Fall 2016

by Larry Clark

The long view

The 11th President

Kirk Schulz comes to WSU with a commitment to the land-grant mission.

Preserving the story of America

A former National Park Service chief historian finds the narratives in history.

Till tomorrow

Agricultural research shifts to the LONG game.

The Epidemic

Opioids unwittingly fueled the nation’s sweeping heroin epidemic. But there could be hope.

Spirit of ’25

Creating national feeling on college campuses

Video: Kristi Molnar-Nelson takes back her life

A veteran opens up about her addiction and treatment.

Kids solving the unsolvable

Imagine Tomorrow engages teens in more than a science fair.

Fat furnace

The good, the bad, and the beige

Targeting the brain’s “bad opioids”

Neuroscience research could advance pharmacotherapy treatments for addiction.

Opiates, gender, and alternative pain relief

WSU Spokane's Program of Excellence in Addictions Research

Peaches

It’s just not a summer without them.

Get out the tweet

Social media's effect on political participation and civility

The glassblowers

An essential for scientific work, researchers need glassblowers.

Cougs behind the Seahawks

Keeping the top-tier NFL team rolling along

From Dresden to Pullman, WSU’s Harvard glass flowers connection

Gallery: The Northwest in the National Park Service Centennial collection

The music of life

Music en Acción—music in action—en Yakima

Talk back for Fall 2016

Reader letters about space exploration, walking, and the Olympics

Staying a jump ahead

New Zealand’s Tuariki “John” Delamere jumped from track to politics.

Upside down on the mountain

A yoga guru and entrepreneur finds an audience.

Victoria Tung ’96

A medical mission to Vietnam helps nearly 1,300 people.

Bob Olds ’64, DVM ’67

Caring for forgotten dogs

Class notes

Updates from Cougs all over

Three’s a charm

WSU Alumni Association News

Cougar III from Bergevin Lane Winery carries on the tradition of WSU Cougar Collection wines.

Video: Bottling Day for Cougar III wine

In Memoriam

WSU alumni, faculty, and staff who have passed away

We Gotta Get Out of this Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War

By Doug Bradley ’74 and Craig Werner

Pardon My French: How a Grumpy American Fell in Love with France

by Allen Johnson ’85 PhD

Dave Hagelganz

By Dave Hagelganz, Saxophone; Dru Heller, drums; Scott Steed, bass; Brian Ward, piano

Briefly noted

Books and more by WSU alumni and faculty

Digital magazine

The Fall 2016 issue in webviewer, fullscreen and tablet PDF, iPad, and print-on-demand formats

What’s new?

Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center