Fall 2017

by Larry Clark

Shifting waters

Streaming solutions

Below the glimmering waters of Puget Sound lie invisible problems. We check its Vital Signs.

Plant for the future

Genetic diversity may be a lifeline for humans trying to grow enough to eat.

Fluid dynamic

Protecting water is crucial for this WSU researcher

Waves of the future

With U.S. cities flooding, a WSU professor and her students are rising to the occasion.

100% Made in Washington

Pleasing the beer equivalent of a Washington locavore

The people’s plants

Studying people and their plants provides us with new ways of approaching old problems.

Till gone

Phosphorus can be called the “bearer of life”

Medicinal plants

Many of our most crucial medicines came from plants.

Exodus: Climate and the movement of the people

With climate change will come massive dislocation and migration.

Fabric of the university

After 38 years, his artwork is interwoven throughout a campus.

Holy smokes

Cutting through the haze of native smokes

Gallery: The Art of Tim Doebler

Live from New York . . .

Ana Cabrera ’04 takes a weekend anchor seat at CNN.

Build your own rain garden

Techniques from Extension on helping filter stormwater

Game changer

Water (or lack of it) is what’s kept golfing the Palouse in national rankings.

The competitive world of WSU women’s golf

Swinging it in the most competitive conference

Gallery: Palouse Ridge Golf Club

Plums

Plum opportunities in your own backyard

Bear watching

Two top polar bear researchers keep a watchful eye in the Arctic.

Plum recipes

Chutney and a classic torte

Where the trouble began

Novelist James Thayer ’71 has always been drawn to writing fiction.

James Thayer on the craft of the novel

The accidental novelist

A serious injury and lengthy recovery led Stephen B. Smart ’75 to write his first Western novel.

Steve Smart reads from Whispers of the Greybull

Jennifer Eskil ’81

Energy smart and water wise

Alicia Cooper

A WSU Vancouver senior and Miss Washington 2016

Bounty of the Palouse

WSU Alumni Association News

Each fall, the wildly popular Feast of the Arts draws in Cougs.

Class Notes

Updates from Cougs all over

In memoriam

WSU alumni, faculty, and staff who have passed away

How does water in the ocean move?

Ask Dr. Universe

On the surface, it's about the wind.

My Father Before Me: A Memoir

By Chris Forhan ’82

Privacy, Surveillance, and the New Media You

By Edward Lee Lamoureux ’80 MA

Bitter Tastes: Literary Naturalism and Early Cinema in American Women’s Writing

By Donna M. Campbell

Briefly noted

Books and more by WSU alumni and faculty

Streaming views

Get a close-up view of four streams that flow into Puget Sound.

Cougtunes

New music from WSU faculty

Talkback for Fall 2017

Letters and thoughts from our readers

Digital magazine

The Fall 2017 issue in webviewer, fullscreen and tablet PDF, iPad, and print-on-demand formats