Fall 2018
Video: A quick ride around Cool Cache Farms
Take a peek at the peonies on the Cool Cache Farms in Alaska, owned by Wayne and Patti Floyd.
Read about their peony venture in “Peonies from heaven,” Fall 2018.
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Fall 2018
Video: WSU Pumpkin Drop 2014
The Pumpkin Drop at WSU has been a tradition for Dad’s Weekend since 2004, as students in the Physics and Astronomy Club toss the pumpkins from the Pullman campus’s tallest building. Check out the tenth annual drop video below and read more about this tradition in the Fall 2018 issue.
Fall 2018
Videos: Kelsey Cook’s comedy bits
Kelsey Cook ’11 followed her comedic beacon to the stand-up world, with appearances on The Tonight Show and Comedy Central. She also co-hosts a podcast called “Self-helpless” with some fellow comedians. Read more about Kelsey in the Fall 2018 magazine and watch her funny bits below.
Check out more videos at Kelsey’s website.
Summer 2018
Videos: Agriculture, women, and Washington food
A collection of documentary works from Kara Rowe and North x Northwest
Women’s Work: The untold story of America’s female farmers: Here is a trailer for documentary produced by Rowe, Audra Mulkern, and David Tanner/North by Northwest)
Washington Grown: A series featuring Washington agricultural products, produced by Rowe and sponsored by Washington Ranchers and Farmers
(This episode features WSU’s Cosmic Crisp apple)
The Gamble: A documentary produced by Rowe for North x Northwest and the Washington State Potato Commission
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Summer 2018
Video: Ancestral ghosts in your genome
A TEDxRainier presentation by Washington State University biologist Michael Skinner
Read more about Skinner and his work in our feature “Evolution evolution.”
Spring 2018
Video: Ancient warriors in glass forts
Watch the legend of Grimsa, daughter of a mighty Viking chieftain, and her death at Broborg hillfort.
The video also tells the history and construction techniques of the unique glass-fused rocks of Broborg. Read more about that glass in “Fires burned, cauldrons bubble.”
Winter 2017
Video: WSU’s first medical students
Winter 2017
Lit Bits: Electronic literature on the web
“Redshift & Portalmetal” by Micha Cárdenas. Your planet is dying. You have an apparent choice: travel to the Ice Planet and start over, or stay and try to help. Every layer of this piece is rich with video, audio, and a textual narrative that triangulates between science fiction, philosophy, and a sort of future-tending Romanticism.
High Muck a Muck: Playing Chinese, an Interactive Poem was created and conceived by the High Muck a Muck Collective. You enter this gorgeously illustrated and written story by clicking on a lottery card–an appropriate visual metaphor for taking your chances on a narrative that determines itself as … » More …
Fall 2017
Build your own rain garden
Learn how to design, install and maintain your rain garden with the free Rain Garden Handbook for Western Washington (PDF).
You can find out more rain garden ideas and details from WSU Extension. If you have more questions, please contact your County Extension rain garden expert.
Be sure to check out where and where not to build your garden. Not every place is suitable.
Visit WSU Extension’s rain garden website.
Summer 2017
360-degree video: Vaccinating dogs to eliminate rabies
In Tanzania and other East African countries, Washington State University and their partners are working to eliminate rabies in humans by 2030 by vaccinating domestic dogs.
People with pets, particularly in rural areas, travel many miles to get their dogs and cats vaccinated. Read more in “Old Remedy,” Summer 2017 issue.
In the 360-degree video below, you can drag the video around the scene of one such vaccination clinic in Bunda, Tanzania, while WSU Regents Professor Guy Palmer from the Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health explains the Eliminate Rabies program.
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