Campus News

The public will join actors in exploring women’s stories: 7 p.m. Friday, June 23, and Saturday, June 24; Warner Gym

TACOMA, Wash. – In the near future, war has left us isolated in a rogue state where lawlessness reigns. Systems of morality are absent, and people have ceased to be outraged. One casualty…

The juniors, seniors, and graduates are funded for international travel, research, and teaching abroad

TACOMA, Wash. – Eighteen students and recent alumni of University of Puget Sound have won prestigious national scholarships and will teach or conduct research in countries including Morocco, France…

Free exhibit of art books on Pacific Northwest themes; June 1–July 28; Collins Memorial Library

TACOMA, Wash. — What images and ideas occur to you when you hear the words “Pacific Northwest?” Puget Sound Book Artists (PSBA) came up with a few: trees, ferns, slugs, smog, eagles, clams, blackberries,…

Puget Sound Energy and Independent Colleges of Washington back an energy efficiency project that uses “citizen science”

TACOMA, Wash. – This is the year for something different in a decade-long research partnership between Puget Sound Energy (PSE) and the state’s college students.

 Each year the electric…

Donation made by Ken and Rochelle Monner of Tacoma; Books will be a teaching tool and public resource

TACOMA, Wash. – A collection of works by Shereen LaPlantz, internationally recognized artist, author, and teacher who helped bring handmade artists’ books to the attention of the public, is being donated…

Carson Lyness ’16 and Angelica Spearwoman ’17 are among 40 scholars chosen for the $30,000 fellowship

TACOMA, Wash. – Carson Lyness ’16 and Angelica Spearwoman ’17 have been named national Watson Fellows, earning them a year of world travel to seek answers to ambitious “big questions” they have posed…

“A good reason to read Home Team is the chance to get to know  Horace Stoneham the way I did”—Willie Mays

TACOMA, Wash. – In October 1954 Willie Mays, in full flight, made an over-the-shoulder catch for the New York Giants that brought the screaming crowd at the World Series game in Upper Manhattan…

How giving schoolchildren more freedom in their writing helped them learn and enjoy the written word

TACOMA, Wash. – What happens when 9-year-old kids in a classroom are encouraged to treat writing as “play and exploration,” rather than as “work”?

Does learning fall by the wayside? Do the students…

Puget Sound Symphony, the Adelphians, Dorian Singers, and Chorale; Tanya Stambuk and Taylor Gonzales ’17 on piano; Free concert: 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 28

TACOMA, Wash. –   Families of the military, those who have been to war, and members of the public who struggle to imagine the full extent of war…

Opening reception is 5–7 p.m. Wednesday, April 26

TACOMA, Wash. – University of Puget Sound’s 2017 Senior Art Show opens Wednesday, April 26, at 5 p.m. An opening reception will be held that night, 5–7 p.m., at Kittredge Gallery and everyone is welcome. This free exhibition is the highlight of the year…

The team placed among the Top 11 worldwide;  More than 1,500 student teams competed to create the best math models

TACOMA, Wash. – How’s this for some arithmetic? In January there were 1,527 student teams across the globe—from Beijing to New York to Oxford—vying to solve a vexing problem about self-driving…

Survey using federal data finds the national liberal arts college is #1 in the state for graduates in employment

TACOMA, Wash. – University of Puget Sound is the best college in Washington state for getting a job after graduation, according to a new ranking based on U.S. Department of Education data…

Music by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Tower; 2 p.m. Sunday, April 23

TACOMA, Wash. – Chamber music that is at times otherworldly, at times tragic, and at times deliciously liberating will be performed by the Puget Sound Piano Trio in their first Jacobsen Concert of the year.

The program of works by Ludwig…

Everyone is invited to the dinner and show; Saturday, April 8, from 5 p.m. on

TACOMA, Wash. – Pierce County residents are invited to join the parents, grandparents, and brothers and sisters of University of Puget Sound students for a colorful evening of Polynesian music, dance, and food on Saturday…

Plus Honorands: Fred D. Gray, attorney and civil rights leader; Georgiana Kautz, Nisqually Tribe natural resources manager; Sunday, May 14, 2–4:30 p.m.

TACOMA, Wash. – Timothy Egan, a Pulitzer-prize winning writer about American life and distinguished commentator on major issues of the day, will be…