Jolie LiBert ’20 was overwhelmed. Home in Flushing, N.Y., for spring break, the Puget Sound senior had moved from one coronavirus epicenter to another. It was mid-March, and virus cases in both Washington and New York were trending sharply upward every day. “I told my mom, ‘I wonder how I can proactively think about this without reading bleak statistics,’” LiBert recalls.

Rachael Shelden ‘12, M.A.T.’13 describes her Puget Sound
journey, from participating in the Honors Program, to
completing her graduate studies in the School of Education,
to working in the Center for Writing, Learning, and Teaching.

Kyra does a deep dive into European history as she describes her summer research project on 16th-century clothing and portraits.

Joe Ewers ’21 looks to cow eyes to answer questions about the causes of neurological diseases

If you're walking around the third floor of Weyerhaeuser Hall and hear the mellow tones of Bon Iver, Neko Case, or The Smiths, don't worry, it's just Caleb Van Boven ’19, prepping tissue specimens for his summer research project.

Summer Research Gives Biology Students a Close-up View of the Field