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Sp 3nw’s proposal was chosen for its unique framework to create a flexible infrastructure for resilient entrepreneurship, referred to as FIRE, which consists of support programs that spur regional economic development in eastern Washington and North Idaho. “We are thrilled to be chosen as a recipient in the Department of Commerce/Economic Development Administration’s competitive SPRINT challenge. This validates the sp 3nw program and its delivery of innovative life science to the region,�...

March 17, 2021 By Sara Zaske, WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. – COVID-19 has created new problems for pregnant women in the United States, a group that already faced the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world even before the pandemic. One of their biggest concerns is their baby contracting the disease, according to a Washington State University study published recently in the journal BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.  Some women expressed fears that simply going to the hospital to delive...

March 16, 2021 Dr. Jim O’Connell SPOKANE, Wash. —Dr. Jim O’Connell, president of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and assistant professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School, will give two virtual presentations on Wednesday, March 31, as part of WSU Health Sciences Spokane’s Robert F.E. Stier Lecture in Medicine. O’Connell will virtually present Medicine in the Streets: A team-based approach to caring for Boston’s Rough Sleepers, live on YouTube at noon on Marc...

February 25, 2021 Members of the WSU Mens Basketball Team wear shirts with the names of pioneering African Americans from the universitys history as part of Black History Month. By RJ Wolcott, WSU News Cassandra Overby flourished with the support of her teammates in the early 1980s, earning accolades and setting WSU women’s basketball records. Overby’s 875 career rebounds set her atop school history as well as placing second all-time for career points and blocks. In 2015, she entered the Wa...

We are shocked and horrified by the antisemitic graffiti and damage to the Holocaust memorial at Temple Beth Shalom in Spokane on Monday. Standing together against antisemitism To our WSU community: We are shocked and horrified by the antisemitic graffiti and damage to the Holocaust memorial at Temple Beth Shalom in Spokane on Monday. While this desecration did not take place on our Spokane campus, we join our Jewish friends and neighbors as well as the greater community in denouncin...

February 8, 2021 WSU Health Sciences Spokane Office of Research presents Picture a Scientist on Thursday, February 11. Picture a Scientist is a feature-length documentary film chronicling the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists. A biologist, a chemist and a geologist lead viewers on a journey deep into their own experiences in the sciences, overcoming brutal harassment, institutional discrimination, and years of subtle slights to revolutionize the cultu...

The Steve Gleason Institute for Neuroscience is renovating a building on the WSU Spokane campus.   Avista Development owns the building, which is located south of WSU Health Sciences, at 325 E. Sprague Ave. Avista leases it to the institute for a nominal fee, according to the WSU Health Sciences Spokane website. The pandemic has slowed the renovation progress, but the building is nearing completion. Renovations started last summer, and should be finished in three to four months, said Andrea L...

February 1, 2021 WSU Health Sciences Spokane Office of Research presents Picture a Scientist on Thursday, February 11. Picture a Scientist is a feature-length documentary film chronicling the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists. A biologist, a chemist and a geologist lead viewers on a journey deep into their own experiences in the sciences, overcoming brutal harassment, institutional discrimination, and years of subtle slights to revolutionize the cultu...

‘Rise to the challenge’: WSU nursing, pharmacy students volunteer to administer COVID-19 vaccine By Greg Mason, The Spokesman-Review Published: January 26, 2021, 10:30am Share: John McLain has had his share of practice with flu shots as a student at the Washington State University College of Nursing. The COVID-19 vaccine, however, is “just such a bigger caliber,” he said. “It’s a historic thing,” said McLain, who is among upward of 100 WSU nursing and pharmacy stud...

Monday’s annual commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life should be a soul-stirring call to deeply examine, reflect on, and—most importantly—act to change systemic injustices that have long tarnished widely espoused American ideals about freedom, equality, and opportunity for all. MLK’s call for action more urgent than ever January 15, 2021 Dear Faculty, Staff, and Students: Monday’s annual commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life should be a soul-stirring call ...