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National Institutes of Health awards WSU a $1.2 million, five-year grant to increase rural Washington students entering biomedical careers.

WSU mathematician tackles new threats to U.S. power systems in effort to ensure a steady supply of energy.

Two national research teams led by WSU scientists are working to protect grapes, onions and garlic from pests and diseases.

A tech startup with ties to WSU has received a $740,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.

It’s déjà vu all over again for Washington State University’s “accidental toxicologist.”

The discovery marks a new way to fight sepsis, a systemic inflammatory response that can cause organ failure.

WSU researchers have developed a computer model to better manage traffic and prevent gridlock in urban areas.

WSU researchers have developed a way to make low-cost, single-atom catalysts for fuel cells. Ultimately, it could make clean energy more economical.

The Henry Luce Foundation has given WSU’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art a $270,000 grant in support of the creation of a Collections and Learning Gallery.

Students, faculty and staff universitywide are invited to begin using two new computing resources launched today.

Applications are now open for the WSU i-Corps program, which teaches scientists and engineers the entrepreneurship and business skills needed to move their academic research to the marketplace.

Over the course of nine weeks, I-Corps provides both training and funding for teams to engage in a process of understanding how their solution fits in the marketplace. The effort serves to sharpen the focus of development efforts and improves the prospects of attracting funding.

Applications are due by Friday, September 7 and can be completed online. For more … » More …

The WSU I-Corps program is seeking applications through Sept. 1 for its fall 2018 cohort.  

Foot and mouth disease is a highly infectious disease of cattle that is responsible for causing considerable nutritional and economic insecurity in many developing countries.

Daylan Kelting started programming computers in middle and high school. Now, in addition to pursuing a degree in computer science, he’s doing research in developing a valuable elder-care program.

How do people with chronic pain move from appropriate use of opioids to addiction? And what prompts them to seek addiction treatment?

Cascade Herriot, Information Systems Coordinator for the Office of Commercialization, has been elected as a committee member into the Global Users Group for the Intellectual property management software, Inteum.  This committee exists to voice the concerns of universities, companies , and other stakeholders around the world to Inteum, and help guide Inteum in how they can better meet the needs of their users.  The committee will meet quarterly, and will have exclusive access to beta releases of new functionality for feedback.

Climate change, smart environments, biofuels, plant genomics are a few of the topics featured at the Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, Friday, Aug. 3, in Smith CUE Atrium.

By Mike Kluzik, Director of Office of Research Assurances, and Alan Ekstrand, Animal Welfare Program Assistant Director

Washington State University makes discoveries that save and improve the lives of animals and humans alike. To understand complex problems such as how both natural and disease states of biological systems in animals and humans function, some WSU investigators conduct research using animals. WSU conducts animal research only when necessary and with an aim to preserve, improve, or advance the well-being and lives of humans, animals, and the environments we share.

Animal-based research and teaching comes with the responsibility to provide animals with the highest level of ethical and humane … » More …

University administration recently revised its executive policy that defines WSU’s policy regarding intellectual property, technology transfer and commercialization. 

The WSU Office of Undergraduate Research has announced that scholarships have been awarded to 27 students pursuing research with a mentor.