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Washington State University
College of Agricultural, Human,
and Natural Resource Sciences
TypePublic
Established1892
DeanRichard T. Koenig (Interim)[1]
Location
Pullman
,
Washington
,
U.S.
Websitewww.cahnrs.wsu.edu

The Washington State University College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences (CAHNRS) is one of the 11 colleges of Washington State University that offer undergraduate and graduate programs. Established as Washington Agricultural College and School of Science, the college started instructions on January 13, 1892. The college is in Pullman, Washington, and became a land-grant college after the passage of Morrill Act. The college provides education, research and services through fifteen academic departments, four research and extension centers, and thirty-nine county extension offices across the state of Washington. The college is known for apple production, grape growers and small grain genetics and breeding.[2]

Departments

The college is divided into 12 departments and schools, which offer 22 majors and 19 minors. They include:[3]

Research institutes, laboratories, and centers

Puyallup Experiment Station, 1912

In the fiscal year 2008-09, the Agricultural Research Center of the college was awarded more than $33.5 million of grants and contracts for funded agricultural research.[4] The Agricultural Research Centers includes 15 departments of the CAHNRS and the following institutes, laboratories, and Research centers:[5]

References

  1. ^ "College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences - Washington State University".
  2. ^ "About". Washington State University.
  3. ^ "Undergraduate Studies - CAHNRS Academic Programs". Washington State University.
  4. ^ "CAHNRS Office of Research - Washington State University". wsu.edu.
  5. ^ "CAHNRS Office of Research". Washington State University.

External links

Wikisource has the text of a 1905 New International Encyclopedia article about "Washington State University College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences".

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