Stories

Contreras, who speaks fluent Spanish and has dual citizenship in Colombia and the United States, is among only 81 students nationwide chosen to participate in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Exceptional Research Opportunities Program (EXROP) this summer.

Mary Joan Hahn was hired as director of community and public relations.

GU recently completed its 9th annual Portland Trek and 10th annual Seattle Trek to help students and alumni develop their careers.

Gonzaga University will roll out a new official fight song this fall to help inspire the Bulldogs on to victory.

Dr. Thayne McCulloh will inaugurated at GU's 26th president.

GU was ranked No. 4 best regional university in the West (tie), No. 2 for alumni giving and engineering program ranked No. 17 (tie) nationwide.

The Huetter Mansion will now serve as the home for the Gonzaga Alumni Association.

PACCAR Center for Applied Science received the "Gold" certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system.

Crosby House will be restored and debut this Fall as the Alumni Association's new campus home.

Alumnus Jeff Rosick landed a co-starring role in the NBC TV series "Friday Night Lights."

The NCAA Division I Committee on Athletics Certification announced GU as one of 12 institutions to be fully certified.

Philanthropists Don and Carol Herak were honored with the Ignatian Spirit Award at the third Ignatian Gala.

Rodriguez Perez, a biochemistry major from the coastal town of Long Beach, Wash., was chosen to work in the lab of Harvard Professor and HHMI investigator Norbert Perrimon as part of HHMI's Exceptional Research Opportunities Program (EXROP).

Senior Javier Gonzalez connects a slender syringe to delicate tubing that emerges from a boxy piece of scientific equipment called a mass spectrometer.