Researchers at WSU have identified a key cluster of genes that can be moved from rhizobia bacteria that harvest nitrogen into bacteria that don’t — raising the possibility that microbes that dwell in cereal crops could eventually be engineered to atmospherically harvest nitrogen as well.
WSU student-athletes set a new record-high for average GPA this semester at 3.44, with 59 earning a 4.0.
Season Hoard, political science professor, won the Yang “Wendy” Liu Award for making complicated US politics accessible to international students.
Catherine “Katie” Cooper has been selected as Washington State University’s next vice provost for faculty affairs and development, following a comprehensive internal search.
Jordan Thompson, PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology, won the R.E. Taylor Poster Award at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Three study abroad experiences in just over a year have reshaped how Sofia Ramirez (’27 Busi. Admin., Psych.) sees her future.
Along the shoreline of South Puget Sound where forests, wetlands, and marine ecosystems meet a rapidly growing urban corridor, WSU researchers and students are studying pressing environmental and cultural challenges at Meyer’s Point Environmental Field Station.
The David G. Pollart Center for Arts and Humanities is pleased to announce the Faculty Fellows for 2026-27. Each year, the Pollart Center selects applications from WSU faculty members for projects that advance knowledge and public awareness of the arts and humanities.
Graduate students from around Washington State University descended onto the Pullman campus for the School of the Environment (SOE) Spring Research Weekend in late April.
The WSU Choir Tour’s stop in Ephrata was covered by the Columbia Basin Herald; music professors Dean Luethi and Matthew Myers took WSU students on a choral tour from Pullman to Bellingham, stopping at several local high schools along the way.
