Spring 2021

by Larry Clark

Circles

Circling back to hydrogen

From the simplest element comes the greatest potential to power the world.

Distanced but connected: Our global pandemic stories

Our Cougar family pays it forward around the globe.

Reporting the protests

Murrow alumni brave the dangers of a protest to get to the heart of the message.

How history offers comfort in a pandemic

History can remind us we're not alone and that we shouldn't forget.

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Meet you at the depot

When the train was the way to travel to Pullman

Take care! How to handle the trying times

The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown is stressful. WSU experts offer some advice.

Hydrogen fuel research at WSU

From folding tanks to drones and more for hydrogen fuel

Origami for space travel

WSU researchers found benefits to folding hydrogen fuel tanks for rockets.

A race at the top

The race to use her diagnostic degrees down to negative fifty degrees

Guess who’s coming to dinner

What’s wild and wonderful in our cities’ backyards

Can-do attitude

Home canning had already been making a comeback. Then the pandemic hit.

Food preservation and the pandemic

A Q&A with a food safety expert

“This is the most bored I’ve ever been in my life”

The pandemic has worsened an already-increasing bout of boredom among teens.

A pandemic’s new norms

Finding similar values in those ”different from us“

Lamb & mint: A classic pairing

Roast lamb complemented with mint sauce simply sings of spring.

Lamb & mint recipes

Happier endings

Helping others see it is indeed a wonderful life

Talkback for Spring 2021

Letters from WSU alumni about Native American health education and more

From the president

New buildings will further WSU research and support for the state.

Working forward

Stefan Bradley studies diversity in the history of Black people, including those who attended college in the Ivy League.

Caffeinated Cougs

WSU alumni keep the coffee roasting and flowing during the pandemic.

Brewing the perfect cup of coffee

Big cat on campus

WSU student Isabelle Busch chases her lifelong passion to help cheetahs.

Carnivore spotter

Maps of urban wildlife in Central Puget Sound

The winner is…

Andrew DeCesare pursues his filmmaking dreams.

Q&A with Andrew DeCesare

The filmmaker dishes on his career and the process

Working through it

Civil engineer Wayne Chang brings his expertise to international disaster relief and humanitarian work.

Charles “Chadd” Kahlsdorf

The engineer wrote a children's book about civil engineering.

Mike Urban

The WSU Global Campus alumnus became the administrator of the city of Pullman.

Colleen Taugher cooks lamb

When Duane and Arleen met

The Coug couple found romance at Washington State.

We met @ WSU

Love stories from Cougs

Double Crossed: The Missionaries Who Spied for the United States During the Second World War

Remote: Finding Home in the Bitterroots

Legacies of the Manhattan Project: Reflections on 75 Years of a Nuclear World

WSU Press, edited by Michael Mays

Sins of the Bees

By Annie Lampman

Paleo Nerds

Podcast by Ray Troll and David Strassman

Briefly noted

Books by WSU faculty and alumni on Black history, Montaigne, road trips, and pandemic survival

More podcasts to ponder

Listening recommendations created by WSU alumni and faculty

Kelsey’s podcast picks

The comedian, podcaster, and WSU alumna tells us what she's listening to.

Class notes

Updates from Cougs all over

In memoriam

WSU alumni, faculty, and staff who have passed away

Recommended reading

What WSU leaders and faculty are reading during the pandemic

What to read: Offerings from WSU Press

Books with a Northwest flavor

What to read: Books by alumni, faculty, and staff

Pandemic playlists

Music selections from WSU music faculty and alumni

What to watch: Movies and TV shows with WSU alumni and staff

WSM staff picks for the pandemic

What magazine staff are reading, watching, and listening to

Orbital notations

Multimedia artist Etsuko Ichikawa shows beauty and menace in her installation Broken Poems of Fireflies.

Video: Etsuko Ichikawa discusses Broken Poems of Fireflies