Higher education

CHENEY – Eastern Washington University has been named a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations, according to an announcement from the university.

All University of Washington students will have to take a civil rights training within the next couple of months, as part of a 2025 federal agreement made after an investigation into student allegations of antisemitism. Under the agreement with the U.S. Department of Education, all UW employees and students will need to complete “Understanding Civil Rights,” a 30-minute online training focused ...

Prosecutors charged 33 members of a pro-Palestinian protest group with first-degree criminal trespassing in connection with the May 2025 occupation of a University of Washington engineering building, as the protesters called for the school to sever ties with Boeing. The King County District Court charges were filed nearly 10 months after the protest group, called Students United for ...

Mar. 4—PULLMAN — About 65 years since its reactor became active, staff at Washington State University's Nuclear Science Center say they're working to ramp up capacity for research and workforce training in the coming years. For decades, the facility has provided radioisotopes for various research facilities and national laboratories, as well as partnering with Idaho National Laboratory to be ...