Chantell Cosner

1 month ago | news.wsu.edu | Devin Rokyta |RJ Wolcott |Chantell Cosner |WSU Spokane

The newly founded Barbet Family African Graduate Student Travel Fund aims to enhance training opportunities for African graduate students in collaborative programs with the College of Veterinary Medicine. The endowment is one of the many legacies Dr. Anthony “Tony” Barbet leaves behind after his death to cancer in Feb. 2024 that illustrate his longstanding commitment to research into infectious disease, education, and mentorship.

1 month ago | news.wsu.edu | Angela Sams |Devin Rokyta |RJ Wolcott |Chantell Cosner

PULLMAN, Wash. — When a product is hard to buy, more people want it. A new Washington State University study reveals that wineries producing “cult wines” can boost long-term profits by keeping their prices low, creating excess demand that fuels their brand’s prestige and future revenue.

1 month ago | news.wsu.edu | Devin Rokyta |RJ Wolcott |Chantell Cosner |WSU Spokane

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Butterfly populations are declining across the United States at an alarming rate, a new study has found. “This is the most comprehensive assessment of U.S. butterfly population trends ever undertaken,” said Cheryl Schultz, professor of conservation biology at Washington State University’s Vancouver campus and senior author of the new study that published Thursday in the journal Science.

Jan 7, 2025 | news.wsu.edu | Tina Hilding |Voiland College |Kirk Schulz |Chantell Cosner

PULLMAN, Wash. — A new way to identify salts in nuclear waste melters could help improve clean-up technology, including at the Hanford Site, one of the largest, most complex nuclear waste clean-up sites in the world. Reporting in the journal Measurement, Washington State University researchers used two detectors to find thin layers of sulfate, chloride and fluoride salts during vitrification, a nuclear waste storage process that involves converting the waste into glass.

Jan 6, 2025 | bigcountrynewsconnection.com | Chantell Cosner |WSU Spokane

Mark Leid will be stepping down from his role as dean of the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences on June 30, 2025, at the completion of his five-year term. He will continue to serve as professor of pharmacology in the college’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. “I am grateful for Dr. Leid’s innovative vision and steadfast leadership over the past five years,” said Executive Vice President Daryll DeWald.