RICHLAND, Wash. – Minimal damage was reported after a five to 10 acre fire claimed a field at the edge of the Washington State University Tri-Cities campus Friday evening. The fire is now contained. Firefighters responded to a call at 10:17 p.m. and extinguished the blaze...
By Maegan Murray RICHLAND, Wash. – Education students at Washington State University Tri-Cities had the chance to put what they learned about school-community engagement practices to use with a new community garden experience that also educates community members about gardening, healthy eating habits and more. WSU Tri-Cities...
By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – WSU Tri-Cities associate professor Xiao Zhang is targeting the use of lignin — a common material that makes the cell walls of plants rigid — to create affordable biofuels and bioproducts. Interested in the project, the U.S. Department of...
By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Becky Rausch has had a passion for teaching since she was a little girl. But as an adult, her life restrictions in raising a family with eight children left her with little time to complete an education degree...
By Elinor Lake, WSU Tri-Cities intern RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities and poet Jordan Chaney will host best-selling author Ijeoma Oluo as part of an evening that celebrates women of color and showcases Oluo’s work from 6:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. on June 30 at...
By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Computer science students at Washington State University Tri-Cities are partnering with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to create a software that will improve data processing to help identify cancer and other health biomarkers in real-time. The Pacific Northwest National...
By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – Jim Harbertson sees through rosé colored glasses. WSU wine researcher Jim Harbertson enjoys, admires and carefully weighs the hues, shades and tints of rosé wine. Photo by Robert Hubner, WSU Photo Services Finely tuned shades and hues ranging from blush...
PROSSER, Wash. – Naidu Rayapati, world-renowned plant pathologist, has been named director of the Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Prosser and assistant dean for the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences at WSU Tri-Cities. Naidu Rayapati gives a talk to growers in...
By Elinor Lake, intern, WSU Tri-Cities communications RICHLAND, Wash. – Former professor and long-time WSU Tri-Cities donor Ronald Kathren and his wife Susan have donated a huge collection of radiological books to WSU Tri-Cities. Several books as part of the Ronald and Susan Kathren Radiological and Affiliated...
RICHLAND, Wash. – Nikita Fisenko was 10 years old when he came to the United States with his family from Uzbekistan. “At the age of 7, in a family of seven kids, my father passed away of cancer,” he said. “It was really hard. My father...
