April 2024

Hongtao Dang, Vishnupriya Jonnalagadda, Chloe Kemmerling, William McGaughey, and Joan Njenga were among this year’s Pullman Chancellor’s Award recipients.

Sonja Sargent Sparks received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

Led by Mani Venkatasubramanian, a research team has been selected to receive a $2.4 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to better prepare the power grid for the changing world of electricity production, including the increasing use of renewable power and the increase in extreme weather events related to climate change.

Prashanta Dutta received the 2024 Donald N. Zwiep Innovation in Education Award for his work in designing, developing, and disseminating desktop learning modules.

The Inlander interviewed Aaron Feaver about the $1 billion Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub, which is expected to create 10,000 or more jobs to focus on using only renewable energy resources to power the electrolysis process that rips hydrogen atoms from the oxygen atoms in water to create hydrogen fuel.