Robert Redford to the Rescue: Leslie (English) Hynes (’84 Comm.) wrote an account of the actor’s October 1982 visit for the 1983 Chinook yearbook: magazine.wsu.edu/web-extra/ro... #WSU #GoCougs

Robert Redford was visiting as part of the launch of the Institute for Resource Management, a joint effort with the University of Idaho. But on a tour, the group’s bus caught on fire and brought some unwanted drama. #WSU #GoCougs magazine.wsu.edu/web-extra/ro...

Sitting on the grass with his boxed lunch, Robert Redford told students, “What we have to do is start educating in resource management. There have to be economic and scientific overlaps if we are to move forward, because our lives overlap.” magazine.wsu.edu/web-extra/ro... #WSU #GoCougs

Robert Redford’s trip to Washington State University and eastern Washington in October 1982 was memorable—and not only for his insights into environmental issues to students. magazine.wsu.edu/web-extra/ro... #WSU #GoCougs

The Methow Investment Network⁠ is a “neighbor-to-neighbor” lending program that #WSU Extension supports in rural communities⁠ for helping fuel the company’s growth. #GoCougs magazine.wsu.edu/2026/04/24/i...

Will Nielsen runs Headwaters Tree Service in Winthrop. He used the Methow Investment Network to purchase a portable sawmill as a sideline to his work as an arborist. magazine.wsu.edu/2026/04/24/i... #WSU #GoCougs

Murrow College founding dean Lawrence Pintak started the Backpack Journalism Program in 2011. “ ... everyone needs to see the world, to understand there are other perspectives out there, to understand not everyone lives the way we do.” magazine.wsu.edu/web-extra/hu... #WSU #GoCougs #MurrowInAction

I particularly enjoyed meeting Chef Kao Sieu Luc, founder and CEO of ABC Bakery. He’s known as Vietnam’s “Bread King." During COVID-19, he created a vibrant pink bread using dragon fruit instead of water, helping save farmers from huge losses. #WSU #GoCougs magazine.wsu.edu/web-extra/hu...

We were searching grocery stores and markets around Ho Chi Minh City, trying to find apples. Not just any apples but Cosmic Crisp® apples, bred at Washington State University. magazine.wsu.edu/web-extra/hu... #WSU #GoCougs @murrowcollege.bsky.social

“Cable 8 has been so important to me because it provides hands-on skills and extra experience independent from a classroom, while also building my portfolio." #WSU #GoCougs magazine.wsu.edu/2026/04/24/a...

The @murrowcollege.bsky.social many clubs and organizations help students achieve their goals. But there really is only one Cable 8. The student club broadcasts shows from a variety of genres and gives them hands-on experience. magazine.wsu.edu/2026/04/24/a... #GoCougs #MurrowInAction

Lawrence Hatter, #WSU associate professor of history, is taking his scholarship on the road and inviting audiences to reflect on the uneasy aftermath of American independence and the expansionist ambitions that followed. #GoCougs magazine.wsu.edu/2026/04/24/a...

The American Revolution is often remembered as a triumph of liberty and a new republic built on universal ideals. But that story leaves out a harder truth: independence also carried with it unexamined consequences. #WSU #GoCougs magazine.wsu.edu/2026/04/24/a...

A conversation with historian Matthew Avery Sutton about Christianity in America: magazine.wsu.edu/2026/04/24/c... #WSU #GoCougs

Good for him! #GoCougs #Wazzu

More than a decade after playing his final football game as a Coug, former NFL linebacker Deone Bucannon is returning to Washington State University to receive his bachelor’s degree in social science. #WSU #GoCougs news.wsu.edu/news/2026/05...

“Cable 8 has been so important to me because it provides hands-on skills and extra experience independent from a classroom, while also building my portfolio." magazine.wsu.edu/2026/04/24/a... #WSU #GoCougs

Producing enough energy for a rapidly changing world is what’s called a wicked problem in design thinking. It’s also a description of what we do at Washington State University. magazine.wsu.edu/2026/04/24/n... #WSU #GoCougs

“You get hands-on training. And, while you’ll be supervised, you get to operate a nuclear reactor yourself.” magazine.wsu.edu/2026/04/24/k... #WSU #GoCougs

It’s a new era for nuclear energy, and Washington State University will help shape that future by building on its past. #WSU #GoCougs magazine.wsu.edu/2026/04/24/k...

The cataclysmic fusion of atoms that powers our sun and other stars holds the promise of clean, abundant energy without long-lived radioactive waste. magazine.wsu.edu/2026/04/24/c... #WSU #GoCougs

Robert Redford envisioned an interdisciplinary master’s program whose graduates would help Western communities sort through thorny environmental issues. He chose WSU and @uidaho.bsky.social for their existing programs and proximity to agriculture, forestry, and more. magazine.wsu.edu/2026/04/24/r...

In the early 1980s, #RobertRedford was working to establish the Institute for Resource Management at #WSU and @uidaho.bsky.social. The Hollywood celebrity’s visits to the Palouse, while brief, left a lasting imprint on environmental education. magazine.wsu.edu/2026/04/24/r... #GoCougs

A Methow Investment Network loan jumpstarted the renovations on Blue Star Coffee’s current location⁠—now a bright, modern facility that employs 14 people in the coffee shop as well as production. magazine.wsu.edu/2026/04/24/i... #WSU #GoCougs

The former Seattleites started Blue Star Coffee in #Twisp in 2007, drawing on Dan’s background in the coffee industry and Meg’s experience in the arts community and startups. magazine.wsu.edu/2026/04/24/i... #WSU #GoCougs

The Methow Investment Network⁠ is a “neighbor-to-neighbor” style lending program that Washington State University Extension supports in rural communities⁠. Here's how it helped a Twisp coffee roaster. magazine.wsu.edu/2026/04/24/i... #WSU #GoCougs

At his family’s wheat farm near Dusty, Washington, Kyle Appel grew up helping his dad repair diesel tractors and combines. But he can picture a day when the farm’s equipment is powered by clean hydrogen fuel. magazine.wsu.edu/2026/04/24/e... #WSU #GoCougs

The Summer 2026 issue is available in the following digital versions: • A MagCloud webviewer version for online reading • Downloadable tablet PDF — optimized for tablets and smaller screens • Print-on-demand from MagCloud Here's where to find them: magazine.wsu.edu/2026/04/24/d... #WSU #GoCougs

The Summer 2026 issue is online now! The theme: new energy. magazine.wsu.edu/2026/04/24/n... #WSU #GoCougs

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Summer 2026 Cover Reveal! #WSU #GoCougs

The world’s oldest synthetic pigment, Egyptian blue, had been lost to time. That was the case until 2025, when researchers led by #WSU successfully recreated the pigment used in ancient Egypt nearly 5,000 years ago. magazine.wsu.edu/2026/01/30/r... #GoCougs

Remembering the writer: "Alex took me seriously from the time I met him as a graduate student. ... His was a life well lived." magazine.wsu.edu/web-extra/me... #WSU #GoCougs

Writer and longtime #WSU professor Alex Kuo died last June at 86. magazine.wsu.edu/2026/01/30/r... #WSU #GoCougs

“Dr. Gay Selby was a proud and unapologetically loyal Coug, a trailblazer in leadership, and a fierce advocate for K-12 and higher education." #WSU #GoCougs magazine.wsu.edu/2026/01/30/p...

Once a Coug, Always a Coug. magazine.wsu.edu/2026/01/30/i... #WSU #GoCougs

Here's a roundup of books by faculty, staff, and alumni: magazine.wsu.edu/2026/01/30/b... #WSU #GoCougs

The hauntingly beautiful howl of a lone wolf leaves an air of mystery lingering in the nightscape at the start of the prologue of Jim Holyan’s new memoir. magazine.wsu.edu/2026/01/30/i... #WSU #GoCougs

This scholarly text opens familiar books to environmental awareness and industrial expansion. By analyzing works such as Daniel Defoe’s "Robinson Crusoe," Louis Kirk McAuley shows how “empire writing” served as both a chronicle and a catalyst of ecological change. magazine.wsu.edu/2026/01/30/t...

Allyssa Sheppard (’15 Hosp. Busi. Mgmt., Psych.), executive chef of catering services at WSU, was the chief chili curator for Pullman’s 2025 National Lentil Festival. Trevor Bond (’17 PhD History) is dean of #WSU Libraries. Catch up with your classmates: magazine.wsu.edu/2026/01/30/c... #GoCougs

Arrick Jackson (’97 MA Crim. Jus., ’01 PhD Poli. Sci.) is chancellor of Indiana University Northwest. Courtney Meehan (’99 MA Anthro., ’05 PhD Anthro.) is the dean of the WSU College of Arts and Sciences. Catch up with your classmates here: magazine.wsu.edu/2026/01/30/c... #WSU #GoCougs

Ben Santos (’95 Comm.) is the first Filipino American man to serve as a judge on King County Superior Court in Washington. #WSU #GoCougs magazine.wsu.edu/2026/01/30/s...

First stop: Ferdinand’s. “Has to be,” says Jaymee Sire (’02 Comm.), heading out the front doors of Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport in the first episode of the limited web-based series "Back Home with Jaymee Sire." magazine.wsu.edu/2026/01/30/s... #WSU #GoCougs

How it started. How it's going. From Pullman labs to Oregon vineyards, a husband-and-wife team—both #WSU PhDs—turned science, patience, and passion into a sparkling wine business. magazine.wsu.edu/2026/01/30/b... #GoCougs

Meet this year's Top Ten seniors: news.wsu.edu/news/2026/04... #WSU #GoCougs

Bubbles “don’t always have to be pegged for a celebration. They can be on the dinner table for the main event at the holidays⁠—or on a random Tuesday night, just because.” #WSU #GoCougs magazine.wsu.edu/2026/01/30/b...

Stella Sun (’18 Comm.) shines at home. magazine.wsu.edu/2026/01/30/s... #WSU #GoCougs #MurrowInAction @murrowcollege.bsky.social

The Mariners called in spring 2022, and Freddy Llanos (’17 Comm.) made the switch from news to media and public relations and translating for Spanish-speaking players. magazine.wsu.edu/2026/01/30/u... #WSU #GoCougs @murrowcollege.bsky.social

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