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Saudi students attending academic institutions in Canada lose sponsorship from the SACM following breakdown of diplomatic ties between the two nations.

Have cart, will travel. Get Tü Class is a weekly video series that showcases Eastern Washington University students while driving them to class in the EWÜber cart. You’ll see real EWU students, hear their stories and get to know what it’s like to be an Eagle. And don’t be surprised if you see the occasional…

Construction on Spokane’s first zero energy building, featuring Eastern Washington University as the primary tenant, is underway after those involved in the historic project gathered for the ceremonial groundbreaking on Wednesday, Aug. 8, in Spokane. EWU President Mary Cullinan called the development “an incredible opportunity for our students,” as she thanked all the partners who…

Construction on Eastern Washington University’s long-awaited Interdisciplinary Science Center (ISC) is underway after leaders gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony Monday, July 23, on the EWU campus. Eastern President Mary Cullinan welcomed university and community leaders as well as state lawmakers from both sides of the aisle as they turned the ceremonial first dirt and discussed…

The Cup is coming back to Cheney. For the third time in the last four seasons, Eastern Washington University has again won the Big Sky Conference Presidents’ Cup for the 2017-18 school year, the league office announced Wednesday (July 11). Based on a point system that takes into account both academic and athletic success, Eastern…

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

Textbooks, paperbacks, atlases and magazines fill every shelf in her classroom. Maps of the world, the United States and the local town adorn the walls, along with quotes from historic figures, postcards from around the world, hand-drawn artwork, high school memorabilia, thank you cards, and, secured with a shiny silver thumbtack in its own special…

Photographs from Eastern Washington University’s 2018 commencement ceremonies are now available on Flickr. Nearly 3,200 students (2,642 undergraduate and 534 graduate) were eligible to attend commencement ceremonies at the Spokane Arena on Saturday, June 16. Ceremonies were also held for semester students on May 4 at the Spokane Convention Center.

College Spark Washington has announced $1.5 million in Community Grants to help low-income students become college-ready and earn their degree, and Eastern Washington University will receive $149,573 of the funding. Eastern’s Department of Mathematics will utilize the funding to develop, pilot and scale corequisite remediation courses. In corequisite remediation, students are placed directly into college-level…

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