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A WSU lab is conducting ongoing research on infant temperament, or the early differences in babies’ interactions with the world around them. The WSU Infant Temperament Lab’s goal is to examine child socioemotional development and the factors that influence it, graduate researcher Victoria Jones wrote in an email. Their research can help caregivers understand their...

The well-known, used and loved Troy/Wegner pedestrian bridge crossing Northeast Stadium Way is set to be demolished starting June 13.  From 2019-2020, the bridge started showing signs of degradation with concrete coming off of it, and the damages only became worse from there, said Phil Weiler, WSU vice president of marketing and communications.  After an...

The entire demolition project is expected to run between June 13 and July 29, with intermittent road and lane closures to allow for the removal of approximately 420 feet of bridge.

WSU Facilities Services will keep the Troy and Johnson Tower bridges closed out of caution while they solidify plans for construction work. In 2019-2020, Facilities Services conducted a study on all of the bridges because the Beasley Coliseum bridge had some problems, including pieces of the bridge breaking off, said Joe Kline, assistant vice president...

Like a sports fan on opening day, I start off every gardening season with childlike optimism. This will be the winning year for my pumpkins. I can feel it. I’ll grow a jack-o’-lantern so chubby that, instead of cupping it in the palm of my hand, I’ll need the muscles in my arms to lift it in… More Headlines

TOKYO — Belated and beleaguered, the virus-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics finally opened Friday night with cascading fireworks and made-for-TV choreography that unfolded in a near-empty stadium, a colorful but strangely subdued ceremony that set a striking tone to match a unique pandemic Games. More Headlines

Facilities Services will close the Troy/Wegner and Johnson Tower pedestrian bridges effective Tuesday, July 20. WSU Pullman: July 20, 2021 Facilities Services will close the Troy/Wegner and Johnson Tower pedestrian bridges effective Tuesday, July 20. An engineering evaluation identified structural concerns affecting reinforcing steel and concrete. While Facilities Services does not anticipate an immediate hazard, WSU elected to close these bridges out of an abundance of caution as ...