Publishing in the journal, eBioMedicine, a team of Washington State University researchers used a computational approach based on network science to distinguish between a group of coronaviruses that can infect human cells from those that can’t. Cross-species transmission of coronaviruses poses a serious threat to global health. SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the ongoing pandemic, is one […]
In the past, many WSU faculty and staff recognized AAPI Heritage Month in May, when it is celebrated nationally, while students preferred to celebrate it in April. WSU senior Constence Bottoms and her Sigma Psi Zeta Sorority sisters will conduct an event on Friday, April 15, that celebrates Thai, Lao, and Cambodian New Year. On […]
Kimberly Budil, director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, delved into these topics and more as part of her lecture – National Security in the 21st Century: Deterrence, Bio-Resilience, Energy, and Climate. Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine demonstrates the scope and diversity of threats nations need to consider in the modern world, Budil said. Budil […]
Curry moved on to Portland, where she worked as a reporter and anchor before moving again to Los Angeles to work at KCBS-TV, where between 1984 to 1990, she won two Emmy Awards. Curry dedicated much of her time at the podium to sharing stories of reporting from sites of human and natural disasters. She […]
SURCA is the unique WSU-wide venue for students from all majors, years in college, and all WSU campuses to share their mentored research, scholarship, and creative activities, and have judges evaluate their work shown on a poster. At the awards ceremony, 43 students from WSU Pullman and Vancouver and the Global Campus were announced as […]
PULLMAN, Wash. Reporting in the journal, Applied Sciences, Washington State University and Delft University of Technology researchers describe the new technique, which entails firing the baseballs through a line of sensors and measuring the change in speed as they travel along a trajectory. While baseball is a popular sport, the aerodynamic properties of baseballs have not been fully […]
The talk, “Land as Sacred Text: How Climate Change Will Impact Indigenous Spirituality,” will take place at 3 p.m. The lecture will also be livestreamed via Zoom. …Read the full story
The talk titled “Land as Sacred Text: How Climate Change Will Impact Indigenous Spirituality,” will take place at 3 p.m. This is because Indigenous peoples rely on the land and landscape, its seasonal cycles of weather, plants, and animals as part of their liturgical or religious calendar. LaPier, an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe […]
In a study published in Journal of Physics D, the researchers show that honey can be used to make a memristor, a component similar to a transistor that can not only process but also store data in memory. For the study, Zhao and first author Brandon Sueoka, a WSU graduate student in Zhao’s lab, created […]
The award, managed by the Division of Student Affairs and sponsored by BECU, recognizes individuals that have made a distinct impact on a student’s experience at WSU. Smith’s parents have made frequent trips to Pullman from their home in Spokane to do everything from cleaning and cooking to grocery shopping and taking her cat to […]
Started in the fall of 2021, RHI is an ambitious 10-year plan to create opportunities for student pharmacists and post-graduate pharmacists to specialize in delivery of rural health care. “As someone who grew up in rural Washington, this initiative is personal for me and a labor of love,” said WSU College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical […]
With support from Blue Origin, the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture shops, and the Coug Parents program, the students will be testing their propulsion system that they developed in a vacuum chamber at NASA. Since 2017, the club has been working to develop small satellites that can be launched to space as part of NASA’s […]
Among people who consumed a higher amount of conservative media and held negative vaccine attitudes, the messages that talked about individual benefits of getting the vaccine resonated more. The study found no effect whether the message had a “loss” framing, emphasizing potential problems from not getting the vaccine, versus a positive “gain” framing that highlights […]
Faculty, staff, and students across the Washington State University system will have an opportunity to hear from the American educator credited with developing the concept of first-generation students as part of the university’s National TRIO Day celebration on Feb. During Mitchem’s 27-year tenure at COE, TRIO programs expanded exponentially; today, TRIO programs now serve more […]
PULLMAN, Wash. A Washington State University-led research team recently showed that blocking prostate-specific-antigen in human ejaculate samples caused the semen to remain in its thick gel form, trapping the majority of the sperm. Currently over-the-counter contraceptives such as condoms and spermicides have an average 13% to 21% failure rate, the study authors noted. The WSU […]
“Increasing scholarships is one of our big goals,” said Zoe Higheagle Strong, executive director for Tribal Relations and special assistant to the Provost. One goal of the scholarship is to honor WSU’s land grant legacy, said Elizabeth Perez, director of Recruiting and Retention for CAHNRS. “We need to be respectful of the history of land […]
“All students from every major across WSU can participate in and benefit from this spring’s Expo,” said Amanda Morgan, ASCC associate director. The Tuesday in-person fair in Beasley with 95 employers is from noon–4 p.m., with masks required for all attendees. to Target, from Ethos Group to Thrivent, and from the Army Corps of Engineers-Hydropower Intern Program […]
PULLMAN, Wash.—Ann Curry, an award-winning journalist, will receive the Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism at the 46th Murrow Symposium on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 held by Washington State University’s Edward R. She has reported on wars throughout the Middle East and Africa, and she was the first network news anchor to report on the refugee crisis […]
It’s hooked to a bridge on a track so it can be moved to one side of the pool while work is done on the other, keeping it constantly under several feet of protective, highly deionized water. Master-Lee Energy Services, a contractor that regularly works with commercial and research reactors, is replacing the current epoxy […]
– A parasitoid wasp that is the natural enemy of a fly known as the spotted-wing drosophila could be a good friend to growers. The drosophila flies cause major damage to several Washington crops, especially sweet cherries and berries. Beers and her team found the parasitoid, called Ganaspis brasiliensis, this September, in a wild blackberry patch […]