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The Puget Sound Grantwriters Association (PSGA) is offering its ninth annual South Sound Founders Forum on Friday, Dec. 6, at University of Puget Sound in Tacoma. This information-sharing event gives local nonprofits the chance to meet and network with grant-making organizations from across the region…

TACOMA, Wash. – Seth Ack of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Samantha Webb of Lafayette, Colo., have been named University of Puget Sound Lillis Scholars. The university’s most prestigious and competitive award honoring incoming students for their academic excellence, the Lillis Scholarship covers tuition,…

TACOMA, Wash. – Capriana Jiang of San Jose, Calif., and Hong Ta of Tukwila, Wash., are the University of Puget Sound’s two newest Matelich Scholars. The pair were awarded the prestigious scholarship in recognition of their outstanding potential to excel academically and to succeed as inspirational leaders…

University of Puget Sound recently announced a new Dean’s Scholarship assurance pledge that will ensure that students admitted for first-year admission with an unweighted grade point average (GPA) of 3.6 or above will, at minimum, earn a Dean's Scholarship, valued at $23,000 per year.

“We realize that…

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.”

“Judge Rakoff has influenced…

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…