Established 1892 Phone +1 509-335-3564 Type of business Public | Website www.cahnrs.wsu.edu Founded 1892 | |
Location Pullman, Washington, U.S. Address Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99163, USA Dean Kimberlee Kidwell (acting) Similar Washingt State University, School of Economic Sciences, Washingt State University, Ferdinan Ice Cream Shoppe, College of Education Profiles | ||
The Washington State University College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences (CAHNRS) is one of the ten colleges of Washington State University that offers 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.
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Departments
WSU College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences is divided into fifteen departments and schools, which offer approximately twenty majors. They include:
Research Institutes, Laboratories, and Centers
In the fiscal year of 2008-09, the Agricultural Research Center of the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences was awarded more than $33.5 million of grants and contracts for funded agricultural research. The Agricultural Research Centers includes 15 departments of the CAHNRS and the following institutes, laboratories, and Research centers: