Apple Tasters Wanted
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Would you like to participate in an apple panel? The purpose of the project is to characterize apples based on their sensory properties (flavor and texture). The project will involve a series of training sessions, followed by apple evaluations. This project does require a time commitment of 3 times a week, 1 hour per session for 3 weeks (between January 19 and February 6), at a meeting time and day to be agreed upon by participants. Following training, there will be one week of final evaluations starting on Feb 9th (3 sessions of 30 minutes each). To show our appreciation for your involvement, you will be rewarded with a small, non-monetary incentive at the close of each training session, a raffle at the close of the week of training and a WSU product at the completion of the formal evaluations.
We would like you to be involved, but please carefully consider the time commitment. It is critical that you attend each of the training sessions in order to gain the expertise needed for the final apple evaluations.
Please contact Maite Andrea Chauvin if you would like to participate by sending her an e-mail about your availability.
National Rankings for Ag Sciences at WSU
We're number two--and number four, six, seven and eight! Researchers in the agricultural sciences at Washington State University are among the most productive in the nation, ranking in the top 10 in almost every ag-related discipline, according to statistics recently released by The Chronicle of Higher Education. Learn more about about the productivity of our world-class faculty.
Videos about Our Majors
You asked, we answered: What can you do with a degree from CAHNRS? Check out this new series of videos about the career possibilites you'll have with a B.S. or B.A. from our college.
We've got videos about all our undergraduate programs - just visit You Tube to get the low down on careers with a degree from CAHNRS.
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Nature Launches Online Collaborative Space
It's sort of like MySpace for undergrad scientists. With Nature's new Sciatable site, students and researchers can collaborate, discuss and join groups to study and find jobs. Nature is one of the world's premiere science journals and, in the words of Boing Boing's David Weinberger, they've shown an "admirable willingness to experiment." Learn more »
High School Science Symposium
We invite your students to participate and present their research at the third annual Inland Northwest High School Science Symposium (INHSSS). The symposium is intended to promote research and experimentation in the sciences, technology, mathematics, and engineering, at the high school level. It will give students the opportunity to demonstrate their research accomplishments in a professional setting and to receive accolades, input and comments from other students, teachers, and professionals. Ultimately the symposium is designed to become a gateway for students to advance on to the nationwide National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. The INHSSS will take place February 20th 2009, at Riverpoint Campus – EWU/WSU in Spokane. Students may choose to attend as presenters or observers. Learn more »
Upcoming
Jan. 27-28: WSU-UI 2009 Career Fair. Meet, greet, network. Get a job, and internship or a career at the 2009 Career Fair! Learn more »
$10k NASA Scholarship
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is sponsoring the Motivating Undergraduates in Science and Technology (MUST) Program, offering support to undergraduate students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines across the United States. Program participants receive a scholarship, NASA internship and access to a wealth of professional development opportunities. Deadline is Feb. 1. Apply here.
Find or Post a Job
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Internships
Syngenta
Earn $2100-2400/month learning about ag and ag chemicals. Learn more »
Threemile Canyon Farms
Threemile Farms in Boardman, Oregon, has two paid summer positions available for students with an ag background or who are studying ag. The positions could lead to full time employment. Click here to download the job description and information on how to apply.
Marketing, PR and journalism Internships
CAHNRS and WSU Extension Marketing and News Services has openings in new media development and public relations. Learn more »
Graduate Study Opportunity
Biological Systems Engineering, Crop and Soil Sciences, and the School of Economics at Washington State University offer a multidisciplinary graduate program to train graduate students in an interdisciplinary and international program in sustainable development and natural resource management, linking engineering and economic sciences. The program is funded by the USDA Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate Fellowship Program. Learn more »