On the rooftop of Thompson Hall, Adam Schmidt ’23 emerges in a white jumpsuit, a wide-brimmed hat with a mesh face veil, and thick protective gloves. Carefully, he approaches the hive, a 5-foot-tall stack of wooden boxes located behind a greenhouse near the roof’s edge. Schmidt, a molecular and cellular biology major, isn’t interested in these bees for their honey—he wants to study their brains in an attempt to understand the progression of neurodegenerative diseases in humans.
Tacoma, Wash. – University of Puget Sound will launch a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) program as part of its ongoing commitment to preparing graduates for leadership in a rapidly changing world. A search for a director for the new program will be conducted this summer, in anticipation of enrolling the first class as early as fall 2021.
Tacoma, Wash. – University of Puget Sound’s School of Music has named Tracy Doyle as its new director. Advocacy, equity, and community engagement are at the heart of her work as a musician, educator, and leader, and her artistry and innovative thinking will enhance the School of Music’s commitment to guiding students toward outstanding achievements in performance, scholarship, and teaching. Doyle will begin her tenure on July 1.
Tacoma, Wash. – University of Puget Sound Provost Laura Behling, Ph.D., has been appointed to the inter-institutional peer-mentoring network for the ASCEND Project, a $1 million grant-funded National Science Foundation (NSF) initiative to support the advancement of mid-career STEM women faculty members across colleges and universities.
Tacoma, Wash. – In June, the Archives and Special Collections in the University of Puget Sound’s Collins Memorial Library were awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant to support the creation of primary resource digital toolkits for use in university classes and research. The grant is part of $40.3 million in new funding from the CARES Act supporting essential operations at cultural institutions across the country.
McMaster’s 34 years of service in the U.S. Army include multiple tours of duty and 13 months as a national security advisor in the Trump White House. His talk will draw from his best-selling book Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam and his soon-to-be-released book Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World.
Critically acclaimed novelist Colson Whitehead will deliver the Susan Resneck Pierce Lecture in Public Affairs and the Arts on Monday, Oct. 26, at 5 p.m. in a virtual event that is free and open to the public. The event includes an introduction from University of Puget Sound President Isiaah Crawford, remarks by the author, and an interview of Whitehead with Puget Sound’s Professor of Sociology and Anthropology Monica DeHart and Professor of English Priti Joshi.
Tacoma, Wash. – University of Puget Sound chemistry professor Dan Burgard was honored at this year’s College Science Research Program Conference in Portland, Ore., for his groundbreaking work in the study of community wastewater to track drug usage. The M.J.
Founded by a group of new presidents and presidents of color serving at some of the nation’s leading liberal arts colleges, the Liberal Arts College Racial Equity Leadership Alliance (LACRELA) will provide professional development for faculty and staff members on issues of racial justice and equity. To date, 63 institutions have signed on as inaugural members, working with the University of Southern California’s Race and Equity Center.
Tacoma, Wash. – Today, the University of Puget Sound announced its “Remake the World” initiative which celebrates the class of 2025 by empowering admitted students to engage with local nonprofit organizations. Each incoming student will choose one of five community programs to receive a small donation made by the university in their honor, with a total of $25,000 being donated across select local organizations in Pierce County focused on issues of climate, hunger, sexual abuse, equity, social justice and more.