Fall 2024

Finding the path

Aging made easier

WSU researchers look for ways to help people live better as they grow older.

Celebrating joy and growth

Mariachi at WSU creates a vibrant tapestry of community, heritage, and resilience.

Art and science intertwined

A new art installation at WSU Pullman brings together art and science.

Our “Pacific Lindbergh”

WSU holds the mementos from pioneering aviator Clyde Pangborn, who made the first nonstop trans-Pacific flight.

Aging is not one-⁠size-⁠fits-⁠all

“Optimal aging” means living the best quality life possible for older adults.

Pills and more pills

Taking medications doesn’t need to be so stressful, say WSU pharmacists and researchers.

Wear and share

Wearable tech steps up the health-monitoring game for older people.

Healthy lifestyles protect brains

Although brains change as people get older, dementia isn’t an inevitable part of aging.

How do pharmacists help people manage medications?

Pharmacists offer crucial help to people with complex medication regimens.

How do we compensate for memory loss?

WSU doctoral student Brooke Beech talks about memory aids.

Where, oh where, have they gone?

Chronic school absenteeism disrupts lives and classrooms. WSU researchers seek ways to help students get engaged.

Why are they absent?

Q&A with Washington State University researchers on assessing chronic absenteeism and truancy in schools

A public institution’s public art

Guides and maps to art across WSU campuses

Derring-do and an aviation first

Gallery and history of Clyde Pangborn, flight pioneer

A Life Impossible

Steve Gleason’s memoir tells of his will to live through the excruciating and incurable disease ALS.

Resolve: An excerpt from A Life Impossible

Too hot on the feedlot

Washington ranchers and feedlot owners, like WSU alums Will and Nicole Derting, must deal with rising temperatures.

Feeling hot triggers impulsive behavior and irritability

What’s cookin’ with 4-H these days

Teaching kids how to cook has long been a staple of WSU Extension’s 4-H programs.

A Greek dinner from 4-H cooking classes

Recipes from the online class

For creatures—small to large

WSU Veterinary Medicine celebrates 125 years of taking care of animals.

Veterinarian voices

WSU alumni veterinarian stories

125 years of WSU veterinary medicine

More about the history, stories, and accomplishments of WSU veterinary medicine

A life of saving animals

Many dogs and cats can thank Jane Wardrop for starting a blood bank for pets.

From the president

WSU President Kirk Schulz thanks the Coug community as he heads into his last year at WSU.

Bringing joy and mariachi to WSU

Watch the Cougar mariachi—an infectious blend of singing, trumpets, violins, and various guitars—at WSU.

Stone fruit

Sun-ripened peaches, apricots, nectarines, and cherries give us nature’s desserts.

Everybody let’s get stone fruits

A roundup of recipes

Talkback for Fall 2024

Letters from WSU alumni about Expo '74, Rex Davis, and David Stratton...plus a Coug flag

Witness to flight history

WSU alum Otto Ross looks back at Clyde Pangborn's historic aviation first.

Journalism close to home

Daisy Zavala Magaña finds purpose and community as a reporter on the southern US border.

Lasting impacts

World War II resistance hero Carla Peperzak and Native American advocate Patricia Whitefoot received WSU honorary doctorates.

Truckin’ in retirement

David Longanecker left a long career in higher education for a retirement gig in a long semitruck.

The Late Truck Driver: Excerpts from the book

Eric Williams

The Boston-based architect led the renovation of the New England Patriots stadium.

Edward Niehl

The former Cougar football player and longtime high school coach and athletic director turned 100.

Class notes

Updates from Cougs all over

2024 Top Ten Seniors

WSU Alumni Association News

Ten graduating students represent the highest standards of the college experience at WSU.

Leaning on Air

By Cheryl Grey Bostrom

Love on the Palouse: Q&A with author Cheryl Grey Bostrom

Clean Food, Messy Life: A food lover’s conscious journey back to self

By Jamie Truppi

Journey to self through food: Q&A with author Jamie Truppi

Briefly noted

Books by WSU alumni, faculty, and staff

Unique Spokane eats: Q&A with Adriana Janovich

In memoriam

WSU alumni, faculty, and staff who have passed away

Remembering Dash Dog

The WSU Alumni Association’s “ambassadog” died at 13.

Small-screen econ

Explaining economics on TikTok has made Chris Clarke a bit famous.

Go Cougs means teaching outside the box

More about WSU economist Chris Clarke and his econ videos

Digital magazine

Digital magazine PDF, webviewer, and print-on-demand versions for the Fall 2024 issue

Distribution changes at Washington State Magazine

Find how to get all issues of the magazine as the distribution changes.