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What’s happening at WSU Pullman?
Regular access to therapy dogs boosts first-year students’ mental health
College students who spent a little bit of free time each week interacting with therapy dogs on campus during their first semester experienced fewer signs of stress and depression than those who did not.
Value-added pancakes: WSU using science to improve nutrition of breakfast staple
Typical breakfast pancakes are soft, fluffy and delicious but, sadly, not terribly healthy. Food scientists at Washington State University are working to change that by boosting the popular morning favorite’s nutritional value while enhancing its taste and texture.
One Opportunity at a Time
John Bussey (’25 Mat. Sci. & Eng., Math. minor) was able to begin studying how to prevent nuclear waste from harming human and environmental health in the McCloy lab the weekend before classes began and has been there ever since.
WSU Pullman Snapshot
WSU Pullman students get the tools they need to find untapped strengths, with hundreds of majors and degree programs, research opportunities, fieldwork, internships, and study abroad programs.
Health, clean energy, food production, economic opportunity, security—research advances made by WSU scientists raise quality of life worldwide.
WSU Pullman boosts Washington state’s economy by billions of dollars a year. Plus, WSU researchers create jobs when they bring their innovations to market.
75%
of WSU students received some form of financial aid in 2020-2021
300+
student clubs
66,558 hours
civic engagement by 5,741 WSU student volunteers systemwide (2019-20)