Category: News 2016
Removing Pollutants From Urban Runoff
Researchers seek ways to trap toxins and improve water quality. John Stark, director of WSU Puyallup and the Washington Stormwater Center, leads the research and…
Old World Meets New
Brandon Hopkins explains in an article in the Fall 2016 Northwest Farm and Ranch Magazine, how the WSU bee program is now using cryopreservation to conserve…
Bernardo Bearded by Bees
Provost, Dan Bernardo participates in wearing a beard full of live bees along with Steve Sheppard and Paul Stamets in order to raise awareness and…
Researchers Travel World to Breed a Better Honeybee
Brandon Hopkins, Steve Sheppard, and Susan Cobey explain in a Capital Press article, how they want to improve the genetic diversity in the U.S. honeybee population,…
Impressive Butterfly Collection Wings its Way Home to WSU
A collection of 1,000 butterflies donated to the Department of Entomology M.T. James Museum. For more information on this article go to: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/oct/30/doug-clark-impressive-butterfly-collection-wings-i/
Felsot to Serve as Entomological Society of America’s Subject Matter Expert Liaison
Allan Felsot to serve as Entomological Society of America’s Subject Matter Expert Liaison to EPA Office of Pesticide Programs. See more information from the current…
Norm Ehmann Urban Pest Management Award RFP
Norm Ehmann Urban Pest Management FRP – 2017 Award Request for proposals: Researchers or educators involved with urban pest management problems which occur in…
Carol Black Receives The Sahlin Faculty Award for Outreach and Engagement
CAHNRS News, March 2016 Awards Congratulations to Carol Black, this year’s Sahlin Faculty Awardee for Outreach and Engagement. As director of the WSU Urban…
Laura Lavine recognized for leadership in ADVANCE, ARS
WSU News – March 7, 2016 PULLMAN, Wash. – Laura Lavine, assistant director of the Agricultural Research Center (ARS) and associate professor in entomology, is the…
Sequenced genome to help fight bed bug resistance
CAHNRS News – 2/15/2016 Nobody really wants to think about bed bugs, the nearly invisible bloodsucking parasite that causes humans so much aggravation. But WSU…