Join us in celebrating the new permanent exhibit in Collins Memorial Library's East Reading Room, Points on the Way: Vistas from the Hill Family Road Trip, an Abby Williams Hill project. Refreshments, remarks, and a Q&A will be offered. The exhibit features nine stunning landscape paintings, archival item facsimiles, and accompanying graphics and text.

Date/Time/Location: Thursday September 24 @ 4 p.m., Murray Boardroom (Wheelock 106/108)

SOAN Culture & Society 2026-27 Discussion Series

Ethnic Branding in Contemporary China: Buyi and the Paradox of Difference

A book talk by Prof. Yu Luo, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Suzanne Wilson Barnett Chair in Contemporary China Studies, followed by Q&A

Join CHWS and the Tacoma Needle Exchange as we learn how to use fentanyl test strips. We will be meeting in the Murray Boardroom and no sign ups are required. 

Rana M. Jaleel is an Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies at University of California, Davis. She holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from New York University, a JD from the Yale Law School, and an MFA in Poetry from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. From 2013-2015, Dr. Jaleel was the Center for Reproductive Rights Fellow at Columbia Law School. 

Join us for We Ascend Together, an immersive evening celebrating Puget Sound’s future and the people who shape it. Step inside the Tennis Pavilion for an evening of stories, performances, and experiences that bring our shared vision to life. Discover the people, ideas, and generosity moving Puget Sound forward, and celebrate what we can accomplish when we rise together.

Business casual attire encouraged.

Learn more about the campaign at Greater, We Ascend.

Join the entire Puget Sound community to celebrate Homecoming & Family Weekend October 23–25, 2026, and the launch of the Greater, We Ascend campaign!

Presented by Environmental Studies and Sciences and sponsored by the Catharine Gould Chism Fund for the Humanities, join us for a special screening with the filmmaker:

Return of the River
feature documentary, 2014

Return of the River explores an unlikely victory for environmental justice and restoration, following a group of committed tribal members and activists who attempt the impossible: to change the public opinion of a town and eventually the nation to bring two dams down. 

Enjoy the Library at Noon concert series featuring performances by School of Music students and faculty members. Join us on select Mondays at noon in Collins Memorial Library on the main floor in the West Wing. Free and open to the public. You are welcome to bring a bag lunch.

Program for Monday, Oct. 5:

12:00 p.m. 
Teresa Carreño: Le sommeil de l'enfant, Op.35 
Ashley Purcell '29, piano 

Stop the Bleed training is a free course that teaches bystanders to save lives by controlling severe, life-threatening bleeding using techniques like direct pressure, wound packing, and tourniquet application. Initiated by the American College of Surgeons, it aims to empower the public to act in emergencies.

The Daedalus Lecture Series carves out a space for academic discussion, offering both a platform for sharing innovative work and the opportunity to come together as a diverse scholarly community. Rather than a teaching lecture, the presentations are conceived as a way to converse with and learn from one another in ways that enrich our community and broaden our interdisciplinary knowledge. Daedalus Lectures are intended to facilitate the sharing of research among colleagues.