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  Thursday, May 23, 2013

 




For 2013-14 year

WSU Regents vote to limit fall tuition increase to two percent

PULLMAN, Wash. – A proposal to limit a tuition increase at Washington State University this fall to two percent was approved Thursday by the WSU Board of Regents.[more]

Career preparation, placement

Vancouver among top university sales programs

VANCOUVER, Wash. - The professional sales certificate program in the College of Business at WSU Vancouver has been named one of the 2013 Top University Sales Programs by the Sales Education Foundation.[more]

WSU in the Media

May 23, 2013

* Elizabeth Dougherty - WSU prof talks about alternatives to GMO citrus
* Capital Press- New WSU feed barley has disease resistance package
* Capital Press- Bernardo fills in as WSU interim provost
* Daily Sun News - WSU grad took long road to getting degree
[more]

Hispanic American education

Scholar selected for national internship in D.C.

PULLMAN, Wash. - After successfully completing her first year at WSU, Brendali Diaz will head to Washington, D.C., this summer to be an intern in the Office of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans.[more]

May 23-25 track & field

Cougars boast strong representation at NCAA preliminaries

PULLMAN, Wash. - WSU's track and field program will have a strong presence at the 2013 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field West Preliminary Rounds Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 23-25, at the University of  Texas[more]

Rock Doc

A new source of natural gas

The name "natural gas” might be a puzzle. After all, how could there be such a thing as unnatural gas? The reason we call natural gas what we do has to do with history. [more]

Study published

Flower power fights orchard pests

WENATCHEE, Wash. - WSU researchers have found they can control one of fruit growers' more severe pests, aphids, with a remarkably benign tool: [more]

President's column

Preparing for football game Thursday, Oct. 31

PULLMAN, Wash. - In an effort to increase the number of conference football games given national television exposure each season, the PAC-12 has significantly increased the number of [more]

WSU-led team gets grant

Businesses surveyed about injured worker policies

SPOKANE, Wash. - What happens when a bakery employee hurts his ankle while lifting a 50-pound bag of flour? In some cases, he might miss a week or two of work. But in the case of "Jerry,” he shifts to a job that allows him to stay at work,[more]

Cougar ale on the way

Hop researchers learn advanced brewing techniques

PROSSER, Wash. - In 1980, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. founder Ken Grossman effectively put the Cascade hop of Yakima, Wash., on the map. More than three decades later, WSU researchers recently interned with Sierra Nevada master brewers  [more]

Online master's grad

Degree opens new opportunities in midlife

SEATTLE - Eric Abbott is always trying to get an edge, whether at work or racing with his cycling team. That’s the reason he enrolled in WSU's online engineering and [more]

Early titles, vintage Macs

Grant will help preserve first digital literature

VANCOUVER, Wash. - Authors from the first generation of modern digital writing will visit WSU to record readings on the early computer systems for which their works were originally intended.[more]

Designed by SRG Partnership

Vet biomedical research building wins civic design award

PULLMAN, Wash. – WSU's recently completed Veterinary and Biomedical Research Building will receive a civic design award from the Washington Council of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).[more]



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