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WSU project reduces hospitalizations among home health-care patients

WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · 4d

A #WSU initiative helped a Spokane home health care agency ensure its patients’ medication lists were in proper order and reduced hospitalizations of high-risk heart-failure patients by more than half over a 10-week period. news.wsu.edu/press-releas... #GoCougs

Pharmacist-led project with Spokane home health-care agency applies new tool for making sure patients' medication lists are consistent.

In the Maya rainforest, even the jaguars pose for the camera

WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · 5d

Deep in Guatemala’s Maya rainforest, camera traps set up by #WSU and @WCS_Mesoamerica
captured more than just stunning wildlife images. They revealed how communities and wildlife can thrive together. news.wsu.edu/press-releas... #GoCougs

In a new study, WSU researchers captured a rare success story: a way for humans and wildlife to share a forest without destroying it.

https://news.wsu.edu/press-release/2025/10/14/in-the-maya-rainforest-even-the-jaguars-pose-for-the-camera/…

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WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · 9d

For more than a century, the Cougar Marching Band has been the pulse of #WSU’s game-day traditions, rallying the Crimson faithful with music, pageantry, and pride. news.wsu.edu/news/2025/10... #GoCougs

Lifelong bonds built in the Cougar Marching Band

For more than a century, WSU’s 230-member Cougar Marching Band—open to all majors—has forged lifelong bonds and game-day tradition, with alumni recalling epic trips from Apple Cup to Tokyo.

WSU conductor bridges cultures at Japan’s premier music conservatory

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WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · 10d

A short summer residency at Japan’s premier music conservatory yielded a big result for Dahn Pham, conductor of the WSU Symphony Orchestra and director of Bands and Conducting. news.wsu.edu/news/2025/10... #WSU #GoCougs

A short summer residency at Japan’s premier music conservatory yielded a big result for Dahn Pham, conductor of the WSU Symphony Orchestra and director of Bands and Conducting.

Faculty took students to all seven continents to study abroad this year

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WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · 11d

This was a considerable year for travel abroad at #WSU, with 311 students traveling in 2025, up from last year's 256. news.wsu.edu/news/2025/10...

This was a considerable year for travel abroad, with 311 students traveling in 2025, up from last year's 256.

The vision that built a lasting impact

WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · 12d

As he prepares to retire, Guy Palmer reflects on the bold vision that built WSU’s global health legacy — and the work that will carry it forward. news.wsu.edu/news/2025/10... #WSU #GoCougs

WSU Professor Guy Palmer took a bold idea and turned it into a world-renowned global health program whose impact will continue long after his looming retirement.

Open Enrollment for 2026 benefits changes begins Oct. 27

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WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · 13d

This year’s Open Enrollment period runs through Nov. 24, with employees needing to submit benefit changes in Workday by midnight of the final day. news.wsu.edu/news/2025/10... #WSU

This year’s Open Enrollment period runs through Nov. 24, with employees needing to submit benefit changes in Workday by midnight of the final day.

Sudan Ebola virus can persist in survivors for months, WSU study shows

WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · 17d

WSU researchers found that more than half of survivors from a recent Sudan Ebola outbreak in Uganda continue to suffer lasting health problems two years later, with traces of the virus lingering in semen and breast milk for months after recovery. news.wsu.edu/press-releas... #WSU

Researchers found risk of sexual and mother-to-child transmission, as well, showing the effects may persist beyond the end of an outbreak.

Veterinary clinics nationwide make WSU’s goal to a rabies-free Africa achievable

WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · 23d

This Sunday is World Rabies Day. Nearly 200 veterinary clinics across the U.S. and Canada are helping #WSU’s Rabies Free Africa program vaccinate millions of dogs in Kenya and Tanzania. news.wsu.edu/news/2025/09... 🐶#GoCougs

A collaboration between a national network of veterinary hospitals and WSU is saving lives and reducing the threat of rabies in Africa one vaccination at a time.

From script to final cut, teens create films at WSU 4‑H camp

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WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · 24d

At WSU Extension 4-H’s Teen Film Camp, Washington teens turned ideas into two original short films—“Live in the Moment” and “Anxiety”—learning the craft of filmmaking from script to screen. news.wsu.edu/news/2025/09... #WSU #GoCougs

Washington teens turned their ideas into reality at WSU Extension’s 4-H Teen Film Camp, creating and screening original short films in just five days.

Key to the riddle of sleep may be linked to bacteria

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WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · 25d

New #WSU research suggests sleep may arise not just from our brains, but through a surprising partnership with the microbes living in our guts. news.wsu.edu/press-releas...

New research bolsters the hypothesis that sleep is regulated in part by the host of microbes produced in the gut.

Chipping away at Maya economies

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WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · 26d

WSU anthropologist Rachel Horowitz is studying Maya stone tools to show how everyday people 1,200 years ago built local economies that look surprisingly familiar today. news.wsu.edu/news/2025/09... #WSU #GoCougs

WSU anthropologist Rachel Horowitz is helping reshape how scholars understand everyday life in one of the Americas' oldest civilizations.

Recording Latino history in the Tri‑Cities

WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · 27d

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by exploring WSU Tri-Cities’ oral history project, which preserves the stories of Latino families who shaped the Tri-Cities community. news.wsu.edu/news/2025/09... #WSU #GoCougs

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by exploring WSU Tri-Cities’ oral history project, which preserves the stories of Latino families who shaped the Tri-Cities community.

WSU alumnus returns for Apple Cup, first Cougar football game in 59 years

WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · Sep 19

Sandra Cain always roots for her Cougs, but this Saturday it will mean a little more, as the #WSU alumnus ventures back to Pullman to attend the Apple Cup – her first Cougar football game in 59 years. news.wsu.edu/news/2025/09... 🏈#GoCougs

Sandra Cain always roots for her Cougs, but this Saturday it will mean a little more, as the WSU alumnus ventures back to Pullman to attend the Apple Cup – her first Cougar football game in 59 years.

WSU marks three consecutive years of growth among incoming first‑year students

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WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · Sep 18

Several campuses across the #WSU system saw noticeable gains, a clear sign of the momentum driving the upward trajectory.
news.wsu.edu/press-releas...

Enrollment retention also shows improvement, climbing past 80%.

When politics drive entrepreneurial innovation

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WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · Sep 17

During India’s 2016 cash ban, a #WSU-led study finds small entrepreneurs’ political identity—not just income or education—shaped who adopted digital payments first. news.wsu.edu/press-releas...

WSU study of financial crisis in India shows that politics drove the decisions of entrepreneurs as much as financial considerations.

Plenty to do ahead of Apple Cup game Saturday

WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · Sep 16

WSU, the city of Pullman, and stakeholders are coming together to offer fans a host of activities and experiences prior to the Apple Cup contest this coming Saturday. news.wsu.edu/news/2025/09... 🏈 #WSU #GoCougs

To capitalize on the momentous occasion, WSU, the city of Pullman and stakeholders are coming together to offer fans a host of activities and experiences prior to the game.

Development of new medical residency program gets $750,000 boost

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WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · Sep 15

WSU’s Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine and Samaritan Healthcare won a $750,000 HRSA grant to build a new family medicine residency in Moses Lake—WSU’s second rural program and the third east of the Cascades. news.wsu.edu/news/2025/09... #WSU #GoCougs

The grant supports a planned family medicine residency program in Moses Lake operated by Samaritan Healthcare and WSU's College of Medicine.

Serving veterans and first responders focus of WSU’s 9/11 Day of Service

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WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · Sep 10

In honor of the heroism and sacrifice of veterans and first responders, #WSU’s 9/11 Day of Service will provide students with opportunities to transform what is known as a day of tragedy into one of unity, service, and community strength. news.wsu.edu/news/2025/09...

Over 30 service projects will be available for Pullman students to choose from, with transportation provided for each.

WSU Athletics enhancing football weekend experience

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WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · Aug 26

Fans heading to Pullman for the 2025 football season can enjoy new events, amenities, and themed weekends—from camping and street fairs to concerts and enhanced tailgating. news.wsu.edu/news/2025/08... #WSU #GoCougs

Fans heading to Pullman for the 2025 football season can enjoy new events, amenities, and themed weekends—from camping and street fairs to concerts and enhanced tailgating.

Flag-waving founder of GameDay tradition motivated by pride, not publicity

WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · Aug 25

WSU alumnus Tom Pounds, who first waved Ol’ Crimson on ESPN’s College GameDay in 2003, sparked a beloved Cougar tradition fueled by pride and carried on by a nationwide network of fans. news.wsu.edu/news/2025/08... #WSU #GoCougs

WSU alumnus Tom Pounds, who first waved Ol’ Crimson on ESPN’s College GameDay in 2003, sparked a beloved Cougar tradition fueled by pride and carried on by a nationwide network of fans.

Meehan and Bond named deans of the College of Arts and Sciences and WSU Libraries

WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · Aug 21

Effective Sept. 1, Courtney Meehan will become dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Trevor Bond will become dean of WSU Libraries. news.wsu.edu/news/2025/08... #WSU

The appointments follow comprehensive evaluations and strong endorsements from university leadership, faculty, academic partners, and external stakeholders across the system.

WSU entomologist launches massive pollen-mapping project

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WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · Aug 20

WSU is launching the Pacific Northwest Pollen Atlas to map pollen nutrition and help protect pollinators like honey bees—and they’re looking for volunteer beekeepers to join the effort. news.wsu.edu/press-releas... 🐝 #WSU #GoCougs

WSU scientists are launching the Pacific Northwest Pollen Atlas, a first-of-its-kind project mapping pollen nutrition to support bees, beekeepers, and the food we eat.

After nearly 30 years, WSU professor Weiguo Cao is helping complete the first full English translation of the Grand Scribe’s Records, a 2,000-year-old epic chronicling China’s history from Confucius t...

WSU News @wsunews.bsky.social · Aug 14

Nearly three decades in the making, #WSU’s Weiguo Cao is helping finish the first complete English translation of the Grand Scribe’s Records — a 2,000-year-old epic chronicling dynasties, philosophers, and China’s first emperor. 📚 news.wsu.edu/news/2025/08... #History

A life in translation