Faces in the crowd, I

Joining us this year after a 2 year hiatus as Interim Dean of Washington State University's College of Agriculture, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences (CAHNRS) is Dr. James Cook, formerly of the USDA-ARS Root Disease and Biological Control Research Unit and WSU Department of Plant Pathology in Pullman, WA. For the youngsters and newcomers among us and perhaps online, Dr. Cook is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and leading expert in root health and soil microbial biocontrol. Graduate students: some time spent in scientific conversation with Dr. Cook is time well spent. Welcome back, Jim, from all of us. (click on photo for larger image)