Mary Rezac announced her resignation as dean of Voiland College, effective Feb. 23, 2024. Provost Chilton named Partha Pande as interim dean, effective Feb. 12, 2024. Pande will serve until a permanent dean is hired. A national search will launch in January 2024.
Luna Magpili received a Fulbright Program award.
Research co-authored by Susmita Bose and Amit Bandyopadhyay revealed that a surgical implant developed by Washington State University researchers was able to kill 87% of the bacteria that cause staph infections in laboratory tests, while remaining strong and compatible with surrounding tissue like current implants. KGW TV reported on their work.
A WSU research team led by Hongtao Dang received a $500,000 U.S. Department of Commerce grant to train civil engineering students in emerging technologies as well as in social intelligence to better meet industry needs in Washington.
Go Cougs! Institute for Northwest Energy Futures inaugural director Noel Schulz and WSU Tri-Cities Chancellor Sandra Haynes joined Tri-City Development Council CEO Karl Dye for a “Coffee with Karl” episode to discuss INEF – WSU Tri-Cities and its goals. Watch the YouTube video! Katy Ayers is the latest WSU finalist for a Marshall Scholarship to […]
Dan “Annie” Du, Yuehe Lin, and Yong Wang were among seven WSU researchers listed in Clarivate’s 2023 list of Highly Cited Researchers.
Spatio-Cinemati Betwixt: Architecture, Film, and the In-between is the title of a new book edited by Vahid Vahdat. The book investigates the filmic creation of spatial imaginaries through the anthropological lens of “liminal space.”
Led by Ming Luo, #WSU researchers have been awarded a $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to improve the efficiency of automated apple harvesting #robotics.
Chemical engineering graduate student Naseeha Cardwell has received a National GEM Consortium fellowship.
Go Cougs! Jake Leachman was one of the researchers recognized by the Office of Research inners during the recent Research Week Awards Ceremony. Aaron Feaver was interviewed by the Daily Evergreen about WSU’s development of the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association’s Hydrogen Hub, which was recently recognized as one of the seven hydrogen hubs out of […]
Go Cougs! A research team led by Annie Du received a four-year, $1.9 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop an inexpensive paper sensor that can rapidly provide information on a person’s smoke exposure during wildfire season. Kitana Kaiphanlaim, Bernie Van Wie, Bill Davis, Eric Barrow, Brenden Fraser-Hevlin, and Zakora […]
This fall, Distinguished Graduate Research Program graduate students Charlotte Wertz and Benjamin McCornack will work with Washington State University and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists and engineers through the WSU-PNNL Joint Institutes.
Norbert Kruse was interviewed by Chemistry World about WSU’s recent breakthrough discovery of the Fischer-Tropsch reaction.