veterans Memorial […]

Research looks at improving computers via carbon nanotubes

  WSU professor of engineering Jose Delgado-Frias is working to advance the world of computer hardware by merging the fields of digital technology and nanoelectronics. Using carbon nanotubes, he hopes to improve the speed, size and reliability of the microprocessor, enabling it to push the power of electronics to levels previously thought impossible.     […]