Cover Story
Whither organic?

by Tim Steury

With a new organic major and a strong history of research, WSU is a leader in organic agriculture. But is that enough to keep up with the demands of a burgeoning organic industry?

• Organic major
• Organic research
• Getting the goodies

Features

The brave new world of college recruiting

by Hannelore Sudermann
illustrations by David Wheeler

Recruitment used to mean visiting high schools and mailing out applications. Today, with fierce competition for Washington's top students, recruitment is a complex program of target marketing, scholarships, campus visits, and the close attention of admissions counselors.

The science shop

by Cherie Winner
photography by Robert Hubner and Duke Beattie

Physicist Peter Engels and a team of skilled craftsmen combine imagination, clever design, and precision handiwork to launch WSU into the ultra-cold, ultra-weird world of superfluids.

Hot stuff: Deep ocean fauna

by Cherie Winner

When it comes to tolerating extreme environments, deep-sea vent worms are hard to beat.

Do you hear what I hear?

by Cherie Winner

A researcher at WSU Vancouver explores how the brain turns sounds into meaningful messages.

Panoramas

Tracking the Cougars