Kyra Riste-Pater Bussanich ’00 has won "Cupcake Wars" four times and opened two Portland, Ore., bakeries—all with gluten-free recipes.

He’s one of the groundskeepers responsible for keeping our trees healthy and growing—and he takes that job personally.

“My favorite tree is the one I’m working on,” Lambert says. “Each tree is an individual, so there’s a relationship you form with it as you’re pruning.”

In honor of Puget Sound receiving a Tree Campus Higher Education designation from the Arbor Day Foundation, recognizing the university’s responsible stewardship of campus trees, we sought out an expert to help us get to know some of the evergreens and elms that greet Loggers every day. Enter Associate Professor of Biology (and resident Puget Sound tree expert) Carrie Woods, who set us straight on the role trees play on our campus and in the Pacific Northwest. Here are five things we learned:

Five questions with Sun Young Ahn, assistant professor of business

She’s been at home in San Jose with her parents, brother, cousin, two dogs, and pet chickens since University of Puget Sound classes went online in March. So, when the Matelich Scholar decided to start a new project she called Mask-ER-Aid, coordinating the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) for essential workers at a nearby hospital, it felt right that it was a family effort.

Colin Glaze ’22 investigates the effects of aluminum sulfate treatments on local lakes

With Marvel’s Iron Man VR, this Logger has transformed a comic book icon into the hero of a virtual reality game.

Carroll’s current research explores the central role that science fiction fan culture has played in the resurgence of white nationalism. Another of his projects examines what it means to be a geek and how those qualities are seen in modern society. As a visiting professor in Puget Sound’s English department, he asks students to approach his classes with the same openness and creativity found in his research.

Five questions with Ameera Nimjee, assistant professor of ethnomusicology

Now, as a clinical assistant professor in Puget Sound’s Master of Education in counseling program and a marathon runner, she coaches future counselors by building personal connections and encouraging self-reflection.