Summer 2020

by Larry Clark

In our new backyard

To dream the impossible dream

In an unstable economy, Washington residents struggle to find affordable housing.

When the sky fell

Forty years ago in May, a volcanic eruption etched itself on the memories of Washingtonians from Vancouver to Pullman.

Keys of my life

Carla Peperzak was a Dutch Resistance fighter as a teen in World War II. Now a WSU history professor helps share her story.

Peppers

Red, green, orange, or any other color, they add spice to your life and dishes.

A natural understanding

What we don’t know is immense. Natural history can be a profound catalyst for understanding.

Remains of the day

When the ash fell, WSU faculty and students gathered it and placed it in barrels, where it still waits for examination.

The State of healing

Bringing medical knowledge and access to all corners of the state is at the core of WSU’s land-grant mission.

Going to BAT in rural Washington

The Broadband Action Team through WSU Extension supports health care, education, businesses, and jobs in rural areas.

At home on the range

Range Health, a nonprofit academic health network, and its mobile unit bring health care to rural areas.

Mount St. Helens: The aftermath and lessons learned

It was a perfect laboratory.

“It was raining ash”

Stories of the 1980 eruption from WSU faculty and alumni

Where were you? Reader memories of Mount St. Helens

Great floods from simple sources

Below purple mountain majesties, farming the fruited, flooded plains.

Sniffing out patterns

A nation within our (human) nation

Hearts in darkness

If you accept their culture, they’ll really take you in.

Gallery: Voyages in Papua New Guinea

New coach, new era

Nick Rolovich brings his style of football, his humor, and his generosity to WSU.

Nick Rolovich gets creative with scholarship awards

Stories from his former players

Sweet heat

Recipes for peppers

Students build foldable housing for homeless

(from the WSU Insider)

Carla Peperzak: Her life

Stories and videos from the former Dutch Resistance fighter

Digital magazine

The Summer 2020 issue in fullscreen and tablet PDF, web, and print-on-demand formats

Celebrating 30 years

Three decades of WSU in Spokane, Tri-Cities, and Vancouver

Fun facts and stories from the campuses

Consider the butterfly

Krist Novoselić embraces rural life and the natural world through music and community connections.

Q&A with Robert Michael Pyle

The nature writer and poet talks about poetry and Bigfoot

Stepping up her game

Sylvia Amulo pursues research on antimicrobial resistance and infectious diseases in her home country of Kenya.

From covering the beat to on the beat

Stephanie Schendel made the leap from journalist to police detective.

A new terroir

Nicole “Coco” Umiker and her husband launched Clearwater Canyon Cellars, and a new era of winemaking in Lewis-Clark Valley.

Steve Gleason receives Congressional Gold Medal

Standout football player and fierce advocate for people with ALS received the highest honor from Congress.

Honorary doctorates

WSU awarded honorary doctoral degrees to emeritus professor of chemistry Ralph Yount and PACCAR chairman and philanthropist Mike Pigott.

Class notes

Updates from Cougs all over

In memoriam

WSU alumni, faculty, and staff who have passed away

Talkback for Summer 2020

Letters from WSU alumni on becoming a scientist, living in Neill Hall, and campus life

Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition

Q&A: Buddy Levy on the art and craft of the historical narrative

Salmon Eaters to Sagebrushers: Washington’s Lost Literary Legacy

By Peter Donahue, published by WSU Press

Back on Track: Sound Transit’s Fight to Save Light Rail

By Bob Wodnik, published by WSU Press

Butterfly Launches from Spar Pole

Briefly noted

Books by WSU alumni and WSU Press

Natural history resources

“Living with the Volcano”

From the eruption of Mount St. Helens emerged art.