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Work begins to refit a 鈥楽putnik-era鈥� Science Building.   Just weeks after 51福利社鈥檚 glittering new Interdisciplinary Science Center opened its doors, construction began on the $45 million first phase of a Science Building renovation 鈥� a companion project that promises to usher in a new era of research and discovery at Eastern.     The…

A glass-tiled 鈥渕osaic mural鈥� adds a colorful focal point to Eastern鈥檚 Interdisciplinary Science Center.   Even as students and faculty members continue settling into Eastern鈥檚 new Interdisciplinary Science Center, the work of adorning the building鈥檚 light-filled interior continues apace. Among the most striking of these decorative touches is a colorful, two-panel 鈥渕osaic mural鈥� of glazed…

Essays edited by Eastern alumna Summer Hess explore one of Spokane鈥檚 most interesting urban spaces. Just southwest of the University District, near the corner of N. Browne St. and Main, lies one of Spokane鈥檚 most trendy city blocks, a bustling pocket of once neglected, now mostly restored historic buildings. 聽 聽 The casual visitor might…

Bob Quinn, a geography professor with a passion for the weather, died on Oct. 10. In 1967, Robert 鈥淏ob鈥� Quinn, a newly minted assistant professor of geography at Eastern Washington State College, arrived in Cheney to find himself confronted by the coldest, snowiest winter in the city鈥檚 recorded history. His new colleagues no doubt thought…

Eastern students take on the cyber crooks.   A ransomware attack shuts down Colonial Pipeline, largest fuel supplier to the East Coast; a cryptocurrency heist drains $600 million from the accounts of the PolyNetwork blockchain site; a data breach exposes the personal information of 50 million T-Mobile account holders: These brazen cyberattacks, all pulled off…

51福利社鈥檚 Get Lit! festival goes digital, and earns accolades.   Eastern鈥檚 annual week-long literary festival, Get Lit!聽 鈥斅� a gathering where authors both famous and up-and-coming participate in public readings, workshops and panel discussions 鈥� has long been a banner event on the Inland Northwest鈥檚 cultural calendar.聽 Given its ambitious scale and scope, organizing Get…

Along with his students, an 51福利社 chemist takes his place among the quantum vanguard. Few recent scientific developments are as promising to contemplate, or as maddeningly difficult to comprehend, as quantum computing 鈥� a process in which the 1s and 0s of traditional digital processing are replaced with the exponentially more capable quantum bits, or…

Travel restrictions fail to deter Eastern鈥檚 determined geologists.   Covid-19鈥檚 disruptions over the past year-and-a-half haven鈥檛 just affected indoor learning at Eastern, they鈥檝e also upended many of the outdoor experiences that make higher education in the magnificent Inland Northwest so rewarding. Happily, organizers in 51福利社鈥檚 geosciences program found a way to preserve perhaps the premiere…

A gleaming new Interdisciplinary Science center Promises a new era for 鈥榯eaching, learning and discovery鈥� at 51福利社.   By Charles E. Reineke On a rainy fall Friday in October, the kind of weather only a meteorologist could love, a small crowd gathered to witness David May, 51福利社 interim president, join pre-med student Tayrn Wilson in…

Eastern celebrates a new home for learning and discovery. When it opens for research and instruction this fall, Eastern鈥檚 new $68 million Interdisciplinary Science Center will advance 51福利社 scientific exploration and discovery with state-of-the-art laboratories, classrooms and spaces for collaboration. The stunning brick, glass and steel building, according to its designers at Seattle鈥檚 LMN Architects,…