https://www.ewu.edu Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:28:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://www.ewu.edu/news/ewu-researcher-seeks-insights-into-immunity/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:56:12 +0000 https://www.ewu.edu/?post_type=stories&p=123128 A $362,000 federal grant will help Eastern Washington University's Savini Thrikawala observe drug interactions with immune cells in real time.]]> https://www.ewu.edu/news/ewu-students-activate-a-living-laboratory/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.ewu.edu/?post_type=stories&p=123040 A new course is transforming the campus landscape into a living laboratory focused on applied learning and environmental sustainability.]]> https://www.ewu.edu/news/scholarships-fuel-future-fisheries-science/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 21:39:02 +0000 https://www.ewu.edu/?post_type=stories&p=119893 Scholarship support helps EWU graduate student Sam Caruso turn a lifelong love of Spokane’s rivers into fisheries research.]]> https://www.ewu.edu/news/cstem-students-make-science-spooky-for-kids/ Tue, 28 Oct 2025 22:48:27 +0000 https://www.ewu.edu/?post_type=stories&p=117696 More than 100 student volunteers collaborated with faculty for this fun-filled, Halloween-theme event.]]> https://www.ewu.edu/news/campus-clean-up-day-launches-master-plan/ Tue, 13 May 2025 18:47:14 +0000 https://www.ewu.edu/?post_type=stories&p=113196 Faculty and staff volunteers beautified campus, adding native and climate resilient plants to the landscape.]]> https://www.ewu.edu/news/student-overcomes-obstacles-to-graduate/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 12:13:48 +0000 https://www.ewu.edu/?post_type=stories&p=104966 Scholarship recipient Roxanne McPeck was conferred with a Master of Science in biology degree during Eastern’s June 15 commencement ceremony.  ]]> https://www.ewu.edu/news/research-has-a-home/ Sat, 18 May 2024 00:06:08 +0000 https://www.ewu.edu/?post_type=stories&p=104578 EWU celebrates the opening of the first phase of a renovation that is transforming the 1960s-era Science Building into a modern research hub.]]> https://www.ewu.edu/news/biology-student-first-at-ewu-to-win-prestigious-stem-scholarship/ Fri, 31 May 2019 16:25:10 +0000 https://www.ewu.edu/?post_type=stories&p=76689 Marcos Monteiro, a junior studying Biology at Eastern, is the university's first ever Barry Goldwater Scholar.]]> https://www.ewu.edu/news/ewu-launches-prairie-restoration-project/ Tue, 07 May 2019 18:54:40 +0000 https://www.ewu.edu/?post_type=stories&p=76353 Members of the Eastern community and representatives from local tribes joined EWU President Mary Cullinan on Wednesday to launch a major sustainability initiative that will restore one-third of EWU-owned land to its native habitat. The Cheney campus spans some 300 acres, more than 100 acres of which is farmland to the west of campus. The...]]> https://www.ewu.edu/news/faculty-research-seeks-honey-bee-friendly-campus/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 06:05:42 +0000 /2018/?post_type=stories&p=61544 Jenifer Walke, assistant professor of biology, has been researching the microbes (the bacteria and fungi) associated with honey bees and the impact they have on their health. Walke, a new faculty member to Eastern Washington University, has been working with the local beekeeping community, who provided samples for her research. Together, they have been working...]]>