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The second cohort of the Spokane Neighborhood Leadership Academy (SNLA) wrapped up its six-session program with a cadre of grateful leaders ready to bring new energy and commitment to neighborhoods across the city.

Opportunity Northeast's "Catalyst" program helps Northeast Spokane youth experience college life, fostering a vision of themselves as future students and boosting confidence.

The Gonzaga-in-Zambezi program emphasizes mutual accompaniment and learning while navigating cultural complexities and reflecting on the lasting impacts of colonization.

Gonzaga University actively partners with various entities to support Spokane through housing, climate research, health education, community development, and sustainable transportation.

Lynn Blumen, once a shy child, gained confidence through Gonzaga's Campus Kids, later flourishing in academics and becoming a successful research scientist.

Being a member of law review is a sought-after role for law students around the country. Law review members typically come from the top 10% of students in their class, who are excited to engage in challenging and rigorous work. Their work covers current legal issues that students dissect, investigate, and explore to provide reliable scholarly works for the legal community. Since 1966, the Gonzaga University Law School has published the Gonzaga Law Review to provide a dependable research tool and foster innovative thought. The Gonzaga Law Review editorial board publishes three printed issues per academic year, including articles and essays written by professors, judges, practitioners, and now, Gonzaga Law students.

Federal Reserve policymakers have targeted a "soft landing" for the U.S. economy since beginning their effort a year ago to tame runaway inflation by hiking interest rates.

AI is here. How can students and faculty make the best of it?

50 years after the Bunker Hill mine fire caused one of the largest lead-poisoning cases in US history. Assistant Professor of Nursing Martin Schiavenato wrote in "The Conversation" about how lead still contaminates the soil across Idaho's Silver Valley, and continues to wash down tributaries and into the Coeur d'Alene River and Lake Coeur d'Alene. Many people in this fast-growing region are unaware of the risks.

Gonzaga President Thayne McCulloh joined Spokane Journal of Business Editor Linn Parish Aug. 31 for an hour-long discussion on "the enrollment challenge," delving into the challenges and opportunities for GU and its students in the dynamic higher education environment.

On Sept. 3, 1973, a fire swept through the baghouse of the Bunker Hill mine in Idaho's Silver Valley. The building was designed to filter pollutants produced by smelting, the melting of rocks that separates metal from its ore. The gases produced in this process carried poisons, including lead.

There are myriad reasons first-year students and transfers choose Gonzaga, but throughout Welcome Weekend the disparate backgrounds and separate educational and career goals give way to a sense of community and mission that is both palpable and undeniable.

Gonzaga's Outdoor Learning Immersion program takes the classroom outside, where students can see their academic studies come to life in the natural world.

During both campus visits and virtual options, prospective students and families have the opportunity to meet with an admission counselor. You may be wondering what should I ask? While there is an endless number of questions you could ask for your specific interests and situation, here are some frequently asked questions that might help you next time you meet with an admission professional.

Serving Gonzaga for 35 years in many capacities, Raymond Reyes now serves as associate vice president for cultural affairs in the president's office.