Fall 2023 Susan Resneck Pierce Lecture - Ross Gay

On Monday, October 9, renowned poet and essayist Ross Gay will deliver the Fall 2023 Susan Resneck Pierce Lecture in Public Affairs and Arts and in partnership with the Race & Pedagogy Institute. Prof. Gay’s collections of poetry have garnered the PEN American Literary Jean Stein Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and his collected essays The Book of Delights was a New York Times bestseller. His newest collection, The Book of (More) Delights was released in September of 2023.

Art + Sci Salon: Theatre and Game Design

Game design offers a vast array of tools and approaches to use in structuring interactive performance. It also highlights the ways in which participatory experience might reframe the role of the viewer, transforming them from passive observers into active co-creators of the event.

Special Guest Lecture with Dr. Jörg Trempler, University of Passau

Fog has always been known primarily as a weather phenomenon. Surprisingly, however, it has only been depicted in western art and pictorial history since the late 18th century and is not a conventional pictorial motif such as the depiction of ruins. In this presentation, Dr. Trempler will show how fog is employed as a staging strategy to create mood and atmosphere.

Free and open to campus community.

Coffee/tea at 4:30 p.m.

Presentation and discussion begins at 5 p.m.

Washington State Supreme Court Campus Visit

The Washington State Supreme Court will visit the University of Puget Sound campus Sept. 13–14 for an immersive two days that see the justices attending classes, hosting a panel for students, and hearing oral arguments in two cases. The public is invited to witness live legal proceedings on Sept. 14 in Schneebeck Hall.

Thompson Hall Science and Math Seminar

Come hear what people in many different fields of science and math are researching.

Please join us for refreshments at 3:45 p.m. Presentations begin at 4 p.m.

Talk Title: Nuclei: picking up the pieces when they break down

Speaker: Amanda Gunn, Staff Scientist, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Thompson Hall Science and Math Seminar

Come hear what people in many different fields of science and math are researching.

Please join us for refreshments at 3:45 p.m. Presentations begin at 4 p.m.

Talk Title: Summer Research Opportunities

Speakers: Luc Boisvert, Chemistry, and Elize Hellam, Experiential Learning Programs and Support, University of Puget Sound

Thompson Hall Science and Math Seminar

Come hear what people in many different fields of science and math are researching.

Please join us for refreshments at 3:45 p.m. Presentations begin at 4 p.m.

Talk Title: Factors influencing Wildlife Use of Overpass Crossing Structures along a Major Canal

Speaker: Kaela Hamilton, Arizona State University