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The program will be funded, in part, by a $1 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

University of Puget Sound announced today that its board of trustees approved a bachelor’s degree program for incarcerated women in the Washington Corrections Center for Women in partnership with Freedom…

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U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff will deliver University of Puget Sound’s fall 2019 Susan Resneck Pierce Lecture in Public Affairs and the Arts on Oct. 2, at 7:30 p.m. Rakoff’s address is titled “Big Problems with Our Criminal Justice System—and How To Fix Them.”

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Philosopher Kate Manne will give two free, public talks at University of Puget Sound on Sept. 18 and 19. Part of the Brown and Haley Lectures series, her talks are titled “What is Misogyny? Concepts, Targets, and Triggers” and “Unassuming: On Epistemic Entitlement, Mansplaining, and Gaslighting.”

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The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust recently awarded $15,000 to University of Puget Sound as part of the foundation's Partners in Science program. The grant is supporting a collaborative project between Puget Sound chemistry professor Steven Neshyba (pictured) and Lincoln High School teacher Natalie Reszka…

A new article published by researchers from University of Puget Sound and University of Washington reports that, based on analysis of public wastewater samples in at least one Western Washington population center, cannabis use both increased and substantially shifted from the illicit market since retail…

Earlier this month, University of Puget Sound’s Compass Puget Sound program was awarded the National Association of Colleges and Employers 2019 Career Services Excellence Award in the small school category. Jointly developed by Puget Sound’s experiential learning program and Career and Employment Services…

Earlier this week, University of Puget Sound Human Resources Manager Erin Ruff was among the honorees at South Sound Business magazine’s 40 Under 40 celebration. The annual event, and corresponding magazine cover story, recognizes a cohort of standout young professionals working in the South Sound region…

Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) Executive Director Michael Mirra received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at University of Puget Sound’s 127th Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 19. Mirra, who has led THA since 2004, is recognized nationally and locally for creating innovative partnerships to improve…

At its May annual meeting, University of Puget Sound’s board of trustees voted to affirm its commitment to reducing fossil fuel investments in the university’s endowment, and expressed its aspiration to work toward an endowment that is entirely fossil-fuel free.

The endowment is currently invested in…

Following an extensive and highly competitive national search, University of Puget Sound has named Laura L. Behling as provost effective July 15, 2019. Behling succeeds long-serving Provost Kristine Bartanen, the first woman to hold the post, and comes to Puget Sound from Knox College in Illinois, where…

The American Council of Learned Societies recently announced that University of Puget Sound Hispanic studies professor Brendan Lanctot has been awarded a 2019 Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowship. The fellowship will afford Lanctot the opportunity to spend the 2019–20 academic year as a resident…

Thirteen students and recent alumni of University of Puget Sound have been awarded prestigious national scholarships and fellowships. Many of the selected Loggers will teach, travel, or attend intensive overseas language and cultural-immersion programs in countries all over the world, including Kosovo…

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded University of Puget Sound professor Courtney Thatcher and University of Washington Tacoma professor Jim Thatcher a $343,000 grant for a research project titled Spatial Models and Electoral Districting. Funded through NSF’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates…

The University of Puget Sound will open its annual Senior Art Show with a reception on May 1, from 5 to 7 p.m., in Kittredge Gallery. The 2019 senior show, which will be on display through May 19, features artwork by each senior studio art major, culminating their development at Puget Sound. This year…

The American Physical Therapy Association recently announced that University of Puget Sound Professor of Physical Therapy Jennifer Hastings is the winner of the 2019 Henry O. and Florence P. Kendall Practice Award. Known in the physical therapy field for her pioneering work in spinal cord injury rehabilitation…