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CMEC Director Don Bender, explains the process behind combining recycled wood and carbon fiber into green building materials, and how these new building materials are already changing making differences to building and architecture.

Researchers to create green housing materials

SANDY VO, Evergreen reporter • March 25, 2019

Researchers from WSU’s Composite Materials and Engineering Center (CMEC) partnered with a nonprofit recycling center in Port Angeles to combine recycled carbon fiber from airplanes with thermally-modified...

Animal owners would come in from as far as Wyoming to use WSU’s MRI machine. But now, Kay Glaser of the veterinary medicine office says they need a new one.

Veterinary college replaces long-lasting MRI machine

LAUREN ELLENBECKER, Evergreen reporter • March 21, 2019

The WSU College of Veterinary Medicine has replaced its 22-year-old MRI machine after three and a half years of fundraising. It is recommended to replace the machine every three to five years, but Kay...

Dan Nordquist, associate vice president of research support and operations at the WSU Office of Research, points at a chart with the top funding donors for WSU.

USDA funds WSU biofuel research

CAMERON SHEPPARD, Evergreen reporter • March 20, 2019

WSU leads all other universities in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded research and development spending in the last fiscal year. The amount of research and development spending...

Thermal bacteria grows in natural springs located at Yellowstone National Park. The device WSU and Montana State University students use to collect samples is shown in the picture above.

New device furthers WSU research on thermal bacteria

SANDY VO, Evergreen reporter • March 19, 2019

WSU graduate researchers worked with Montana State University (MSU) students to find an improved method of enriching thermophilic bacteria — bacteria that thrive in water with high temperatures — in...

Four WSU student teams competed against universities nationwide to see which group could come up with the best presentation for a solution to a construction problem.

WSU students take first in national construction competition

ELAYNE RODRIGUEZ, Evergreen reporter • March 19, 2019

The WSU Construction Management team earned top rankings for their solution strategies in the Associated Schools of Construction competition in early February. Anne Anderson, WSU construction management...

Naomi Wallace, neuroscience graduate student, explains how research shows negative effects of even a one-hour offset March 5 in the Veterinary and Biomedical Research Building.

Proposed laws may remove daylight saving time switch

CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter • March 18, 2019

Proposed bills in the Washington State Legislature involve the removal of the daylight saving time switch, as WSU researchers found that the hour switch negatively impacts sleep. SB 5139, a Senate bill...

Dr. Michael Knoblauch, director of the Franceschi Microscopy and Imaging Center, discusses benefits of electron microscopes on Tuesday.

Microscope allows three-dimensional reconstruction

JAYCE CARRAL, Evergreen reporter • March 8, 2019

A new microscope is open for student and faculty use at the Franceschi Microscopy and Imaging Center (FMIC). FMIC staff scientist Daniel Mullendore said the Apreo VolumeScope is a scanning electron...

Xiahui Zhang, research assistant in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, talks about a new separation technique that could lead to reduced carbon dioxide emissions Monday at the Engineering Teaching/Research Building.

Researchers separate gas, combat climate change

CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter • March 8, 2019

A WSU research team is working on solutions to climate change. A new process could capture and separate carbon dioxide from gases emitted from industrial processes. The main reason they are researching...

Anthropology Ph.D. candidate Andrew Gillreath-Brown discusses how he came across the tattooing tool, originally excavated in 1972, during the process of taking inventory.

WSU graduate student discovers 2,000-year-old artifact

ELAYNE RODRIGUEZ, Evergreen reporter • March 7, 2019

A WSU anthropologist uncovered the oldest known tattooing tool in western North America. Andrew D. Gillreath-Brown, WSU anthropology Ph.D. candidate, said the 2,000-year-old tattoo tool artifact is...

Erika Offerdahl, associate professor at WSU’s School of Molecular Biosciences, describes learning as a spontaneous reaction and the importance of removing barriers to a student’s learning Friday.

Researchers study visuals’ effect on learning

SANDY VO, Evergreen reporter • March 6, 2019

Two researchers are studying how visual literacy skills can be incorporated into their teaching. Erika G. Offerdahl, associate professor for WSU’s School of Molecular Biosciences, said visual literacy...

“Stage III is a hybrid simulation technology,” says Karen Hunt, WSU Office of Research public relations coordinator.

Veterinary students can use Stage III to learn how to operate on animals

KAYE GILL, Evergreen reporter • March 4, 2019

WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine now has a tool that will aid veterinary students in learning how to operate on animals. The tool marks the first of its kind. “Stage III is a hybrid simulation...

WSU Animal Health Sciences Librarian Suzanne Fricke discusses the many art pieces from the recently introduced WSU Veterinary History Collection being displayed throughout the WSU library Tuesday in Wegner Hall.

Library displays history of veterinary medicine at WSU

HANNAH WELZBACKER, Evergreen reporter • February 28, 2019

A portion of the WSU Veterinary History Collection is on display from now through summer session at the Animal Health Library in Wegner Hall, Room 170. Suzanne Fricke, WSU animal health sciences librarian,...

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