Pullman School District receives grant to purchase eco-friendly bus
ALANA LACKNER, Evergreen reporter
May 27, 2020
A grant from the Washington Department of Ecology will allow the Pullman School District to purchase an electric bus. The $275,000 grant comes from a settlement that Volkswagen paid to the Washington government in the wake of their emissions scandal in 2015, said Andrew Wineke, Washington Department o...
Technology to lower inflammation, may help COVID-19 patients
CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter
May 26, 2020
WSU professor Santanu Bose has discovered a protein that, when some of its function is reduced, may help stop patients who are dying from pneumonia caused by COVID-19. The A9 protein causes inflammation. Some inflammation is good for the body, but in the case of a respiratory virus like COVID-19, to...
Town hall prepares for increase in on-site research
EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen reporter
May 20, 2020
WSU research officials held a town hall Tuesday to solicit feedback on draft guidelines for research, scholarship and creative activities, which will allow on-site activities, like lab or office work, to gradually increase. The goals of the new guidelines are to protect the health and well-being o...
Chemistry department now using take-home lab kits
EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen reporter
May 18, 2020
WSU's Department of Chemistry is adjusting to online classes this summer by using lab kits that allow students to perform laboratory experiments at home. Cole Mercer, lab manager for CHEM 345, said the experiments included in the kits range from measuring the melting point of hydrocarbons, which...
Whitman County waste station accepts credit cards
SYDNEY BROWN, Evergreen reporter
May 18, 2020
Whitman County’s solid waste drop-off locations now allow customers to pay with credit and debit cards, according to the waste station’s director. David Nails, solid waste and recycling director of Whitman County’s solid waste transfer station, said the addition of a card machine allows cus...
‘Lost’ apple rediscovered near WSU
JAKOB THORINGTON, Evergreen reporter
May 15, 2020
Approximately seven miles southeast of WSU’s Pullman campus on Rocky Butte, a historic apple was rediscovered by the Lost Apple Project. Roy Druffel, a farmer who owns land on Rocky Butte, is a committee member of the Lost Apple Project and discovered the Mihalyfi apple. Project founder David Bensc...
Gardeners continue to find comfort while tending to plants
LAUREN ELLENBECKER, Evergreen reporter
May 1, 2020
Gardeners tended to their various flowers, produce and herbs in a nature preserve near the South Fork Palouse River where they are protected from the sound of nearby roads. The Pullman Community Garden at Koppel Farm serves as a habitat for various insects, pollinators and wildlife. Tim Paulitz, ...
U.S. Forest Service denies extension for public comment
LAUREN ELLENBECKER, Evergreen reporter
May 1, 2020
Conservation groups’ request for a public comment extension on a draft revised forest plan for Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests was denied by the U.S. Forest Service. The plan has received backlash from activists, environmental and conservation groups. The deadline for public comment regarding th...
School district recognized for continued sustainability effort
MADYSEN MCLAIN, Evergreen reporter
April 30, 2020
Teachers and staff at the Pullman School District implement sustainability education through planting trees and creating owl boxes. This effort led to the district being named one of the 2020 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School District Sustainability Awardees on April 22. “I became c...
WSU microwave technologies help keep food safe
BRADLEY GAMBLE, Evergreen reporter
April 30, 2020
WSU Regents Professor Juming Tang developed a new system of microwave food safety technologies in an effort to make meals healthier and safer around the globe. The new technologies protect food from pathogens and spoilage using electromagnetic wave pulses called microwaves, which could help decrea...
Cougs in Space prepare satellite
EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen reporter
April 27, 2020
Teams from Cougs in Space are working together to build a satellite that will be launched from the International Space Station by this October. Mathew Bauer, junior computer science major and president of Cougs in Space, said the satellite is a 10-centimeter cube, or “CubeSat.” It will conta...
New laboratory signage program available for WSU labs
BRADLEY GAMBLE, Evergreen reporter
April 27, 2020
WSU Faculty Operations and WSU Environmental Health and Safety worked together on a new signage program to improve human health and research for WSU laboratories. According to the laboratory safety website, the main goals of the signage program are to protect human health and safety as well as protect research. This includes identifying ...
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