Science

28 Aug National teaching award for lifelong science advocate

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Richland, WA – “I’ve always wanted to talk about things I find cool.” Since his first taste of teaching younger kids while in high school, Allan Felsot has loved passing along science knowledge and information. And the WSU entomology professor’s love of science shines through decades later. “Being...

04 Jun Plastic water bottles may one day fly people cross-country

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By Scott Weybright, WSU College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences RICHLAND, Wash. – A research group led by Washington State University Tri-Cities scientists has found a way to turn daily plastic waste products into jet fuel. In a new paper published in the journal Applied...

09 May Researchers develop viable, environmentally-friendly alternative to Styrofoam

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By Tina Hilding, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University researchers have developed an environmentally-friendly, plant-based material that for the first time works better than Styrofoam for insulation. WSU Tri-Cities post-doctoral researcher Peipei Wang attaches a cellulose mixture sample to a freeze...

26 Apr April 30 – May 3: Students present research, course projects during symposium and art exhibition

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RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities undergraduate students will display semester and course research and art projects as part of the Undergraduate Research Symposium and Art Exhibition April 30 – May 3. Student present their psychology project during the Undergraduate Research Symposium and Art Exhibition...

25 Apr May 4: WSU Tri-Cities to confer 352 degrees

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WSU Tri-Cities Commencement RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities will confer 352 degrees at its commencement ceremony beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, at the Toyota Center, 7000 W. Grandridge Blvd. in Kennewick. Doors open at noon. The event is free to the public...

24 Apr WSU Tri-Cities wine science student named Wine Spectator Student of the Year

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By Brandon Schrand, College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences RICHLAND, Wash. – When Madeleine Higgins was trying to pay the rent in New York as a struggling fashion writer, she never dreamed that one day she would be interning in a custom-crush facility in...

08 Apr Indonesian Fulbright Scholar studying how to develop diverse, cost-effective biofuels technology at WSU Tri-Cities, PNNL

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RICHLAND, Wash. – Fulbright scholar Fitria is using her educational experience at Washington State University Tri-Cities and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to find new and improved ways of creating successful biofuels and bioproducts. Fitria, a Fulbright Scholar studying at WSU Tri-Cities, is researching pretreatment methods...

01 Apr April 10: Radiation effects expert to talk future of radiation protection national council

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RICHLAND, Wash. – Radiation effects expert John Boice will present on the past and future of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements as part of a Herbert M. Parker Lecture series at Washington State University Tri-Cities on April 10. John Boice, director of science...

22 Mar Professor honored with excellence in teaching award by Entomological Society of America

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By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – A curiosity for the world and the yearning to know how it works. It is what brought Allan Felsot to the world of science and it is what inspired in him an interest and passion for teaching and academia...

04 Dec Dec. 11, 13: Undergraduate Research Symposium and Art Exhibition to highlight student research, projects

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By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Students will highlight semester course projects, research and art as part of the fall Undergraduate Research Symposium and Art Exhibition on Dec. 11 and 13 at Washington State University Tri-Cities. A student presents at the WSU Tri-CIties Undergraduate Research...