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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 | Devin Rokyta |RJ Wolcott |Tina Hilding |Voiland College
Kelly Kreps has spent decades raising cattle on his family’s ranch in White Salmon, Washington, and thanks to a partnership with Washington State University, it has also become a training ground for the next generation of veterinarians committed to supporting ranching communities.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Shawn Vestal |Tina Hilding |Voiland College |RJ Wolcott
Just in time for tick season, new research is shining a light on how animals develop resistance to tick bites, which points toward the possibility of developing more effective vaccines against the tiny, disease-carrying bloodsuckers. In a study of “acquired tick resistance” among deer mice, rabbits and cattle, researchers at Washington State University found that once host animals were exposed to ticks, they developed resistance to bites that dramatically shrank the tick population going forward.
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1 month ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Tina Hilding |Voiland College |Devin Rokyta |RJ Wolcott
A group of bioengineering students have been developing a portable sensor that aims to quickly detect harmful pathogens in air or water as part of their capstone design project for the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering. They will give a presentation on their sensor April 14 in Wegner Hall on the Washington State University Pullman campus.
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1 month ago | 
news.wsu.edu | RJ Wolcott |Tina Hilding |Voiland College |Devin Rokyta
SPOKANE, Wash. – Members of the Washington State University Board of Regents will host a series of meetings on the Spokane campus April 17-18. All of the board’s upcoming meetings will take place inside the Spokane Academic Center, with the public portions streamed live online. Thursday’s meetings kick off with breakfast at 8 a.m., followed by an executive session at 8:45 a.m. At the conclusion of the executive session, the Finance and Administration Committee will meet.
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1 month ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Angela Sams |Devin Rokyta |Tina Hilding |Voiland College
PROSSER, Wash. — A new tool with four furry legs and an ultra-sensitive nose may soon offer the tree fruit industry a more reliable way to quickly detect Little Cherry Disease (LCD). As part of a two-year project, Washington State University researchers are working with a pair of specially trained dogs and their handler to conduct field trials with infected cherry trees.
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1 month ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Beverly Makhani |Devin Rokyta |Tina Hilding |Voiland College
Washington State University STEM juniors Eva Rickard and Joan “Jo” Castaneda Gonzalez are the newest recipients of prestigious and nationally competitive Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships. Rickard, a data analytics major with a life science concentration and a mathematics minor, and Castaneda, a chemistry and biochemistry double major, will each receive up to $7,500 to support their 2025–26 education.
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1 month ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Devin Rokyta |Tina Hilding |Voiland College |RJ Wolcott
April 10, 2025 Washington State University veterinary student Taythen Larson has been announced as a recipient of the 2025 Nandi Theriogenology Scholarship, one of the most competitive scholarships in veterinary reproductive medicine.
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1 month ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Devin Rokyta |Addy Hatch |Tina Hilding |Voiland College
For much of the past decade and a half, the career of Washington State University veterinarian Dr. Jillian Haines has been consumed by a rare and often fatal condition in dogs and cats known as megaesophagus. Inspired by a beagle mix named Cake she adopted, Haines has become internationally recognized for her efforts to better understand, manage, and treat the condition, spearheading numerous studies that have transformed how the disease is viewed and treated.
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1 month ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Devin Rokyta |Addy Hatch |Tina Hilding |Voiland College
March 24, 2025 By Communications staff, Washington State University Washington State University has introduced a new online resource to help students, faculty, and staff report misconduct and other important matters. The centralized website, Report at WSU, provides guidance on where and how to report concerns, including discrimination, academic integrity violations, research misconduct, ethics breaches, and general safety-related issues.
