Summer 2025
Beneath an urban canopy
A better urban experience is looking up, thanks to more trees. » More ...
Community Engagement
Winter 2024
Inchelium Red garlic
Linda McLean got the idea during the COVID-19 pandemic when she was looking for socially distanced programing opportunities centered around food security and food sovereignty.
She held her first two Inchelium Red garlic workshops—one drive-thru and one walk-thru—in autumn 2020, giving out bulbs along with tips for planting, growing, and cooking them. There was so much interest in the garlic, known for its mild flavor and reddish color that appears as the bulbs cure, that she made it her mission. Since then, promoting Inchelium Red garlic has become a primary focus.
“The goal is to encourage tribal members to grow Inchelium … » More …
Fall 2024
What’s cookin’ with 4-H these days
Teaching kids how to cook has long been a staple of Washington State University Extension’s 4-H programs. » More ...
Winter 2022
Blue ribbon fairs in the Evergreen State
This year Washington’s state fairs were back in the swing. » More ...
Fall 2022
In fine voice
Celebrating a century of Northwest broadcasting and the Murrow legacy at Washington State University » More ...
Spring 2022
Gallery: Looking back to Afghanistan
Washington State University has worked in Afghanistan for decades, helping Afghani people with agricultural outreach, English education, and developing communities.
Chris Pannkuk, former director of International Research and Development at WSU, shared some of his photos from work in Afghanistan between 2002 and 2017.
Photos courtesy Chris Pannkuk
Read more about the legacy in Afghanistan.
Fall 2020
How you can help during the COVID-19 pandemic
It’s a familiar promise around WSU: Cougs help Cougs.
There a number of ways to fulfill that promise during the COVID-19 pandemic, from supporting students to giving your time. And we can expand that generosity to our communities, as well. Below are a few suggestions of places and ways you might be able to help out.
Supporting students
Each WSU campus has a Student Emergency Fund to help students struggling during this crisis.
The pandemic is taking an economic toll as well, so you may want to support scholarships.
Food security
Fall 2020
Gardens of refuge
Growing vegetables and other plants offer refuge from stress while helping promote mental and physical well-being. » More ...
Summer 2020
To dream the impossible dream
In an unstable economy, Washington residents struggle to find affordable housing. » More ...
Winter 2018
Food security at WSU
Food maps, resources at Washington State University, and how you can help people get enough food
Students and others around the state increasingly face difficulty getting enough nutritious food for themselves and their families (read more in “Hungry”). Below are food maps of the Palouse (detailing farmers markets, food banks, community gardens, and other resources), resources on WSU campuses, and ways you can help.
Food maps
The Taste of Home: Local Food in the Palouse-Clearwater Region (University of Idaho resource)
Map the Meal Gap (Feeding America)
Food Atlas for the Puget Sound Region
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