Few could dispute that the #MeToo movement brought with it a tidal wave of empowerment and validation for women. Originally created by Tarana Burke in 2006, it eventually reached its media peak in 2017 with the sexual abuse allegations
Gonzaga University established its School of Leadership Studies almost a year and a half ago when it renamed the School of Professional Studies and brought its existing undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree and certificate programs under one roof.
The national average for women undergraduate students majoring in engineering and computer science is 20%, while the percentage of women students in those majors at Eastern Washington University trails even that low rate at 10%, says Leslie Cornick,
Spokane economist Vange Ocasio Hochheimer has been appointed to the Washington state Department of Commerce Community Economic Revitalization Board. Her three-year volunteer term began Sept. 3.
Spokane startup Appiture is exploring new handheld technology for a fast and noninvasive way to screen for autism spectrum disorder in children.
The idea was born from research by Georgina Lynch, an associate professor in the Department of Speech
Spokane's University District has become a hotbed of development activity with envisioned projects valued at more than $135 million on top of over $225 million in projects currently underway.
The East Central Community Center is adding space to its building to serve an Early Head Start program.
Carolina Lopez, executive assistant at the Martin Luther King Family Outreach Center, which operates the community center, says work to renovate three
Construction crews have started work on a new, $12.5 million elementary school building in Coeur d'Alene that will replace an antiquated K-5 elementary school building in nearby Hayden.
The new Northwest Expedition Academy building, which will have
For the first time in the nation's history, the enrollment of women in medical degrees has surpassed male enrollment, a trend that Spokane-area medical schools say has found its way into their halls.
And what's more, they report that a growing
Sinead Voorhees, director of Whitworth University's graduate studies in business program, characterizes herself as an underdog and a workhorse.
Voorhees, age 34, was born and raised in Ireland, where her family often struggled to make ends meet.