Summer 2012

by Larry Clark

Managing Nemo

The collectors

Go on a hunt through history to explain how hundreds of rare documents from colonial Mexico came to WSU archives, and then disappeared.

The atomic landscape

Seven decades after the first nuclear production facilities were sited at Hanford, we discover the cultural legacy.

A brush with Snorkel Bob

Marine biologists must contend with science vs. perception.

Historically yours

WSU professor Paul Philemon Kies and his autograph collection

Bones of contention

A mastodon bone with a spear point defined archaeologist Carl Gustafson's career.

The Manis Mastodon Site: An Adventure In Prehistory

Gallery: Historical Hanford

Video: Plume, by Kathleen Flenniken

Raising queens

Bee breeder Sue Cobey brings new genetic lines to honeybees.

The company that eats together

What effect do shared meals have on work relationships?

Doing good through blending

Sozo Friends turns wine profits to helping feed the poor.

The learned observer

One must continually hone an ability to observe to write good stories.

The Murrow boys

Skagit Valley recognizes native sons and WSU alumni Edward R. Murrow and his brothers.

Not quite right as rainwater

Jen McIntyre studies stormwater runoff to find what's killing salmon.

Scoring position: A man buys his hometown team

Mikal Thomsen ’79 and the Tacoma Rainiers

Video: How to inseminate honey bee queens

What moves you at WSU

Bikes and buses dot the future of transportation around Pullman.

Video: Pervious concrete for stormwater management

Paul Philemon Kies Autograph Collection

Coyote

A poem by Kathleen Flenniken

Raspberries

The cultivation of raspberries is, compared to that of other fruits, a relatively recent endeavor.

Recipes: Raspberries

Posts for Summer 2012

Letters from alumni, and what's new at WSU

John E. Olerud ’65

Science is a lot like baseball

Dan Newhouse ’77

Farm to director’s office

Donald Wayne Bushaw 1926–2012

A great teacher and a great learner

10,000 More Members!

WSU Alumni Association News

The WSU Alumni Association keeps growing.

Winning the West for Women: The Life of Suffragist of Emma Smith DeVoe

By Jennifer M. Ross-Nazzal ’04 PhD

Dog Days, Raven Nights

By John and Colleen Marzluff, illustrated by Evon Zerbetz ’8

Governing Washington: Politics and Government in the Evergreen State

Edited by Cornell W. Clayton and Nicholas P. Lovrich

Alaska: A History

By Claus-M. Naske ’70 PhD and Herman E. Slotnick

The Persuasive Power of Campaign Advertising

By Travis N. Ridout and Michael M. Franz

Digital magazine for Summer 2012

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