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Jan 13, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Scott Weybright |RJ Wolcott |Sara Zaske |Phyllis Shier
Priya Chakrabarti Basu discovered her love for honey bees studying zoology as a graduate student in her native India. Honey bees, however, were not a common topic of research in her home country. Her faculty advisors were actually an ecologist and a molecular cardiologist.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | RJ Wolcott |Sara Zaske |Phyllis Shier |Devin Rokyta
RICHLAND, Wash. — Washington State University’s Institute for Northwest Energy Futures (INEF) has received a $2.4 million grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce to demonstrate the economic and agricultural feasibility of using solar panels concurrent with apple production in Washington.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | RJ Wolcott |Sara Zaske |Phyllis Shier |Devin Rokyta
January 13, 2025 By Communications staff, Washington State University Washington State University will no longer support phone-based multi-factor authentication (MFA)—SMS (text messaging) and voice call—effective March 25. Starting at 8 a.m. on that date, WSU accounts that rely solely on SMS and voice call authentication for MFA will be locked.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Sara Zaske |Devin Rokyta |Phyllis Shier |Will Ferguson
The bird flu is not just in birds anymore. The virus H5N1 is spreading rapidly in dairy cows—and sometimes jumping to the people who work with them. Washington State University’s Murrow College of Communication researchers are helping tailor messages to reach dairy workers to help keep them and their herds safe. The team was tapped by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to create these messages and help the nation’s Extension agents deliver them.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | RJ Wolcott |Sara Zaske |Phyllis Shier |Devin Rokyta
January 10, 2025 By RJ Wolcott, WSU News & Media Relations Sam Hunt, a longtime member of the Washington Legislature and Washington State University alumnus, will be returning to his alma mater to serve on its Board of Regents. Appointed by Gov. Jay Inslee, Hunt’s term began Dec. 31 and runs through Sept. 30, 2030. He will join his fellow regents for a series of special meetings of the board Jan. 13-15.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Phyllis Shier |Devin Rokyta |Will Ferguson
James F. Short Distinguished Professor of Sociology Jennifer Schwartz encourages her students in HONORS 370, Global Issues in Social Sciences, to use statistics to examine global crime trends, patterns, and causes, and to assess societal responses and implications for individuals and communities.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Devin Rokyta |Phyllis Shier |Will Ferguson
Aside from his family, there may be nothing in the world that 6-year-old border collie Ace loves more than sticks. “He will retrieve a stick that is 2 inches or 10 feet. It doesn’t matter – he just loves them all so much,” his owner, Sally Bair, said. The obsession nearly cost Ace his life. During an annual camping trip this past fall and an ordinary game of fetch, a stick tossed high into the air came down like a spear, piercing the inside of Ace’s throat as he leapt to catch it.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | RJ Wolcott |Sara Zaske |Phyllis Shier |Devin Rokyta
January 10, 2025 By RJ Wolcott, WSU News & Media Relations VANCOUVER, Wash. – Members of the Washington State University Board of Regents will convene for a 3-day special meeting Jan. 13-15 in Vancouver.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Phyllis Shier |Will Ferguson |Josh Babcock |Kirk Schulz
Clara Krause (’24) became the third WSU Honors College student in four years to be recognized with a National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) Portz Scholars award for her honors thesis “Into the Matrix: Unveiling a Story of Black Resilience in the Tri-Cities.” NCHC institutions can submit one student work per year from which the top four are selected.
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May 2, 2024 | 
honors.wsu.edu | Phyllis Shier
Courage, Shenanigans, & Sports Reporting: Honors Eckman Fund Supports AP Writer’s Remarks at 2024 Murrow SymposiumBy Phyllis Shier, WSU Honors College, [email protected] Francisco Associated Press (AP) sportswriter and honors alumna Janie McCauley (’98) delivered keynote remarks at the April 2024 Murrow Symposium’s closing luncheon.
