Jennifer Ruth is a Professor in the School of Film at Portland State University. She is the author, with Michael Bérubé, of The Humanities, Higher Education, and Academic Freedom: Three Necessary Arguments and It’s Not Free Speech: Race, Democracy, and the Future of Academic Freedom. She is an editor, with Ellen Schrecker and Valerie Johnson, of The Right to Learn: Resisting the Right-Wing Attack on Academic Freedom, which won the AAC&U Best Book Prize (2025). With Jan Haaken, she directed the film The Palestine Exception: What’s at Stake in the Campus Protests?
Art Science Salon: Victoria Vesna
Join us November 11, 530-730pm for a conversation with Art Sci Pioneer Victoria Vesna, Professor of Design Media Arts, UCLA. She will talk about some of her latest projects including Atomic Gold Standard, Sunflower Plasma and Art Sci Now.
An Evening with Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown: Protecting the Freedom to Learn
As Washington's 19th Attorney General, a proud product of public schools, an Army veteran, and the former U.S. Attorney for Western Washington, Brown offers a deeply rooted and lived perspective on the protection of constitutional rights, the rule of law, and the defense of public institutions.
An Interfaith Conversation: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Responses to Christian Nationalism
The University Chaplaincy invites campus and community members to join in conversation with Imam Jamal Rahman, Rev. Dave Brown, and Dr. Leah Cassorla in this student-facilitated panel exploring the impact of the public emergence of Christian Nationalism over the past decade on Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faith communities.
Dual Degree Engineering Information session from Washington University in St. Louis
Please join the Physics Department to hear from special guest, Kate Whitaker, Dual Degree Advisor and Program Coordinator from the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. Kate will be providing information on the dual degree engineering program and answering questions from students. Pizza and drinks will be provided.
AI in Diplomatic Tradecraft Instruction
"AI in Diplomatic Tradecraft Instruction"
By Fran Leskovar '20
Organized by the AI and Human Values Program, co-sponsored by the Politics & Government Department
Thompson Hall Science and Math Seminar
Please join us for the Thompson Hall Science and Math Seminar on October 16th, located in Thompson Hall 193 at 12:00. We are privileged to hear from Glenna Clifton, Associate Professor of Biology from the University of Portland. All seminars are free and open to the public, and pizza and drinks will be provided.