Preparing for a new baby during COVID-19 was not what Jamilia Sherls-Jones ’05 had hoped for. She wanted to touch the soft cotton of newborn onesies, turn over car seats to choose just the right one, judge—in person—which stroller, crib, and changing table were best. Instead, she was forced to do most of her baby shopping online. Many of her prenatal appointments went online, too. 

Of all the specimens in Slater Museum of Natural History in Thompson Hall—birds, bird eggs, plants, skulls, skeletons—perhaps none is as strikingly colorful as the butterfly collection. We share a few of our favorites. 

A new book by self-described "illust-writer" Hallie Bateman ’11 offers fun guidance for a mindful life.

The coronavirus forced the cancellation of 2020–21 study abroad programs—including the long-running Dijon program that, for many French majors, satisfies a graduation requirement. So the program leaders had to get creative.

When most people think of a music composer, Tracy Doyle knows they usually think of a European white male. But she also understands how limiting that presumption can be. So, since starting as director of the School of Music last July, she has helped expand the school’s efforts to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion. “Historically speaking, it’s been hard for people to step away from the European art-music canon,” says Doyle, 51, an accomplished flutist who came to her position from Adams State University in Colorado.

The pandemic provides multiple teaching moments for students looking at the nation’s food supply.

Matthew Boyce, Puget Sound’s new vice president for enrollment, has seen the admissions process from all sides, including time as a high school counselor with a nonprofit offering SAT prep to low-income students, and in the admissions and enrollment offices at George Mason University. We asked him about the admissions process.

As CEO of Oklahoma-based Sway Medical, Chase Curtiss ’06 is using new technology and his experience as an athlete to help others use their smartphones to assess neurological conditions and injuries.

If there’s anyone whose career demonstrates the value of the liberal arts, it’s Tony Gómez ’93. Today, he’s associate director of education at Tacoma Arts Live, but his career also has included being a K-12 teacher, arts administrator, percussionist, and PBS education producer.