Coug Life

Whether it’s the tail end of the nineteenth century or the middle of the twenty-first, the women of Stevens Hall will sip tea on any given Sunday afternoon.

When Chef Jamie Callison wants to impress at his Cougar Football tailgate dinners, he brings out his best: Student-crafted, locally made foods that tell the story of Washington State University.

Plant pathologist Gary Chastagner, sometimes known as the Scientific Santa Claus, is fresh off the largest Christmas tree research project in U.S. history, a $1.3 million effort funded by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

Black ice hangs out most often in places where there’s less warmth from the sun, including heavily shaded roads, underpasses, tunnels and the bottom of hills.

Among high schoolers participating in WSU’s Dare To Dream Academy over the past four years, 45 are currently enrolled at the University.

Two days before the start of WSU’s fall semester, WSU engineering Professor Di Wu staggers down a rugged trail nearly 50 miles in to the 100-mile ultramarathon.

President Kirk Schulz and  First Lady Noel Schulz are hosting holiday receptions for WSU faculty and staff on Dec. 11 and again on Dec. 12.

A long plume of warm, moist airflow from the tropics to the Western United States put record-warm temperatures and intermittent rain on the Thanksgiving Day menu in eastern Washington.

There are a lot of different grasshoppers living on our planet. In fact, scientists have discovered more than 11,000 species.

For more than 30 years, Washington has proven to be one of the most giving states in the nation. Each year state employees pledge more than $5 million to local, national and global charities placing Washington third in the nation among state employee giving programs.