The research and scholarly work of faculty and students in the WSU School of the Environment makes news around the world.
Learn more about environmental research at Washington State University in the recent news stories linked below.
WSU Insider:
- Cameras reveal snowshoe hare density in forests
- Alumnus to share nutrition advances for healthier exotic animals at Halver Lecture
- Air pollution from wildfires, rising heat affected 68% of U.S. West
- Concurrent heat waves becoming more frequent
- Modern Native America and environmental justice focus of free lecture Oct. 21
- NSF‑funded research examines socio‑economics of flexible environmental rules
- The missing lynx
Other Media:
- Marcia Ostrom named WSU Food Systems program director
- Scientists find forests’ breaking point for heat, drought
- Snowshoe hares provide clues about forest health
- SURCA presents undergraduate research awards
- Weathercatch: Solving riddle of the milky rain that fell seven years ago this month
- Co-occurring droughts could threaten global food security
- Billions of federal dollars headed to Western forests to manage fires
Events:
Lane Family Lecture in Environmental Science
Feb. 16, 2022
Catherine Coleman Flowers: “Environmental Justice in Rural America”
Internationally prominent environmental justice activist Catherine Coleman Flowers provided insights for solving the largely invisible problem of inadequate waste and water sanitation infrastructure in rural communities in the United States.
Expert panel discussion
Immediately following Flowers’s talk and Q&A, an interdisciplinary panel of WSU experts expanded on topics raised and related WSU research, education, and engagement opportunities.