August 2023

Grandparents appeared to serve as an important private safety net when COVID‑19 first hit the U.S., according to a study led by a Washington State University researcher.

The Office of Research is proud to welcome two new faculty fellows for the 2023 academic year. Ashley Boyd, associate professor and director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of […]

Matt Michener, associate director for the Office of Research Support and Operations (ORSO), has been selected as chair-elect for the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) Region VI beginning […]

The Office of Research has released the FY2021 Research Annual Report. The report highlights outstanding research conducted at WSU, along with research from nearly 150 WSU scientists who pivoted their […]

At a recent meeting in Washington, D.C., the National Science Foundation (NSF) presented on the Research Security Analytics Toolkit (RSAT). The RSAT is a powerful tool that can be used […]

The Entrepreneurial Faculty Ambassadors (EFA) will host the EFA Nights at the Museum at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on the WSU Pullman campus from 5-6:30 p.m., on Wednesday, […]

Regents professor Don Dillman, an internationally renowned survey methodologist, recently received the 2023 European Survey Research Association (ESRA) Outstanding Service Award in recognition of his sustained, high-level contributions to European survey research.

A team led by scientists at Washington State University’s Center for Sustaining Agriculture & Natural Resources (CSANR) is establishing the Specialty Crop Climate Change Extension Academy to improve Extension and USDA professionals’ capacity to support climate preparedness.

It’s not politics as usual since the advent of digital marketing. And because these platforms are largely unregulated, it’s difficult to track who is behind the unprecedented amounts of money being spent on social media and other online platforms to influence voter behavior across the United States.

A longtime working relationship between Washington State University scientist Tom Collins and Jackson Family Wines has evolved into the creation of an endowed professorship that recognizes Collins’ impactful wine science research and supports WSU’s Department of Viticulture & Enology.

Jean-Sabin McEwen, associate professor in the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, has received the 2023 Peter M. A. Sherwood Mid-Career Professional Award.

Noel Schulz, Edmund O. Schweitzer III Chair in Power Apparatus and Systems in the WSU School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Institute […]

Washington State University will develop a new test that could save wheat growers millions of dollars thanks to a grant from the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR).

While humans still cause the most wildfires, dry lightning burns the most acreage. A WSU-led study also found dry lightning can ignite fires when more rain falls than previously thought.

A faculty member and administrator in Washington State University’s College of Education has been appointed as a co-editor of Educational Researcher, the premier peer-reviewed journal from the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

One year after the Dobbs decision, 41.8% of U.S. women of reproductive age have to drive 30 minutes or more to reach an abortion care facility, according to a study of data as of June 2, 2023. Researchers predicted that number would rise to 53.5% if other state bills under consideration are passed.