The Swope Endowed Lecture supports speakers, artists, and lecturers to visit Puget Sound to deepen our engagement with issues related to faith, ethics, values, and religion in society.  For Fall 2025, we are excited to welcome Dr. Vanessa Gomez Brake, the Senior Associate Dean for Religious and Spiritual Life at the University of Southern California. Dr. Gomez Brake's keynote address is titled "At the Intersections of Faith, Identity, and Power: Disrupting Christian Hegemony in Higher Education."   The lecture is free and open to the public, but tickets are required.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) romantic companions are increasingly used today, with a recent poll estimating that almost one third of Americans have had a romantic relationship with an AI model. “I’d divorce and leave my husband for ChatGPT, if he could be put in a physical body,” exclaimed a recent Reddit post that gathered attention. And yet, despite this, and despite their apparently impressive intelligence in various domains, none of the leading AI models of today are conscious, according to our best theories of consciousness.

If you love music composed by Antonio Vivaldi, we hope you can join us for this concert featuring student violinists from the university's Community Music Department who will perform as soloists accompanied by their peers.

This energetic program will take place in Schneebeck Concert Hall at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 30, 2025.  

Admission is free. No tickets required.     

Come listen to a concert presented by University Puget Sound's Community Music department after a week long brass camp that brought student musicians together with college faculty instructors.

KUPSfest is a Concert put on by the University of Puget Sound Student-Run Radio station KUPS 90.1 FM The Sound! Come join us for a night of local and student bands playing at the beautiful Spanish ballroom, McMenamins!!

Join the Public Health Student Association for a campus wide 5K! This is a great opportunity to get outside, socialize, and de-stress during finals. The 5K course is 2.5 loops on campus, and participants can walk/run/roll through the full course or just do part! Snacks and water will be provided, and along the course, read signage to learn more about careers in public health! Start time is between 10am - 11am and all participants should plan to finish by 1pm. Friendly, leashed, and well-socialized dogs are welcome to participate as well!

Join us for this annual event which offers current Occupational Therapy graduate students an opportunity to present evidence projects and doctoral capstone projects to other students, faculty, campus and community members. 

Students will be showcasing a lot for this weekend...choose from the annual LU`AU on Saturday night in the Fieldhouse, a fabulous CAR SHOW Saturday morning, RDG or Campus Film The Brutalist on both Friday and Saturday nights, and close out the weekend with comedy by America's Got Talent Finalist AHREN BELISLE. 

Join Sustainability Services and PSO on Saturday, April 26th from 9 AM to 11 AM (we will meet on campus at 8:15 AM and return around noon) for a trash pickup in Tacoma (location TBD) with Oscar’s Enemies, a Tacoma-based volunteer litter pick-up group!

Members of the public are invited to come hear a music concert featuring solo selections performed by children, teens, and adult student musicians from the University of Puget Sound's Community Music Department.  You will hear a variety of classi