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Spring 2025

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Lil G’s Basketball Dreams

David Stogdill ’98 Elem. Ed.

Warren Publishing: 2024

Lil G decides she wants to become a mascot for the Animal Basketball Association’s Giraffes. To be the best she can be, her dad Gerald encourages her to read a playbook, dunking dictionary, and more. In his second children’s book, professional mascot David Stogdill⁠—he was Butch T. Cougar from 1996 to 1998 before going pro⁠—shows kids they can be anything they set their minds and heart to when they unlock the power of reading.

Mildly Amazing and Curious Veterinary Short Stories

Michael Flynn ’71 DVM

2024

Treating a Sheltie who … » More …

Spring 2023

Whole, new ways for criminal justice

“Lock ’em up” versus a better way » More ...

Spring 2023

Looking early for autism

Earlier detection of autism spectrum disorder can help families and kids get the interventions they need. » More ...

Deke Gassett holds his Secretary of Defense Medal for the Defense of Freedom

Spring 2022

Gregory “Deke” Gassett

For his service to the United States, he received the Secretary of Defense Medal for the Defense of Freedom » More ...

Winter 2021

Moving up—by not giving up

Fa’amomoi “Moi” Masaniai III found a way to achieve his dream of becoming a lawyer and judge. » More ...

Police officer Matt Pearce in uniform in a grassy field

Fall 2021

Never say never

After a near-fatal shooting, Matt Pearce returns to his work with the Fort Worth Police Department. » More ...

WSU Police Chief, Bill Gardner on the campus of Washington State University

Fall 2020

A writer in chief

Bill Gardner, chief of WSU Police, put his English degree to work as a writer. » More ...

Spring 2020

Cannabis in WA state

The legalization of recreational cannabis in Washington state and Colorado in 2012 opened a box full of questions and debates about the drug and its related crop, hemp.

What is the effect on youth? Will crime go up? How does cannabis interact with other drugs and medicines? What health claims are accurate? How does the potency of cannabis affect mental health? These gaps, and many others, in our knowledge—combined with unverified claims by both proponents and opponents of legalized cannabis—make it difficult to find the best ways to regulate and manage the substance.

To answer the call, almost 100 Washington State University researchers have begun … » More …

Spring 2020

The sky isn’t falling

While not without problems, Washington state’s legalization of recreational cannabis has largely been a success, according to a number of studies involving WSU researchers. » More ...

Matt DeGarmo critiquing forensic science students on their crime scene investigation in a field lab at Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton, Oregon.

Fall 2019

With justice for all

Matt DeGarmo asked, Why do people commit crimes? Now he's training ciminal justice students in Pendleton, Oregon. » More ...