As an aging citizen of Scandinavian descent, I dread this time of year. Each evening the sun sets significantly earlier. Deep in the bones of us northern people is the notion that summertime is the season of life and hope while winter is, well, cold and horribly dark. This week all of the globe enjoys […]
PROSSER, Wash.- Only three words are needed to describe this summer in Washington state: hot, hotter and hottest. In Prosser, August ended with the hottest temperature since 1991, and the June to August period was the second warmest on record. “Low temperatures in August were the warmest on record as a result of […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – An audition will be held for the Missoula Children’s Theatre production of “Robinson Crusoe” 4-6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23. Those auditioning should arrive at the Washington State University Jones Theatre inside Daggy Hall before 4 p.m. and plan to stay for the full two hours. Some of the main cast members will […]
PULLMAN, WA – The legacy of Kathi Goertzen will forever be memorialized with the formal renaming of the newest building of The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication on the Washington State University campus. During a special ceremony, friends and family came to unveil the newly named Goertzen Communication Addition, dedicated as a fitting tribute […]
Photos by Heather Willoughby/Tri-Cities Herald RICHLAND, Wash. – Fostering a new industry with jobs focused on developing alternative jet fuels and helping to meet the emerging environmental needs of the nation’s aerospace industry are primary goals for a new Federal Aviation Administration Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and the Environment led by Washington […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Fresh on the heels of two tough road games and an upset win over perennial Pac-12 powerhouse USC, the Washington State University Cougar football team returns to Martin Stadium at 3:30 p.m. this Saturday, Sept. 14, to take on the Thunderbirds of Southern Utah University. By mid-week, fewer than 3,000 tickets […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Two nearly identical softballs, both approved for league play, can have dramatically different effects when smacked into a player’s head. Those are the findings from a study conducted by Professor Lloyd Smith in Washington State University’s School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and project engineer Derek Nevins. The report will be […]
PULLMAN, Wash. -“ “You have what it takes.” These prophetic words were once spoken by a Swiss master chef to Jamie Callison when he was a struggling, culinary apprentice in Seattle’s Rainier Golf and Country Club. More than 20 years later, Callison has proven those words a thousand times over as the executive […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University will celebrate a new initiative aimed at creating a Center for Transformational Teaching and Learning, and recognize those investing private funds to make it a reality. The celebration will be part of Fall Festival activities held by the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences (CAHNRS), 4-6 p.m. […]
Don Matteson at his lab bench. Photo by Carolyn Joswig-Jones Matteson PULLMAN, Wash. – As a youngster, Don Matteson was known among his friends as a bit of a mad scientist. Encouraged by his high-school-biology-teaching father, Don cooked up lead alloys, brewed gooey rubber and distilled alcohol from home-canned jars of plums gone […]