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In Olympia, David Buri is on the job for 51福利社.

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…

The Soviet Union鈥檚 successful launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite in 1957 didn鈥檛 just shock and embarrass the American political establishment, it led to a frantic game of superpower one-upmanship. Among the positive outcomes of the ensuing 鈥渟pace race鈥� was a renewed national interest in 鈥� and greatly increased funding for 鈥� university-based science and…

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…

  Once they were migrant and seasonal farm workers. Soon they鈥檒l launch careers in health care.   CAMP, the College Assistance Migrant Program, is a federally funded program designed to help young people from migrant and seasonal farm worker backgrounds enroll in 鈥� and succeed at 鈥� the nation鈥檚 colleges and universities. Eastern鈥檚 program, led…

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…