Winter 2019
Sensing something wrong with bridges
Damage in bridges is sometimes hidden inside. Washington State University civil engineering researchers have found ways to find that internal damage with sensors. » More ...
Rachel Webber ’11
Summer 2019
Life with elephants
The Asian elephants at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park have inspired Janine Brown and other scientists for three decades. Brown heads up the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Fort Royal, Virginia, the world’s largest reproductive endocrinology lab. » More ...
Spring 2019
French fries
Hot, golden, and lightly salted, French fries have appeared on the menu at White House state dinners, they are a staple at diners and drive-ins, and a former first lady even ordered some on a visit to Buckingham Palace. From the palace to taste tests in Pullman, the beloved French fry knows few bounds. » More ...
Winter 2018
Fit for every body
Inside an old yellow craftsman house, sewing machines whir, sketches adorn the walls, underwear and tank top prototypes hang from clothing racks, and a cat wanders through the living room.
Debbie Christel’s childhood home in north Tacoma has transformed into the headquarters of Kade and Vos, a start-up company helping women get the clothes they need.
“We ask women, what do you need to be comfortable?” says company cofounder Christel ’08. “Our design process doesn’t go through a weight-biased filter. We don’t take a small pattern and make it bigger. We know that doesn’t work.”
In the United States, 67 percent of women wear a … » More …
Fall 2018
A formula for funny
When Kelsey Cook ’11 was a junior in college she delivered her first stand-up performance during an open-mic night at a campus dining hall.
“You’re basically intruding on everyone’s dinner,” she recalls. Even if the crowd thought something was funny they had food in their mouth so she couldn’t really hear their reaction.
Cook has since made a name for herself in comedy and last spring made her stand-up debut on The Tonight Show and earned her first credit on Comedy Central.
She was also back on the road performing stand-up, including a weekend last April at the Spokane Comedy Club where a … » More …
Summer 2018
The Book of Caterpillars
Edited by David G. James
The University of Chicago Press: 2017
Meet some of the world’s most wild, weird, and beautiful caterpillars. Using its own hairs, the lichen moth builds a basket around itself to stay protected during metamorphosis.
As the Red Helen caterpillar develops, its body starts to resemble a snake’s head. When threatened a red, forked appendage inflates from behind its own head, giving off an unpleasant … » More …
Fall 2017
Bitter Tastes: Literary Naturalism and Early Cinema in American Women’s Writing
Donna M. Campbell
University of Georgia Press: 2016
In 1921, Edith Wharton became the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in fiction for her novel, The Age of Innocence. Wharton was part of a new generation born in the 1860s and 1870s who, equipped with new biological theories, challenged conventions of the Victorian era.
Deriving its title from one of Wharton’s remarks … » More …
Fall 2015
Barnyards and Birkenstocks: Why Farmers and Environmentalists Need Each Other
A book by WSU Press tackles issues confronting both the agriculture industry and environmental activists. » More ...