Community, Students

It seems unlikely that completing an internship at a children’s museum and science center in Albuquerque, N.M., would lead to a job communicating important public health information with the residents of Tacoma, Wash., but that’s exactly the path Altynai Watson ’21 has taken.

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Second Chances

In Washington state, there are more than 11,000 youth under the age of 18 incarcerated in juvenile jails and detention centers. Henry Loran ’21 is working to make sure those…

Community

That's a Wrap

It's a philosophy that's all about stepping up, and when it comes to giving back to the community, Logger student-athletes step up in a big way. Each year the Student…
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Salmon Stories

Perched on a log above the Mashel River a few miles from the Puget Sound campus, Daniel Sherman explains the complex and often harrowing plight of perhaps the most iconic…
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Community

Fully Immersed

Many Tacoma residents may not be aware that one of the country’s largest immigration detention centers is in their city. Evan Eurs ’18 certainly wasn’t before he…
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Community

Eco Warriors

That’s according to In These Times magazine, which published an August 2015 article that connected climate change-induced fear to pre-traumatic stress disorder in…
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Community

Baseline for Beaches

Addie Tinkham ’22 spent last summer taking a closer look at local beaches. She was one of the students who participated in summer research at Puget Sound in 2020. Working…

Community

Take Five

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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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Community

The Beta Coders

The central dilemmas of a generation might be understood by the assignments a good teacher gives her students. How can we tell if a website is reliable? is the topic in…