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It is with great sadness that we announce the tragic death of member Ann Nelson. Dr. Nelson was inducted to WSAS in 2012; the same year she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

WSAS is pleased to announce announce two new Officers and five new Board Members who were elected by the WSAS Membership in June 2019. The newly elected Officers and Board Members will begin their terms after the Members’ Meeting on September 12, 2019.

New members will be inducted into WSAS following the 12th Annual Symposium and Members' Meeting at the Museum of Flight in Seattle on September 12, 2019.

Washington State high school students selected to attend the American Junior Academy of Science (AJAS) Conference presented their award-winning research to the attendees of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting.

Dr. Jim Cook, co-founder of WSAS, was recently honored by WSU with an honorary doctorate “in recognition of over 40 years of research on soil borne pathogens and his service to WSU and the agricultural community of the Pacific Northwest.” Dr. Cook is profiled in the most recent edition of […]

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world's largest general scientific society.

The four winners were selected from a group of eleven exceptional students across the state who were invited to apply for the award based on their performance in the 2017-18 state science fairs.

WSAS President Anjan Bose provides some highlights from the past year.

WSAS Board member David Eaton served as the Chair of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s recent report on “Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes”, published earlier this year.  In the report Eaton and a committee of 12 other experts critically evaluated over 800 peer-reviewed papers that addressed one or more of the often-controversial aspects of e-cigarettes.