With Grand Opening of New Health Sciences Building, CWU Completes $300 Million Science Neighborhood

From its spacious exercise science laboratory to its shining food science test kitchen, Central Washington University's new Health Sciences Building houses a buffet of research opportunities for student and staff. Some have already taken a taste.

The large east-facing windows of the new Health Sciences building. (Photo courtesy of Emree Weaver)

The university will hold a grand opening and tours of the building Friday, April 29, 2022, but students and staff have been in the building for a few weeks already.

Its opening marks the completion of CWU's $300 million Health Sciences Neighborhood, a decadeslong project that included work on six buildings, according to CWU Director of Strategic Communications Dawn Alford.

The 80,000-square-foot building is a big change from the spread-out classrooms where courses used to be held, said assistant professor Robert Pritchett.

"It's created a great sense of community with our majors in the building," he said.

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Originally published by Vanessa Ontiveros in the Yakima Herald on April 29, 2022