Fall 2020
Viral haystack
WSU virologist Michael Letko and colleagues have found a way to identify coronaviruses likely to affect people. » More ...
Larry Clark ’94
Fall 2020
On a mission
WSU alumni and groups statewide have launched fforts to increase food security. » More ...
Summer 2020
In our new backyard
A portrait of resilience from the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens to the COVID-19 pandemic » More ...
Summer 2020
At home on the range
Range Health, a nonprofit academic health network, and its mobile unit bring health care to rural areas. » More ...
Summer 2020
“Living with the Volcano”
From the eruption of Mount St. Helens emerged art. » More ...
Spring 2020
Ever a green state
There’s nothing new about being green.
Two millennia ago, Chinese Minister for Agriculture Tsai Lun in the first-century Han dynasty called for subjects of the emperor to boil old linen rags for papermaking. Professional recyclers in medieval England collected dust and ash left from fireplaces, then sold it to brick manufacturers as an inexpensive base material. More recently, World War II saw an uptick in recycling, with many common household items like clothes, scrap metal, and tires turned into new products for the war effort.
The same spirit of innovative recycling inspired Washington State University’s Taiji Miyasaka and David Drake to invent a construction block from … » 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
One kickin’ season
The 2019 season broke records and made history for Washington State University women’s soccer. » More ...
Spring 2020
The era of green reconstruction
As buildings go up, so does construction waste. WSU researchers are finding new ways to recycle and reuse drywall waste from construction and demolition. » More ...
Spring 2020
The Rightmires—Five Cougar generations
Since the early years of Washington State, the Rightmires have been Cougs. » More ...