Spring 2017

by Larry Clark

Emergence

Waste not

Reducing food waste, from farm to home, will become critical for a sustainable food future.

Paths that grew crystal clear

Growing crystals can solve tough scientific problems. It also helped crystallize these researchers’ life paths.

Ends of eras

Societies are prone to fall apart. What can we learn from a Southwest civilization that already did so?

Zeroing in on critical zones

With "critical zones," gone is the idea of a distant gaze to life-sustaining systems on Earth.

Learning that’s virtually fun

Virtual reality at the WSU Neurodiversity Lab means more than games.

Faster drop for a new crop

Trees grow slowly but markets want new fruit. Now. These guys have the solution.

Writing pools, movie stars

Lights. Camera. Action. A Coug sportswriter in glittertown

John McCallum in his own words

Reduce food waste at home

Gallery: Images of Mesa Verde

The matter of antimatter

Inside the W. M. Keck Antimatter Laboratory at WSU, Kelvin Lynn and Marc Weber build traps for positrons.

Gallery: Crystals at WSU

From the top

A cellist takes to the mountains.

Video: Andante

Ruth Boden hiking and playing in the Wallowa Mountains of Oregon.

Call the midwife

A historical birthing practice returns to the Pacific Northwest.

How you play the game

Pac-12 named basketball and track star Jeanne (Eggart) Helfer as WSU female athlete of the century.

Leeks

Enjoy the vegetable, a relative of onions and garlic, at any meal.

Video: Pac-12 WSU icons of the century

Featuring Jeanne Eggart-Helfer (WSU Female Athlete of the Century) and other Cougs

All about the leeks

Facts and history of the leek

TalkBack for Spring 2017

A letter and response about wood waste for biofuels

After the rains

From abundant fall rains emerged a menagerie of nature’s recyclers.

October showers bring...

A gallery of last fall's mushrooms

Sweet strumming

The Kamaka brothers, Sam Jr. ’50 and Fred ’51, have fond ukulele memories.

The 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor

A personal history by Fred Kamaka ’51

Dinner with girl geeks

Kristin McKinney ’95 brings together Nashville women in science and engineering.

Anna King ’00

The award-winning radio journalist shares stories.

Dan Maher ’78

The folk musician and radio host can be seen all over the Palouse, and heard around the state on Northwest Public Radio.

Adopt a Coug

WSU Alumni Association News

A great gift for Cougars at heart

Class notes

Updates from Cougs all over

In memoriam

WSU alumni, faculty, and staff who have passed away

“Hang Them All”

George Wright and the Plateau Indian War by Donald L. Cutler ’76

Swift Dam

By Sid Gustafson ’77, ’79 DVM

One More Last Cast

On the addictive nature of fishing by Dennis D. Dauble ’78 MS

Briefly noted

Books and more by WSU alumni and faculty

Heart Strings: The Story of the Kamaka 'Ukulele

A PBS documentary tells the story of the Kamaka family and their ukuleles.

Digital magazine

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