Sylvia Lindman

Aug 1, 2024 | news.wsu.edu | Devin Rokyta |Sylvia Lindman |Eric Hollenbeck |Carson College

Las Vegas resident Victoria Day helplessly watched as her beloved German shepherd, Barry, succumbed to cancer. And now, just a month later, her dachshund, Winnie, was withering away before her eyes. Day suspected Winnie was mourning the loss of Barry; however, her symptoms grew ever more concerning. She was vomiting, refusing food – even her favorite treats – and she soon had lost nearly a fifth of her weight.

Aug 1, 2024 | news.wsu.edu | William Ferguson |Sylvia Lindman |Eric Hollenbeck |Carson College

August 1, 2024 Almost a third of the 36 new members of the Washington State Academy of Sciences are from Washington State University. The ten WSU faculty elected to the WSAS come from a range of disciplines including animal science, cropping systems, engineering, information ethics, genome engineering, and psychology.

Jul 30, 2024 | news.wsu.edu | Sylvia Lindman |William Ferguson |RJ Wolcott |Devin Rokyta

Andra Chastain followed a circuitous path to her study of Latin American history. She took Spanish while growing up in Salem, Oregon and her family hosted exchange students, including one from Chile. After the school year, Chastain traveled to Chile to see her friend. “We visited her family, and that was a pivotal moment,” Chastain said. She was 17, with attitudes typical of American students at the time. A conversation with her friend’s family challenged her thinking.

Jul 1, 2024 | news.wsu.edu | Angela Sams |Sylvia Lindman

Starting this fall, Washington State University viticulture and enology (V&E) undergraduates will experience a revitalized curriculum that comprehensively prepares them for wine industry careers. “This is special,” said Jean Dodson Peterson, WSU V&E department chair. “It marks a new era for our department, reintroducing WSU V&E to both local and global wine industries.

Jul 1, 2024 | news.wsu.edu | Daniel Barker |Sylvia Lindman |Tina Hilding

Cole Allick, research assistant professor in Washington State University’s Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH), has been appointed to the Washington State Dementia Action Collaborative. With this appointment, Allick, who is also faculty in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, will work to help ensure that the unique dementia care needs of Native communities are integrated into the Washington State Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias.