Author By Vishva Nalamalapu, Office of the Chancellor “It’s a bit of a cautionary tale,” says Jesse Brunner, a disease ecology professor at WSU. The tale begins with a long-held assumption: stress, any prolonged challenging condition, makes humans and many other animals more susceptible to infection. Researchers often extend that to disease and epidemics at […]
Author By Vishva Nalamalapu, Office of the Chancellor Clara Ehinger’s (’25 Chem. Eng., Math. minor) research is focused on atoms and the bonds between them. But the scale of the problem she’s trying to solve is global. To mitigate climate change, every industry needs to transition to renewable energy. But it’s more difficult for some […]
Author By Vishva Nalamalapu, Office of the Chancellor In the fall of 2020, just a handful of students could be heard on Washington State University Pullman’s normally buzzing campus. Though only a first-year student at the time, John Bussey (’25 Mat. Sci. & Eng., Math. minor) was one of them. Students needed a reason to […]
Author By Vishva Nalamalapu, Office of the Chancellor Scott Stevison (’24 BA Gene. & Cell Biol., Music minor) has long dreamt of doing research. “I like solving problems, and research allows me to do that over and over again,” he says. He didn’t, however, expect to jump into genetics research his first year at WSU […]
Author By Vishva Nalamalapu, Office of the Chancellor Water suppresses fire, but fire may also suppress clean drinking water. Worsening wildfires could contaminate water with burnt materials, soil, and nutrients. This is especially concerning for communities in western Washington and Oregon, where millions of people rely on surface water for drinking water. Julie Padowski, a […]
Author By Vishva Nalamalapu, Office of the Chancellor Mitch Footer knows his way around Pullman. But that hasn’t always been true. It took a lot of trial and error. Now, along with other students and community partners, he is making the process more efficient for other people. They are developing a web app, “Walk the […]
Author By Vishva Nalamalapu, Office of the Chancellor It’s not just chance, who is healthy and who isn’t. There are patterns, and the patterns are often far beyond an individual’s control. Finding patterns in health and wellbeing is population health scientist and William Julius Wilson Distinguished Professor Justin Denney’s specialty. But his work doesn’t stop […]