University campus is seen from above with Mount Rainier behind it.
Community, Faculty

Puget Sound Professor Receives $598,500 Grant to Boost College Education in Prisons

TACOMA, Wash. — The University of Puget Sound is pleased to announce that Tanya Erzen, associate…
Jones Hall sits behind a flower garden on campus.
Campus, Community, Faculty, Students

University of Puget Sound Awarded $1.3 Million from The Mellon Foundation

Tacoma, Wash. - The University of Puget Sound has been awarded $1.3 million from The Mellon…
Professor Stacey Weiss, associate chair of biology and William L. McCormick Professor of Natural Sciences.
Faculty

Professor Stacey Weiss of University of Puget Sound Receives Lynwood W. Swanson Scientific Research Award

Tacoma, Wash. — Professor Stacey Weiss, associate chair of biology and William L. McCormick…
Phoenix Stoker-Graham ’24 interviews community garden volunteers.
Faculty, Students

University of Puget Sound Student Studies the Social Impact of Community Gardens

If you wander through the city of Tacoma, you’ll likely come across a small garden tucked into the…
Professor of Biology Leslie Saucedo sits next to a microscope in her lab.
Faculty

Five Questions With University of Puget Sound Professor of Biology Leslie Saucedo

Professor of Biology Leslie Saucedo is on a mission to understand what causes unregulated cell…
Satellite map of the Cascadia Rivers
Community, Faculty

Flow Symposium Explores Intersections Between Art, Ecology, and Climate Change

Artists, professors, and students from various universities will gather at the University of Puget…
Alumni tour group in Greece.
Alumni, Faculty, Arches

Greece to the Heights

“Boarding a boat in Greece is like nothing you’ve ever experienced,” Professor Brett Rogers…
Professor of Computer Science David Chiu
Faculty, Arches

Wrangling Big Data

Professor of Computer Science David Chiu taught his first class at age 22, in grad school,…
Ellie Olpin ’24 and Reisha Foertsch ’25 collect seedling samples from nurse logs in the Hoh Rainforest in Washington’s Olympic National Park.
Campus, Faculty

University of Puget Sound Announces New Department of Environmental Studies & Sciences

University of Puget Sound announced today that it is creating a new academic department to house…
Tanya Erzen is smiling facing the camera in a purple blouse.
Faculty

Puget Sound Professor Tanya Erzen Awarded Prestigious NEH Public Scholars Grant

Tacoma, Wash. — Tanya Erzen, associate professor of religion, spirituality, and society and…
University of Puget Sound Provost Drew Kerkhoff.
Campus, Faculty

The Call of the West

When Drew Kerkhoff left Ohio, to follow his future wife to New Mexico, he had no plans of ever…
Professors Justin Tiehen and Ariela Tubert
Faculty

University of Puget Sound Professors Awarded Grant for Pioneering Exploration of Existential Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence

University of Puget Sound philosophy professors Ariela Tubert and Justin Tiehen have been…