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1 week ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Angela Sams |Will Ferguson |Steve Nakata |Shawn Vestal
The unpredictable weather caused by climate change can be stressful for many vineyard managers and winemakers. A recent study from Washington State University’s School of Economic Sciences (SES) shows that the “cult wine” subset of the industry may be able to literally weather the storm. A rare and ultra-premium product, cult wines are only available to those who join a winery’s allocation list or purchase the bottles on the secondary market.
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1 week ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Will Ferguson |Steve Nakata |Shawn Vestal |Tina Hilding
One of the challenges of adapting a book about a serial killer to the big screen in 1950 was that the moral codes of the time made it difficult to portray the story with the same violent and sexual realism a modern audience would expect. And yet, as Washington State University students discovered in an Honors 280 class this spring, that didn’t mean early crime films were entirely PG.
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1 week ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Will Ferguson |Steve Nakata |Shawn Vestal |Tina Hilding
HRS Records will be presenting an instructor-led training on I-9 processing and requirements on June 13, 9–10:30 a.m.About this live course — Presented by HRS staff, this course is intended for all WSU employees that have responsibility for Form I-9 processes and provides a comprehensive overview of Form I-9 requirements, the responsibilities of I-9 processors, and federal compliance and enforcement guidelines.
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1 week ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Shawn Vestal |Steve Nakata |Tina Hilding |Voiland College
May 7, 2025 By Shawn Vestal, WSU News & Media Relations Washington State University researchers are using AI technology to do everything from improving science education to scoring wildfire risk — and six such initiatives got a boost from a Microsoft program celebrating the company’s 50th birthday. The company distributed $5 million to 20 projects by universities, nonprofits and other organizations across the state through its AI for Good Lab.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Steve Nakata |Addy Hatch |Tom Holm |Shawn Vestal
While many of their peers spent spring break relaxing on a beach or visiting with family, a group of Washington State University Pullman STEM students learned how airplanes are made and wine is produced, where new coffee products are created, and cutting-edge brain research is taking place. The 19 STEM students took part in a trip organized by WSU’s Team Mentoring Program (TMP) which took them to Chateau Ste.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Addy Hatch |Steve Nakata |Tom Holm |Shawn Vestal
Most babies born with prenatal exposure to drugs show signs of withdrawal, a spectrum of symptoms that’s called neonatal abstinence syndrome. This hidden epidemic affects babies in Spokane County at a greater rate than in the state or in the nation, according to a report prepared by Washington State University Health Sciences. “The numbers were quite high,” said Ekaterina Burduli, associate professor at the WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine and the study’s lead author.
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4 weeks ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Steve Nakata |RJ Wolcott |Devin Rokyta |Josh Babcock
The Division of Student Affairs at Washington State University Pullman has launched a bold new strategic plan — its first in more than two decades — marking a milestone in how it serves, supports, and challenges students. The strategic plan, unveiled during a campus-wide event on April 15, 2025, is the result of nearly a year of deep engagement across the division.
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4 weeks ago | 
news.wsu.edu | RJ Wolcott |Steve Nakata |Devin Rokyta |Josh Babcock
Jennifer Henrichsen, who studies how shifting media landscapes and emerging technologies affect journalism and democracy, is Washington State University’s first faculty member selected to the prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program.
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1 month ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Scott Weybright |RJ Wolcott |Steve Nakata |Devin Rokyta
PULLMAN, Wash. — Scientists have unveiled a new food source designed to sustain honey bee colonies indefinitely without natural pollen. Published April 16 in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the research from Washington State University and APIX Biosciences NV in Belgium details successful trials where nutritionally stressed colonies, deployed for commercial crop pollination in Washington state, thrived on the new food source.
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1 month ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Josh Babcock |Addy Hatch |Steve Nakata |Devin Rokyta
Trenna Pannier is just weeks from beginning her veterinary career and, thanks to surgery and round-the-clock care at Washington State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Shirley, her once gravely ill horse, is going with her. “We went back and forth on it – whether to continue or to humanely euthanize. I didn’t want her to suffer but we also wanted to give her a fighting chance.
