December 2023

The College of Veterinary Medicine recently celebrated nearly 20 years of testing for the MDR1 gene mutation in dogs. Some dogs and cats have a mutation in the MDR1 (multidrug […]

Christopher Keane, vice president for research at WSU and vice chancellor for research at WSU Pullman, recently conducted a laboratory safety visit at the Sports Science Laboratory. The Sports Science […]

Gwen Anderson, assistant director in the Office of the Campus Veterinarian, has received the 2023 District 8 AALAS Ron Orta Humanitarian Award. The award honors an individual in the laboratory […]

Long-term care facilities that scheduled part-time Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) with more hours and more consistently with the same co-workers had reduced turnover, according to research led by Washington State University. The findings could help address staffing challenges that affect millions of patients at long-term care facilities nationwide.

A Washington State University project to enhance recruitment of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people into clinical trials has received $250,000 for a one-year pilot study.

Even in the precipitation-heavy Pacific Northwest, more frequent heatwaves are threatening a key source of water supply.

Nurses from the College of Nursing surveyed agricultural supervisors attending the Washington State Tree Fruit Association meeting in Kennewick, WA, focusing on the impact of wildfire smoke on occupational health in the agricultural industry.

Deukhyuon Heo, Frank Brands Analog Distinguished Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He was recognized for his work in complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) power amplifiers in multilayer packages and reconfigurable reactive components.

Luna Magpili, Washington State University’s director of the Engineering and Technology Management program, has received a Fulbright Program award.

PULLMAN, Wash. — A single strand of fiber developed at Washington State University has the flexibility of cotton and the electric conductivity of a polymer, called polyaniline. The newly developed […]

Families that participated in the WIC program — also known as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children — were much less likely to use potentially unsafe infant feeding practices during the 2022 U.S. infant formula shortage than income-eligible families that did not participate.

“Seeing robots made with soft, flexible parts in action appears to lower people’s anxiety about working with them or even being replaced by them.”