PULLMAN, Wash., June 24 -- Washington State University issued the following news release:

Two Washington State University faculty members received Fulbright U.S.Scholars awards to teach and conduct research abroad in the upcoming academic year.

Professor Benjamin Shors, of the EdwardR. Murrow College of Communication, will work with students to improve rural journalism in Albania. Professor Sindhuja Sankaran, of the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, will conduct research in India on using sensing and automation to measure crop traits.

Sankaran, who works in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering, will be based at the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics in Hyderabad, India. H...