Campus News

Culture & Sustainability in Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia; Abidin Kusno, York University; Oct. 6–7

TACOMA, Wash. – Disastrous flooding of a city can bring people together, as Americans watching the aftermath of hurricanes Irma, Harvey, and Maria—and the generous spirit of volunteers—well know. But…

A tribute to Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Thelonious Monk; 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22

TACOMA, Wash. – It was 1917 when the United States entered the Great War, but for jazz lovers that was only one momentous event in a thoroughly remarkable year. On April 25, 1917, Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born…

The Pulitzer Prize winner gives a public lecture in Tacoma; 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18

TACOMA, Wash. – N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, scholar, and radio and television commentator, will give a public lecture at University of Puget Sound.

The pioneering Native American writer and…

Two exceptional incoming students awarded four-year college scholarships

TACOMA, Wash. –A young conservationist who wrestled with conflicting ethical arguments before coming down on the side of those who want to preserve nature and an aspiring engineer with a taste for marimba music have been awarded…

The two incoming student leaders receive four-year college scholarships

TACOMA, Wash. – A soccer team captain who lost everything in a fire and then re-created her life by helping others, and a young city council campaign manager aiming for an international political career are the 2017 recipients of…

Exhibits and Public Talks; Aug. 28—Sept. 23

TACOMA, Wash. – Nationally recognized artist Clarissa Sligh is exhibiting her works in a show titled Am I Safe? and giving two public talks during a residency at University of Puget Sound this fall. Fumiko Kimura ’77, a Tacoma-based artist working in sumi…

Murdock Collaborative Research Alliance Goes Under the Microscope in Test of New Inter-campus Research Model

Moses Lee was thinking. Here he was, program director for research and science at the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, a man with an unbridled passion for science and a philanthropic pot of money…

Students will see a livestream of their robots in action8 a.m.–11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11, Museum of Flight, Tukwilla

TACOMA, Wash. – NASA astronaut Jack Fischer will be in the hot seat on the International Space Station on Friday, Aug. 11. He will be under the scrutiny of dozens of American and Russian…

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…