Global Animal Health
Salmonella: predicting the next outbreak
Salmonella and other zoonotic diseases, which pass from animals to humans, pose special challenges with respect to detection and control. University researchers probe how and why outbreaks strike.
Food and Agriculture
Fruit of the future
As part of WSU’s Apple Genome Project, assistant professor of horticulture genomics and biotechnology Amit Dhingra leads the quest to build a better apple, research that will help sustain the U.S. apple industry in the face of economic and environmental challenges.
Clean Technologies

Building a sustainable future
To achieve sustainability, we must rethink not only our everyday habits, but also the way we build our habitats. Researchers explore the design, production, and use of building materials from renewable resources in effort to make sustainable living a reality.
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