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What’s happening at WSU Pullman?
Disease-causing bacteria can deal with stink as long as they get a meal
Bacteria that cause intestinal infections typically avoid a stinky chemical — one that can kill them at high enough concentrations — inside human intestines, but they may actually swim toward it when a hearty meal is the reward.
Study: To battle tip fatigue, businesses should make their service efforts visible
As customers face more and more prompts to add a tip to the bill in places where gratuities were not customary only a few years ago — and often before any service has been rendered — their attitudes toward the practice have turned sharply negative.
Bacteria hijack tick cell defenses to spread disease
Washington State University researchers have discovered how the bacteria that cause anaplasmosis and Lyme disease hijack cellular processes in ticks to ensure their survival and spread to new hosts, including humans.
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)