Eastern Washington University is a public university in Cheney, Washington.

Seattle WA. #2 in US federal research funding (after Johns Hopkins). $5B+ annual research. Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science (named for Microsoft co-founder). UW Medicine — major health system. PNNL co-located presence (Richland WA). Allen Institute for Brain Science and Allen Institute for AI (AI2) are UW-adjacent (Paul Allen legacy). CoMotion — tech transfer and commercialization office. UW CSE has spun out Amazon Alexa voice recognition research lineage.

Seattle WA. Paul Allen's umbrella science philanthropy organization. Manages three major institutes: Allen Institute for Brain Science (2003), Allen Institute for AI / Ai2 (2014), Allen Institute for Cell Science (2014). $1B+ total committed by Paul Allen before his death (Oct 2018). Now managed by Paul G. Allen Trust and Allen Family Philanthropies. Chair: Jody Allen (Paul's sister). One of largest private science funding organizations in US. Transformative open-science model — all data freely published. Distinct from Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) which is separately managed.

Private university in Spokane — engineering, business, law.

Seattle WA. Named for Paul Allen (Microsoft co-founder, $40M gift). Top-5 CS program. Research lineage includes Amazon Alexa voice recognition. Strong AI/ML output feeding Seattle tech ecosystem. Co-located with Allen Institute for AI (AI2) nearby.

Seattle University is a private Jesuit university in Seattle, Washington.

Public two-year community college in Spokane, Washington, part of Community Colleges of Spokane; offers career-technical and workforce-training programs.

Public two-year community college in Spokane, Washington, part of Community Colleges of Spokane; offers career-technical and workforce-training programs.

Public research university, Pullman WA. ~75 miles from Walla Walla. PNNL partnership: 800+ WSU alumni at PNNL; joint institutes in Advanced Grid, Bioproducts, Nuclear Science & Technology. WSU-PNNL Bioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Lab (BSEL) on WSU-Tri-Cities campus. WSU is the academic anchor of the eastern Washington / PNNL ecosystem.

Private liberal arts college in Walla Walla WA.