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Unique unmanned aerial vehicle takes flight

    WSU engineering professor Jacob Leachman, left, with students Patrick Adam, Patrick Gavin, Justin Bahrami, Eric Barrow and Christopher Chaney. PULLMAN, Wash. – Test flights of a battery-powered version of what’s intended to be the world’s first university-built, liquid hydrogen-powered airplane have been conducted by students at Washington State University.   Researchers want to develop such vehicles to […]

WSU researchers preparing bee semen bank

  Sheppard and Cobey discuss the challenges facing honey bees and the efforts to expand the U.S. honey bee gene pool. Video by WSU College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences.     Click the image above to see how semen is extract from honey bees Liquid nitrogen used to preserve semen from imperiled subspecies. […]

No awards, but ‘Volunteers’ a favorite of Cougs

      What’s your choice for Movie of the Year?   The 2011 Academy Awards is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 27. Take the WSU Today Poll and vote for your selection for Movie of the Year. The poll is located on the right side of WSU Today front page. When loyal Cougars talk about motion pictures, […]

Bryan clock remodeling behind the scenes

Related 08-09-10, WSU Today – New Bryan Clock Tower faces installed (video) 06-14-10, WSU Today – Removal of old clock faces continues at Bryan Tower (video) 03-30-10, WSU Today – Historic and new photo gallery: Bryan Clock Tower facelift planned (photos) PULLMAN – People on the WSU Pullman campus know well that Bryan Clock Tower, WSU’s most notable […]

WSU communicators win three CASE awards

    Related Council for Advancement and Support of Education CASE int’l award winners CASE 2010 Circle of Excellence Awards CASE District VIII award winners   PULLMAN – WSU communicators have earned a school-record three awards in the 2010 Circle of Excellence communications competition sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).   The awards […]

New graduate student health care program announced

    PULLMAN – Enrolling more, top-quality graduate students is critical if WSU is to fulfill its potential as one of our nation’s leading land-grant institutions, said WSU President Elson S. Floyd in his Perspectives column.   As part of that effort, university officials have been looking into providing health-care options for the spouses and partners of graduate students… […]

Cougars gearing up for strong season start

  Photos by Shelly Hanks, WSU Photo Services       Cougar defense shines in first 2010 scrimmage By Joseph Nickell, WSU Athletics   PULLMAN – The WSU football team held its first scrimmage of fall camp Saturday at Martin Stadium, and the Cougar defense held its offensive counterpart in check for most of the […]

Plateau Center to be co-managed

  SPOKANE – The Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture and Washington State University have announced a plan for the collaborative management of the MAC’s Center for Plateau Cultural Studies program and WSU’s Plateau Center for American Indian Studies.   Under the agreement, Michael Holloman, director for the MAC’s Center for Plateau Cultural Studies program for […]

Top sexually transmitted disease nearly unknown

      Related Articles: Centers for Disease Control – Trichomoniasis facts Centers for Disease Control –  Trichomonas infection More on Alderete’s research WebMD e-medicine – Treatment and care WikiMedpedia – signs, symptoms, diagnosis, cause PULLMAN – Trichomonas vaginalis, sometimes referred to as “trich,” could be considered the number one sexually transmitted disease in the nation, and, […]

Cougars guarding Bohler removed for repair

    Photos by Robert Hubner, WSU Photo Services and (those with dates) by Richard Kizer, Capital Planning and Development     PULLMAN – The familiar majestic cougars guarding the west entrance to Bohler Gymnasium were lowered from their perch on a cornice above the entry this morning so contractors could restore them to original […]