DECEMBER 2020
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Pullman Community Update 5
On sale now: Washington State Magazine’s 2021 calendar Count down the days with Washington State Magazine’s 2021 wall calendar, featuring stunning photos from the publication and WSU Photo Services. The calendar measures 23 inches tall by 11.5 inches wide and makes a great stocking stuffer for Coug fans, faculty, staff, students, and alumni. A portion of the proceeds from each sale helps support Washington State Magazine, which has been impacted by budget cuts brought on by the persisting COVID-19 pandemic. The calendar sells for $19.95 and can be ordered online at magazine.wsu.edu/calendar.
WSU School of Music hosts virtual concerts
Listen in: WSU podcasts offer tips, insight and updates Learn more about wheat, food safety and all things WSU from these five podcasts, produced by faculty and staff at Washington State University. Find them at magazine.wsu.edu/ wsu-podcasts.
everything from herbicide-resistant weeds to oil seeds to root rot, and developing malt barley varieties for local maltsters and craft beer brewers.
• Inside Industry with IREO—This series from WSU’s Innovation and Research Engagement Office discusses working with industry partners to fund research. The first episode features Brian Kraft, vice president of IREO. Sheryl McGrath, associate state director of the Washington Small Business Development Center, talks about what the center does to support small businesses in the second. Other guests include psychology professor Masha Gartstein, head of the • Ask Dr. Universe—This recently launched Gartstein Temperament Lab at WSU, and podcast from WSU’s own Dr. Universe—aka Amit Dhingra, leader of the Entrepreneurial Rachel Webber (’11 Comm.)—investigates Faculty Ambassadors and interim chair for science questions from kids around the world, WSU’s Horticulture Department. much like its related column. (Know kids with curious science questions? Help them • Food Safety in a Minute—Recently submit queries at askDrUniverse.wsu.edu. launched by WSU Extension, this minuteThey might be featured on a future episode.) long podcast offers handy, easy-to-apply tips to avoid food-borne illness. The “sight-and• The WSU Wheat Beat Podcast—Listen smell test” isn’t a reliable way of detecting along as Drew Lyon explores the world of pathogens, and this series delves into all small grain production and research with kinds of issues—from holiday food safety to WSU professors, researchers from the United packing school lunches, how to store canned States Department of Agriculture, and food, and more. others. Lyon is the endowed chair of Small • Viewscapes—Washington State Magazine launched its Viewscapes podcast last summer, taking listeners into the lives, research, and experiences of the WSU community. Cougs from all over talk with staff writers about everything from new ideas and fascinating memories to books and locally grown, inseason ingredients. Editor Larry Clark (’94 Comm.) hosts.
Grains Extension and Research, focusing on weed science, in WSU’s Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences. His specialties include developing online resources and decision support tools for weed control in eastern Washington dryland crop production. Episodes run about 10 minutes and discuss
The WSU School of Music is livestreaming several performances in December through its YouTube channel: WSUPullmanMusic. • 7:30 to 9 p.m., December 2— The Symphonic Band, Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Orchestra will be Yoon-Wha Roh performing live from Bryan Hall. • 7:30 to 9 p.m., December 3—The Faculty Artist Series performance features Yoon-Wha Roh on piano in honor of Beethoven’s 250th birthday later this month. Live from Bryan Hall, Roh will be performing three Beethoven sonatas: Sonata in E Major, Op. 14 No. 1; Sonata in G Major, Op. 14 No. 2; and Sonata in E Major, Op. 109. • 2 p.m., December 5—WSU’s School of Music presents its annual Holiday Concert, including sing-alongs featuring favorite holiday carols. This performance is a culminating experience for the WSU Concert Choir, University Singers, and Symphony Orchestra. Students have been rehearsing throughout the semester.
