April 2018

“BeeToxx” Receives Awards at WSU Business Plan Competition

The WSU team “BeeToxx” received multiple awards at the WSU Business Plan Competition which was held April 20th, 2018. The team won Third Place in the College League as well as the Best Social Impact Business.   [ See the full list of winners on the Business Plan Website ] ↑ Back to top

Chongyuan Zhang receives 2018 Ann Chittenden Holland Master’s Thesis Award for Graduate Student Excellence

April 19, 2018 Chongyuan Zhang, a Graduate Assistant in Sindhuja Sankaran’s group received the 2018 Ann Chittenden Holland Master’s Thesis Award for Graduate Student Excellence at the 2018 WSU Graduate Student Evening of Excellence. Congratulations to Chongyuan and Dr. Sankaran for this accomplishment! ↑ Back to top

WSU precision agriculture program ranked in top 25 in world

April 13, 2018  |  By Seth Truscott, College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Industry professionals have named Washington State University one of the 25 best colleges in the world for precision agriculture. At WSU, the Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems (CPAAS) http://cpaas.wsu.edu and the Agricultural Technology and Production Management […]

WSU researchers develop material that could save honey bees

April 10, 2018 | KREM 2, by Luke Morand Researchers have developed a new material that attracts pesticide residue in bees and, when ingested, the particles absorb the pesticide toxins. PULLMAN, Wash. — Researchers at Washington State University have developed a new material that could help save honey bees. It is all thanks to a microscopic particle […]

Center of Excellence for Food Safety receives $1M Grant Continuation from USDA NIFA

Dr. Juming Tang, the Principal Investigator for the Center of Excellence for Food Safety, has received a $1M grant continuation for the grant’s second year from USDA NIFA. The four year, $4M grant, aims to accelerate technology transfer of microwave based food safety technologies by leveraging resources from the government, universities, and the food industry to […]