Cover Story
Our kind of town

By Tim Steury

Spokane is undeniably a beautiful place to live and raise a family. Its downtown is once again vibrant. But it takes more than attitude and livability to drive an economy. That's where higher education comes in.

• Waterworld/Expo '74 introduced Spokane to the world

Features

How Cougar Gold made the world a better place

by Tim Steury

Washington may not yet have reached cheese heaven. But we're now well past the purgatory of cheese sameness. And we have the WSU Creamery, and Cougar Gold as a delicious standard, to thank for much of this progress.

Ideas, buildings, & mirrors:
Teaching architecture in Spokane, Washington

by David Wang
photography by George Bedirian

Torn between respect for its natural surroundings and a desire for cosmopolitan sophistication, Spokane lends a unique perspective to the notion that works of architecture reflect what a community thinks of itself.

Seen from the street
Photographs of Spokane by Catherine Bicknell

One lens. One photographer. A unique perspective on Spokane.

Maughan Brothers

by Pat Caraher

Following the death of her husband, H. Delight Maughan raised six children-while teaching full-time. Despite the challenge, she clearly did it right. All three of her scientist sons, Paul, David, and Lowell, have been honored with alumni achievement awards.

Opening minds, setting lives on course

by V. Lane Rawlins

Some believe that the ability to teach and inspire is simply a gift that you either have or don't have. But WSU isn't just leaving it to chance.

Helpless

by Tim Steury

Electron microscopy might be a just a prosaic tool to some--but for this student researcher it was also a window to a world of beauty.

WSU researchers attract record $184.2 million

by James Tinney

New grant awards break the previous year's record by nearly 16 percent.

Panoramas

Tracking the Cougars