5/22/2012

May 22, 2012

General News


05-22-12 Nature -... "Weed management without glyphnosphate is a many-hammers approach", says WSU agronomist
http://www.nature.com/news/war-on-weeds-loses-ground-1.10691

05-22-12 Northwest Cable News - Fire destroys WSU student housing building
http://www.nwcn.com/home/?fId=152550105&fPath=/news/local&fDomain=10222

 

05-22-12 Spokesman Review -  "the use of animals for educational or therapeutic purpose has increased...", say WSU professor


05-22-12 Spokesman Review -  WSU program uses horses to help teach children
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/may/22/gallup-poll-horses-ideal-for-therapy-studies/

 

05-21-12 San Francisco Chronicle - WWII Chemical Exposure Spurs Obesity, Autism, WSU Researcher Says
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/05/21/bloomberg_articlesM4DRCL6KLVR401-M4E16.DTL

05-21-12 Peninsula Daily - New WSU Extension boss sees markets for Jefferson County farm produce
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120522/news/305229988/new-wsu-extension-boss-sees-markets-for-jefferson-county-farm-produce

05-21-12 Capital Press - WSU economist developing marketing tools for farmers
http://www.capitalpress.com/newest/mw-commission-Fortenbery-051812-art

05-21-12 Fox Business - Customer Service Saboteurs researched by WSU student
http://smallbusiness.foxbusiness.com/marketing-sales/2012/05/21/customer-service-saboteurs-to-avoid/

05-21-12 National Journal - "..the Obama campaign wants to ...define Romney before he defines himself," says WSU political Science associate professor
http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-presidential-campaign/why-obama-is-doubling-down-on-bain-capital-attacks-against-romney-20120521

 

05-20-12 Seattle Times - UW, WSU expand enrollment in schools' engineering programs http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018251983_admissions21m.html?syndication=rss

05-19-12 The Columbian - AAUW recognizes WSU Vancouver students
http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/may/19/aauw-chapters-recognize-young-women-scholars/


05-19-12 Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - The grant was awarded to the "Healthy Gardens, Healthy Youth” partnership, which includes WSU
http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/lowell-students-learn-about-gardening-and-nutrition/article_ea2988d2-9dd3-11e1-8dfd-0019bb2963f4.html

05-19-12 TODAYonline - The research was carried out by a WSU student
http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC120519-0000068/Seven-classes-of-weirdos-identified

05-18-12 Wall Street Journal - Searching a Billion Planets for Life
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303879604577412463228508528.html?mod=googlenews_wsj


05-17-12 MarketWatch - Researchers at WSU also explored the activities of these enzymes after subjects drank one of two different cranberry beverages or a placebo.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-studies-highlight-health-benefits-of-the-exceptional-cranberry-2012-05-17


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Higher Ed

05-22-12 Chronicle of Higher Ed - Study Shows Promise and Challenges of 'Hybrid' Courses
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/study-shows-promise-and-challenges-of-hybrid-courses/36350?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

 

05-20-12 Chronicle of Higher Ed - Northern Arizona U. Overhauls Curriculum to Focus on 'Global Competence'
http://chronicle.com/article/Northern-Arizona-U-Overhauls/131925/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en


05-21-12 Inside Higher Ed - All English, All the Time
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/05/21/italian-university-joins-international-colleges-embracing-english-language

 

05-21-12 Inside Higher Ed - Uptick in Job Market for New MBAs
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2012/05/21/uptick-job-market-new-mbas

05-21-12 Chronicle of Higher Ed - Presidential Pay Is Still a Potent Political Target
http://chronicle.com/article/Presidents-Pay-Remains-a/131914/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

 

05-19-12 Chronicle of Higher Ed - As Elite Colleges Invite the World Online, Questions Remain on Their Business Plans
http://chronicle.com/blogs/next/2012/05/19/as-elite-colleges-open-to-the-world-online-questions-remain-on-business-plan/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

05-18-12 Chronicle of Higher Ed - Big Ten Network Rethinks Academic Programming
http://chronicle.com/blogs/players/big-ten-network-rethinks-academic-programming/30139?sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en

 

05-17-12 Chronicle of Higher Ed - Non-Hispanic White Births Are No Longer a Majority in the U.S.
http://chronicle.com/blogs/headcount/white-births-no-longer-a-majority-in-u-s/30154?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en


Sports

05-21-12 CougCenter - Where Does WSU Rank Among FBS Teams
http://www.cougcenter.com/2012/5/22/3035907/wsu-cougars-washington-state

05-21-12 Pac 12 - Vasilieva Preparing For Singles Championships
http://www.pac-10.org/Tennis/Tabid/1461/Article/156189/Vasilieva-Preparing-For-Singles-Championships.aspx


05-18-12 WSU Athletics - Katie Dick Selected to Capital One Academic All-District Team
http://www.wsucougars.com/sports/w-crew/spec-rel/051812aab.html

05-18-12 University Place Patch - DaVonte Lacy To Travel To Asia As Part of U.S. BB team
http://universityplace.patch.com/articles/davontewatch-curtis-product-davonte-lacy-to-travel-to-asia-as-part-of-u-s-eagles-men-s-basketball-team.

 

 


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Blogs/Opinion

05-21-12 Standard-Examiner  - Study guide for the Pac-12 QB quiz
http://www.standard.net/stories/2012/05/21/study-guide-pac-12-qb-quiz

 

05-20-12 The Seattle Times - Two researchers, one from WSU and one from UW, spark change at Lincoln High School
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/jerrylarge/2018251849_jdl21.html

 

05-19-12 Resilient Communities - This picture is of a list of the mouth-teasing watermelons being grown at the vegetable research extension at WSU
http://www.resilientcommunities.com/real-choice-and-the-soviet-supermarket-endgame/

05-19-12 Oregon Live - He ran his total to 312 varieties by 1976 when he retired as a WSU horticultural scientist.
http://blog.oregonlive.com/terryrichard/2012/05/tiouring_horse_heaven_hills_wi.html

05-18-12 Foxsports - Bone in a Midwest recruiting frame of mind
http://washington.scout.com/2/1187645.html


05-17-12 SWX - Coach Bone Restructures Basketball Staff at WSU
http://www.swxrightnow.com/story/18504585/coach-bone-restructures-basketball-staff-at-washington-state