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Regents rescind 2 percent tuition increase

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University’s Board of Regents on Monday voted to rescind a 2 percent tuition increase in the wake of passage of a new state budget that reinvests in higher education.   “We have the best budget we have seen in two decades, and I thank our state legislators for that,” said WSU President […]

Symposium focuses on aerospace innovation

SEATTLE – Washington state’s Joint Center for Aerospace Technology Innovation (JCATI) will hold its first research symposium here June 24 on “The Future of Aerospace Innovation in Washington.’’  The all-day forum will be at the University of Washington’s Kane Hall. The event is $50 general admission and free for students.   JCATI was established by the […]

Alive! 2013 in full swing

  Photos by Robert Hubner, WSU Photo Services   PULLMAN, Wash. – Alive! 2013 is in full swing on the Washington State University Pullman campus, as new students go through a three-day orientation process. Led by orientation staff, participants get a tour of the campus and a chance to meet and make friends with other […]

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 […]

Spotted owl had little effect on poverty, unemployment

PULLMAN – A major fear of the 1990s spotted owl controversy — that less logging would increase unemployment and poverty — did not significantly materialize on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, according to a new analysis by a WSU researcher. Annabel Kirschner, a professor in the department of community and rural sociology at WSU, said the peninsula’s economic […]

WSU victorious in double overtime

PULLMAN (AP) – Washington State forced overtime with Nico Grasu’s 28-yard field goal on the final play of regulation, then Grasu hit from 37 yards in the second overtime to stun rival Washington 16-13 in double overtime on Saturday, retaining the Apple Cup – and keeping the Huskies winless. Ryan Perkins kicked a 22-yard field […]

WSU and UI join forces in food science

PULLMAN – An academic merger will draw together Washington State University and the University of Idaho food science departments. The new School of Food Science at the University of Idaho and Washington State University formalizes historic ties that have reached across the seven miles between them for decades. The partnership, which has been approved by […]

Vote for Butch today!

Washington State is currently holding first place in the EA Sports Mascot Challenge. Cast your vote for WSU and Butch today and Saturday morning to keep the Cougars #1!   Friday, March 14, was the last day to last to vote. Cast your ballot at the following two websites:    1.)    Go to http://www.easports.com/ncaa09/, hit Pacific 10, move the mascots […]

No. 17 WSU men defeat ASU, 59-47

  PULLMAN -Derrick Low scored 15 points and No. 17 Washington State relied on the Pac-10’s best defense to shut down Arizona State in a 59-47 victory Thursday night. Aron Baynes and Taylor Rochestie both had 10 points and six rebounds for Washington State (21-5, 9-5), which won its fourth straight, the longest current streak […]