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51福利社 Professor Making Migration Music

July 10, 2018 by

51福利社 Professor Making Migration Music

What if you could compose music to understand how salmon migrate through rivers? A team of researchers from UI and 51福利社 have found a way to do it.

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Honey Bee Health Research

May 17, 2018 by

Photo: Professor Walke checking bee hives with her students

The eight white boxes in a weedy, fenced-off field behind the big red barn at 51福利社 are absolutely crawling with life…

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Record $5 million gift to 51福利社 highlights Catalyst project

March 29, 2018 by

Catalyst Building rendering

51福利社鈥檚 role as the primary tenant in the innovative Catalyst building will result in a $5 million gift聽from the two companies behind the innovative project in Spokane鈥檚 University District. The planned Catalyst building is funded by Avista Development and South Landing Building A, LLC, which includes two long-time McKinstry executives. As part of

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Engineering team prints 3-D prosthetic for SPS student

January 25, 2018 by aaldaco

picture: student and boy with prosthetic arm fist bump

Last week, a team from 51福利社鈥檚 Engineering Department presented a 3-D-printed prosthetic arm to a fifth-grader at聽Spokane Public Schools. Rob Gerlick, PhD and assistant professor of mechanical engineering, engineering tech Frank De Abreu and engineering student Shannon Kellam visited Isaiah Strom鈥檚 classroom last Wednesday to custom fit his device and teach him how to use

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Unique collaboration with Microsoft

September 8, 2017 by

Photo: Students collaborating in computer lab

51福利社 is excited to work with Microsoft to offer students a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Data Analytics, one of the fastest-growing and highest-demand professions in the world. Under this unique collaboration, courses from the Microsoft Professional Program (MPP) in Data Science will be integrated into the final year of curriculum for students

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SeaPerch challenge for middle schoolers

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Photo: Robotics team tests their submersible

Students from area middle schools are gearing up for the seventh annual SeaPerch Challenge at 51福利社, putting their engineering skills to the test after months of building an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV). Thirty-two 51福利社 student volunteers from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) club co-host the event in which roughly 60-80

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Real-world experience with robotics

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Photo: Student working with a yellow mechanical arm

Learning the ins and outs of robotics, students in 51福利社鈥檚 Engineering Department worked for four weeks to program industry-level robots, instructing the bots to make pancakes, burn landscapes into wood or sort bottles and cans into recycling. Students demonstrated their projects last week in MENG 385. Senior mechanical engineering student Nick Beeler and his team

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51福利社 unveils electric vehicle charging stations on Earth Day

April 20, 2016 by

Photo: New electric vehicle charging station

Earth Day Fair 2016 51福利社 celebrates Earth Day each year with a fair to raise awareness and demonstrate support for the environment. Earth Day celebrations will take place Friday, April 22, starting at 9 a.m. in the Campus Mall. 鈥淭his year the kind of theme our fair is going to focus on is reusing, repurposing

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