WSU ACM to host Microsoft XNA workshop

ryanm — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:13:19 -0800

The WSU ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) will be hosting a Microsoft XNA workshop by Charles Cox on Sunday March 2nd. There will be food, both breakfast and lunch for those who attend. The ACM's goal is to help computer science and computer engineering students stay connected to companies in the field. This upcoming workshop will be lead by Microsoft's Charles Cox, and it will be about XNA 2.0. You will be able to make games that can run on any system that supports the XNA framework, this includes XP, Vista, Xbox 360, and hopefully Zune in the near future.

You will learn more about the ACM and XNA at the workshop. Hope to see you there on Sunday, March 2nd.

Bringing Home the Apple (Genome) Cup: WSU, UW Spearhead International Project to Sequence Rosaceae DNA

ryanm — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:43:11 -0800

PULLMAN, Wash. – Scientists at Washington State University and the University of Washington are spearheading a public, international effort to map and unlock the secrets of the apple genome to develop better tree fruit faster.

“The Washington apple is an icon of quality around the globe,” said Dan Bernardo, dean of the WSU College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences. “This is a natural home for the advanced science necessary to map the tree fruit genome and actively study how it functions.”

WSU’s Agricultural Research Center is providing seed money for the project as part of its larger investment in basic and applied plant science programs. “Investing in this program is a matter of building on our strengths in horticulture to leverage bottom-line results for industry,” said Ralph Cavalieri, associate dean and ARC director.