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Valeria Ochoa

Five Questions With University of Puget Sound Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Valeria Ochoa

Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies and Latinx Studies Valeria Ochoa joined the faculty of…

Austin Glock and Visiting Asst. Prof. Tanaka look up past the telescope into the starry sky outside the observatory dome.

University of Puget Sound Student Searches for Planets Around Distant Stars

It’s a cold, clear night in the pitch-black dome of the observatory at University of Puget Sound.…

A student in a white shirt and swim trunks sits next to a translucent tub of water and breathes into a tube to measure his oxygen levels.

University of Puget Sound Students Take a Plunge for Science

Chris Nicol ’24 was freediving for lobsters off the coast of San Diego, Calif., when he realized…

Najhan Bell

Campus, Students

Five Questions With University of Puget Sound Student Success Advisor Najhan Bell

The first year of college is hard. It’s even harder when you’re the only person from your family—…

Lillis Scholars Dominique Langevin ’26 and Nora Panoscha ’26

Lillis Scholarships Awarded to Outstanding Portland and San Diego Students

Tacoma, Wash. – Incoming first-year students Nora Panoscha of Portland, Ore., and Dominique…

Matelich Scholars Alex Bude ’26 and Mecer Stauch ’26

Matelich Scholarships Awarded to Outstanding Boulder and Boise Students

TACOMA, Wash. – Incoming first-year students Mercer Stauch of Niwot, Colo., and Alex Bude of Boise…

Amanda Dougherty ’24

Community, Students

Birds, Climate, and Redlining Intersect in University of Puget Sound Student’s Research

It’s 6 a.m. in Tacoma’s North End neighborhood, and everything is quiet except for the whistling of…

CJ Bixby ’86. NASA photo

Truly a Rocket Scientist

Cynthia Bixby ’86 is now chief…

Molly Pugh MAT'03

Faculty, Arches

Instructor, Coach, Mentor

After a decade as a high school English teacher, Molly Pugh MAT’03 joined University of Puget Sound…

Isiaah Crawford

A Sense of Belonging

Q: A theme I hear a lot around here is…

Bella Rodriguez ’24

University of Puget Sound student uncovers the history of Cuban refugees in the Pacific Northwest

Growing up in Portland, Ore., Bella Rodriguez ’24 was struck by the absence of Latino stories in…

Chloe Pargmann-Hayes ’24

Community, Students

University of Puget Sound student advocates for Black voices

In early August, with the summer sun high overhead downtown Tacoma, Chloe Pargmann-Hayes ’24…