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Winter 2020
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Winter 2020
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Symbiosis
First Words
Get together
Feature
A WSU scientist explores the ecological and evolutionary power of symbiosis.
The faces of small farms
Feature
Despite the hurdles, a new crop of Washington small farmers are finding their way into the field.
The audacity to dream
Up Front
Inspiring students to dream beyond the limits of cultural stereotypes
A quantum reflection
Short subject
Big thinking about the infinitesimal world of quantum mechanics
Digital magazine
The Winter 2020 issue in fullscreen and tablet PDF, webviewer, and print-on-demand formats
Being there
Up Front
Going virtually where you’ve never gone before
Maestro of many voicings
Up Front
An orchestra conductor’s concerted effort to give voice to unsung composers
A heart for service
Up Front
Home—whether here or across the Pacific—is in her heart.
Pandemic parallels
A viral response
The 1918 Pandemic experience at Washington State College shared many similarities to today.
Books of knells
A viral response
A modern day plague journal from the middle of the pandemic, embracing the flux of facts, theories, false claims, and shifting ethical ground
Stories from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
Web Extra
The lost history of polio at Washington State
Web Extra
Fallen, but not from history
Our Story
Lest we forget their ultimate sacrifice
We put them through
Our Story
Other degrees of giving after World War II
Video: The Fallen Cougars Project
Web Extra
Fallen Cougars: Meet the student researchers
Web Extra
Profiles of valor
Web Extra
Memorials to fallen Cougars from World War II
Fallen Cougars Project: Preserving a nearly lost legacy
Web Extra
New stars on the market shelf
In Season
Festive Cosmic Crisp® apples are a hit for eating fresh or cooking.
Cosmic Crisp® recipes
Web Extra
Cosmic Crisp®, WA 2, and what’s next
Web Extra
Sunrise Magic®, WSU’s other apple
From the president
Letters
Kirk Schulz on WSU’s Covid-19 response, including tough budget decisions
Guiding a transition game
Sidelines
Kyle Smith, the new WSU men’s basketball coach, sees potential in the team.
Butch and the Butchmen
Sidelines
A group of students had a big job: getting Washington State’s live cougar, Butch, to games and events
Butchmen memories
Web Extra
Members of the Butchmen recall their days watching over the live cougar
The Butch Brawl
Web Extra
An effort to retrieve the WSU mascot ended in a scrap
More faces of small farms
Web Extra
Profiles of other small farmers in Washington state
WSU, small farms, and the pandemic
Web Extra
The shifting landscape for small farms, and how WSU is supporting them
Strength and success: Profiles of Na-ha-shnee graduates
Web Extra
A few of the health care professionals from 25 years of the program
It’s a matter of spin
Web Extra
WSU physicists explain entanglement and other principles of quantum mechanics.
A lens for thinking
Web Extra
WSU Vancouver professor Stephanie Porter mentors young science scholars
Videos: Danh Pham conducts
Web Extra
A variety of concerts conducted by the WSU faculty member
The ultimate physical exam
Alumnipedia
Longtime Spokane County medical examiner Sally Aiken has taken a lead role during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Five questions with Jennifer Adair
Alumnipedia
A researcher on the cutting edge of cancer therapies at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle
Taryn your radio ON
Alumnipedia
Taryn Daly found her dream radio job and she couldn't be happier.
More time with Taryn
Web Extra
The Seattle radio DJ delivers her favorites, from IPAs to rock concerts.
Building on new directions
Alumnipedia
Pedro Castro mentors minority owners of Puget Sound-area architecture and engineering companies.
Exploring Baja California
Web Extra
Videos of Pedro Castro's motorcycle adventure with his sons
Talkback for Winter 2020
Talkback
Letters from WSU alumni on Butch Cougar mascot, media misinformation, and fostering insect-friendly habitats
40 by ’20
WSU Alumni Association News
The WSU Alumni Association met its goal of 40,000 members by 2020 with time to spare.
Class notes
Alumnipedia
Updates from Cougs all over
In memoriam
Alumnipedia
WSU alumni, faculty, and staff who have passed away
Saving the Oregon Trail: Ezra Meeker’s Last Grand Quest
New Media
by Dennis M. Larsen ’68 Poli. Sci. (WSU Press)
Do No Harm
New Media
By James B. Cohoon ’76 Biol.
Briefly noted
New Media
Books by WSU alumni and faculty
Travel the VR world
Web Extra
Some travel ideas...from the comfort of your home
Viewscapes
Podcasts
Audio stories from Washington State Magazine
The mice will play
Last Words
Glacier mice, squishy clumps of moss that form around a pebble or other glacial debris, maneuver around ice fields.