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On a recent late-winter evening at the North Tacoma home of Jill Nelson Jackson ’84 and Martin Jackson ’84, a tradition was being revived.

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Aerial view of the College of Puget Sound, 1954.

Alumni

Landmark Gift Creates an Endowment to Support the Legacies Project at University of Puget Sound

Since its founding in 1888, University of Puget Sound has played a pivotal role in the unfolding history of Tacoma and the Pacific Northwest. Today, the university announced…
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Campus

Dexter Gordon: This Is the Place

By the time that canoe transformed to fiberglass in the 1960s, Dexter and his 13 siblings were living under the command of his oldest sister, while his politically…
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Campus

Bird Nerd

Rare in Western Washington, this larger cousin to the more common cedar waxwing experienced an "irruption" last year, which, Will explains, is when a species expands into…
Artist book from Changing the Conversation exhibition

Campus

Changing the Conversation

Is a book a book if it has no words? Must a book’s content be constrained within its cover? While the vast…
President Ronald R. Thomas

Alumni

University of Puget Sound Mourns the Passing of President Emeritus Ronald R. Thomas

TACOMA, Wash. – University of Puget Sound mourns the passing of President Emeritus Ronald R. Thomas, who died at the home he shared with his wife, Mary, on Vashon Island,…
Image taken over campus with buildings below, trees stretched out to the horizon, and Mount Rainier in the distance.

Campus

Experience a Puget Sound Summer

From Ancient Myth to Jazz History, Puget Sound provides a wide selection of Summer Term courses available in two sessions between May and July. Enrolled students have the…
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Campus

McCarver Day

Under the microscope in neuroscience professor Siddharth Ramakrishnan’s lab, the tiny heart of a Japanese rice fish embryo was beating. And the group of fifth-grade visitors…
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Campus

Gym Closed?

“One of the benefits of quarantine—if there are any benefits—is that people realize they don’t have to necessarily go to a gym to work out,” says Puget Sound Strength and…
Washington State Supreme Court panel discussion in Schneebeck Hall, 2013.

Campus

Washington State Supreme Court to Visit University of Puget Sound

The Washington State Supreme Court will visit the University of Puget Sound Sept. 13–14 for an immersive two days with justices attending classes, hosting a panel, and…
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Alumni

University of Puget Sound Names Abbie Lacsina as Associate Vice President for Constituent Relations

TACOMA, Wash. — University of Puget Sound will welcome Abbie Lacsina as associate vice president for constituent relations, effective May 2024. Working closely with Victor…