Category: Social Impact
Geosciences Students Join West Plains PFAS Testing Effort
February 12, 2025

The Eastern Washington University team is quantifying PFAS contamination levels and connecting affected households with clean water sources.
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EWU Student Historians Chronicle ‘Downwinder’ Experiences
January 30, 2025

Their articles about people who lived and worked “downwind” of the Hanford nuclear site are now published on the Manhattan Project’s National Historical Park website.
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Jacob Johns is the 2025 Activist In Residence
January 3, 2025

Johns, who has worked tirelessly to advocate for social justice, minority rights and environmental protection, will lead a series of workshops.
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EWU’s Margo Hill-Ferguson Honored for Her Advocacy and Leadership
December 12, 2024

Her contributions on behalf of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People and other important causes is making an impact.
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Grant to Support Probe of Rare, Deadly Disorder in Infants
November 22, 2024

NIH announces $350,000 to help chemistry professors Nick Burgis and Yao Houndonougbo explore ways to “stabilize ITPA clinical variants.”
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Designing Success
November 8, 2024

A well-timed scholarship coupled with a unique applied-learning experience is helping a hardworking visual communication design student build a future.
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Veterans Day Display Honors Service
November 5, 2024

From service to school, two veterans have found their path at EWU.
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Election Season 101: Helping Your EWU Student Navigate the Political Buzz
November 1, 2024

“EWU has plenty of resources to help students feel confident and supported.”
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Campus Collaborations Support Voting Access
October 29, 2024

The Associated Students of Eastern Washington University (ASEWU) partnered with the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences to relaunch ewu.edu/vote, among their other non-partisan efforts to provide resources and access for voting.
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‘Get Out the Vote’ Poster Art Exhibit at JFK
by Melodie Little

The exhibit, featuring about 70 posters, will run through election day.
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