WSU Researcher Shows Your Spouse’s Personality May be Hazardous to Your Health
To the long list of things to consider when choosing a mate, there is now evidence suggesting that your spouse’s personality can have a major influence on your own ability to recover from – and perhaps...
View ArticleWSU Extension To Participate In Rebuilding Iraqi Agriculture
Washington State University is one of five universities teaming up to rebuild Iraq’s agricultural sector by strengthening extension programs and training at Iraqi universities. The U.S. Department of...
View ArticleWSU Researcher Says Satisfied Employees Key to Restaurant Profitability
The “secret ingredient” for success in the restaurant business is more likely to be found in the attitudes of those who serve the food than in the food itself, according to a researcher at Washington...
View ArticleFaculty Productivity Survey Ranks WSU Plant, Animal Scientists Among Top In...
Washington State University scientists conducting research on plants and animals are among the productive in the nation, according to a survey measuring faculty scholarly productivity published...
View ArticleWSU Anthropologist Wins NSF Grant for Child Stress Research
The connection between a child’s stress level and the child’s future may be much clearer following additional research to be funded by a new grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
View ArticleParental Income Linked to Students’ Standardized Test Results
Poverty appears to play a major role in depressing ACT and SAT test scores. In a paper presented by Donald C. Orlich, professor emeritus at Washington State University, he and his collaborators found a...
View ArticleWSU Prof’s New Book Argues Corporate Media Influence Will Be Offset by...
While mass media corporations will grow globally and reach more people than ever in the 21st century, a Washington State University researcher and media sociologist predicts that the media giants won’t...
View ArticleWSU Researcher Casts Doubt on Reports of Increasing Violence by Teen-aged Girls
While law enforcement agencies are continuing to report a rising trend in violent crime arrests of girls aged 12 to 17, a study by a Washington State University sociologist and her research associate...
View ArticleResearchers Find Work Performance Standards Higher for Women; In surveys of...
The joke, "Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good," may not be totally off the mark in the workplace. In a recent study, no matter how they sliced the data and...
View ArticleWSU Researchers Report Statewide Decline in Child Safety Restraint Use
Washingtonians may lead the nation in buckling up when they drive, but recent research at Washington State University shows the state’s drivers are not nearly so conscientious when it comes to...
View ArticleStudy Finds Early Primaries Would Boost States’ Impact on White House Races
As they prepare to caucus this weekend in the shadow of Super Tuesday’s much-publicized presidential primary, a new study by a Washington State University professor and political scientist suggests...
View ArticleWSU Students Receive National Scholarships to Study in China
PULLMAN, Wash.-- Two Washington State University students will each receive a $20,000 National Security Education Program (NSEP) David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarship to study in China. A third WSU...
View ArticleChildren’s Internet Use and Cyber Bullying
PULLMAN, Wash.--Children left to navigate cyberspace on their own with few or no parental rules seem to exhibit more anxiety, more depression and less pro-social behavior, according to a study by...
View ArticleOffering Up Bad Jokes a Good Way to Draw ‘Friendly Fire,’ WSU Researcher Shows
PULLMAN, Wash. – Offering up a joke – at least one of that isn’t politically incorrect or “off-color” – is rarely considered particularly risky socially. But a recent study at Washington State...
View ArticleWSU Sociology Professor Awarded Grant to Research Volunteerism
PULLMAN, Wash.- A Washington State University researcher will receive a $190,560 grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service to expand scholarly and policy research and deepen...
View ArticleWSU Researchers Find Celebrity Endorsements Motivate Younger Voters
PULLMAN, Wash. - Celebrity endorsements can be an effective political strategy for engaging younger voters and getting them to the polls, according to a study by researchers at Washington State...
View ArticleConcern Over Economy Grows Among Washington State Residents
PULLMAN, Wash.— The current economic crisis is important to Washington state residents. A survey conducted by the Social and Economic Sciences Research Center (SESRC) at Washington State University...
View ArticleWashingtonians Voice Support for Merit Selection of Judges
SPOKANE, Wash.— The results of a Fall, 2008 survey of registered voters across Washington state indicates that the state’s residents appear ready to change the way in which the state’s judges are...
View ArticleWSU, CSU Researchers Find Price Tag’s Leftmost Digit Makes a Big Difference
PULLMAN, Wash. – Consumers may consider themselves savvy bargain hunters, but they often make surprising choices based on the first – or leftmost – digit of a price, according to a new study by...
View ArticleWSU Researcher’s Book Offers Tips on Countering Workplace Revenge
PULLMAN, Wash. – The recent conviction of a disgruntled sheet-metal assembler at a Boeing Co. manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania for doing more than $100,000 in damage to a Chinook helicopter and...
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