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Here’s a small selection of suggested authors and works in a variety of genres provided by Paul Brians, professor emeritus, and clinical faculty member and writer Buddy Levy, who last spring taught advanced creative writing to undergraduates. Brians has several areas of expertise, including post-holocaust science fiction, and as a comparative literature professor and avid reader, he has sampled a wide selection of literature. Levy writes nonfiction accounts of historical figures and througho...
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The trouble with going through the Icons of Science Fiction at Seattle’s Experience Music Project without WSU professor emeritus Paul Brians is that you might miss some tantalizing stories behind each display. Image from Star Trek: The Original Series episode, “The Trouble With Tribbles” ©1967 Paramount PicturesBrians, who volunteers at the museum exhibit twice a month, is happy to dip into his science fiction expertise to enrich your time there among items like Neo’s Jesuit-style rob...
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The backstory on the rebranding of the Northern Lights brewpub in Spokane, Washington. This gallery of the new No-Li logo and signature beer labels accompanies the story “Here for the beer.”...
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Losing a loved one is never easy. When that loved one is a dog, cat, bird, or other animal, society tends to minimize the death in what is known as “disenfranchised grief”—where the depth of loss is not commonly validated. Helping to provide support and comfort for grieving pet owners, the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine offers the Pet Loss Hotline where people world-wide can receive information and counseling over...
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Simple scents can attract and encourage more shoppers than complex smells in a retail environments, says Eric Spangenberg, dean of the WSU College of Business and The Maughmer Freedom Philosophy Endowed Chair in marketing. Watch the video to learn how and why it matters to retail business owners....
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The first winter school for farmers was held in 1916 at the Washington State College research and experiment station in Puyallup. It offered a variety of classes including veterinary medicine, plant pathology, dairying, and the most popular by far, the poultry course. Farmers just starting out could learn the finer points of raising hens and eggs, planning a 10-acre poultry ranch, and record keeping. Description of the poultry course in the 1922 annual. Courtesy More

Mary Ann Drake ’96 PhD directs the North Carolina State University Sensory Service Center, which specializes in the sensory evaluation of dairy products. She and her colleagues produced this cheese flavor wheel, as well as a more specific cheddar cheese lexicon. When asked to describe what distinguishes Cougar Gold from regular cheddar cheese, she says, “When ideal, its flavor profile should have a very large, round, robust flavor that’s character...
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3D-4U Solutions introduces iStadium, a new way to watch sporting events. With your iPhone or iPad you can have access to control and switch between multiple cameras and to replay every play. Read more about 3D-4U at Washington State University’s Martin Stadium and the WSU connection, including the technology’s creator Sankar “Jay” Jayaram, a WSU engineering and computer science professor, in “Replays for all”....
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In October 2012, the Jefferson County community celebrated the donation of Twin Vista Ranch to Washington State University. The 26-acre site, which was a strawberry farm in the 1920s, was purchased by Lisa Painter and Jeanne Clendenon in 1972. They raised cattle, chickens, bees, fruits and vegetables, and supplied food locally as well as to the nearby food cooperative. After Clendenon died in 2011, Painter started looking for ways to protect the land from development and ensure it wou...
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The Kitsap Sun and their environmental reporter Chris Dunagan have produced an interactive map for salmon watching on the Kitsap Peninsula. You can see the map here. The map has videos of salmon at various locations, like the one below of Gorst Creek....
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