May 2024

Distinguished USDA, WSU scientist honored with lifetime achievement award

After a long and distinguished career that includes working for the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and as a WSU adjunct in the Department of Plant Pathology, Paulitz recently received a lifetime achievement award from the American Phytopathological Society’s Pacific Division.

WSU professor receives Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair Award to build bioeconomic partnerships

Collaborating with European scientists to develop ideas, fuels, and products that solve global environmental and energy challenges, Washington State University Professor Bin Yang is headed to Toulouse, France, as the […]

M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust grant supports WSU concrete sealer research

Washington State University researchers have received a grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust to develop a new, more durable concrete sealer that protects bridges, pavement, and other structures from salt and water damage. The grant will support testing the sealer in the elements on concrete infrastructure throughout the WSU campus or in Pullman.

Improved AI process could better predict water supplies

A new computer model uses a better artificial intelligence process to measure snow and water availability more accurately across vast distances in the West, information that could someday be used to better predict water availability for farmers and others.