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3 weeks ago | 
phys.org | Will Ferguson
Reflecting on how fitness posts on social media make them feel may help young women reduce the harmful tendency to compare themselves to idealized influencers and content online.
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1 month ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Will Ferguson |Addy Hatch |Devin Rokyta |RJ Wolcott
WSU astronomer Guy Worthey describes a total lunar eclipse. On the night of March 13, the moon will leisurely slip into the cone-shaped shadow of the Earth, creating the first total lunar eclipse visible anywhere on the planet since November 2022. WSU astronomer Guy Worthey described the upcoming eclipse as a ‘leisurely’ event because it will literally take 6 hours from start to finish with a period of about an hour where the Moon will be completed shaded.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Aniela Shauck |WSU College |Will Ferguson |Jeff Willadsen
Washington State University Regents Professor Diane Cook has been named an Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Fellow. She is among 55 fellows selected for 2024 from universities, corporations, and research centers around the world, recognized among the top one percent of ACM members. Cook is being recognized for her contributions to machine learning and digital health.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Will Ferguson |Devin Rokyta |Jeff Willadsen |RJ Wolcott
PULLMAN, Wash. – When it comes to getting people to want to go places, the future is ever more lovely than the past, according to a new Washington State University-led . Led by Ruiying Cai, an assistant professor in the Carson College of Business, the study found that forestalgia-focused destination ads—those that emphasize an idealized future—are more effective at enticing travelers to click the purchase button for a vacation than ads based on fond recollections.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | RJ Wolcott |Devin Rokyta |Will Ferguson |Jeff Willadsen
Howard Wright, a Seattle-based entrepreneur and hospitality executive, is joining the Washington State University Board of Regents. Wright, a member of the WSU Class of 1976, was appointed to the governing body of his alma mater by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee earlier this month. His term is slated to conclude Sept. 30, 2027. “I’m truly honored to be able to give back to Washington State University as a member of the Board of Regents,” Wright said.
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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 | 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 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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Jan 9, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Will Ferguson |Josh Babcock |Kirk Schulz
Thousands of innocuous-looking stone circles dot the plains of Eastern Wyoming, remnants of tipi foundations used by nomadic peoples for over 13,000 years. Typically, these stone circles yield few significant artifacts, as the inhabitants of the region often carried their possessions with them when they moved on.
