Students at the University of Puget Sound stayed busy this summer, working, traveling, conducting research, and exploring the great outdoors. During the first week of classes, we asked students how they spent their summer break and the range of answers was astounding. Among the Loggers we spoke to, several traveled internationally to places like Iceland, Mexico, and the U.K. Some took advantage of the university’s study abroad programs to see the world while others stayed on campus to work summer jobs or conduct research.

Five former University of Puget Sound athletes and coaches will be inducted into the Logger Athletics Hall of Fame during Homecoming & Family Weekend, Oct. 10–12, 2025. 

While working at Mural Arts Philadelphia, an organization based inside the former home and studio of acclaimed painter Thomas Eakins, interdisciplinary artist Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter unearthed a disturbing piece of the past online. Researching in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts' digital archive, she discovered photographs from 1882 of a young Black girl, nude and vulnerable, taken by Eakins in the very room where she stood.

University of Puget Sound will host a series of events next week to mark National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday, Sept. 16, and Constitution Day on Wednesday, Sept. 17.

The events, organized by Puget Sound’s Civic Engagement team and the Office of General Counsel and Risk Management, aim to foster civic participation and educate the campus community on the rights and responsibilities outlined in the U.S. Constitution.

Inside the University of Puget Sound’s Ann Wilson On-site Teaching Clinic, patients work side by side with doctoral students who are learning to master their knowledge and skills of the profession while offering care to the community. Here, movement is restored step by step — through careful manipulation on mat treatment tables and with the help of parallel bars and exercise machines. For many patients, the clinic is more than a teaching space; it is a lifeline.

The University of Puget Sound is one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduates, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company featured Puget Sound in the 2026 edition of its annual college guide, The Best 391 Colleges.

The photography of Doug Landreth ’73 may include all manner of flora and fauna, but he is more than a nature photographer. Whether photographing the blossom on an artichoke plant or a blurred image of a Mexican matador, he employs multiple digitally composited images, laced with textural overlays and backgrounds, to create visual statements that can be bold, foreboding, or sublime. 

Landreth’s love of photography started in high school, when he bought a camera with his savings and took it on a two-week trip to Europe with his twin brother, Duncan Landreth ’74. 

As a Fulbright scholar at Western Sydney University, Kyra Lee ’24 spends her days developing brain-inspired technologies that could one day reshape healthcare and robotics. 

At the university’s International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems, Lee is part of a research team designing neuromorphic systems — computing technologies modeled after the human brain. These bio-inspired tools could improve machine learning, enhance robotic responsiveness, and expand how artificial intelligence supports patient care. 

A high school friend working at a Spokane coffee shop in 1982 guided Jennifer Al-Abboud ’86 to the world of gelato. Now, the Logger and her husband, Fareed, use the dessert to make a living while fostering community connections. 

“It’s a happy product,” says Al-Abboud. “People come into our shop happy and leave happier. If they don’t come in happy, they leave happy.” 

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