Puget Sound News

Fulbrights for Puget Sound

Three Puget Sound Seniors Earn Fulbright Scholarships for Teaching, Travel, or Research Abroad. Two additional seniors named alternates to receive the prestigious award.

Hamilton Announces Retirement from Coaching

Robin Hamilton, the winningest coach in Puget Sound history, announces her retirement from coaching.

First Lillis Scholars Announced

The first recipients of the Lillis Scholarship were recently announced and two were selected from more than 5,000 applicants. This new scholarship program covers tuition, room, and board while attending Puget Sound.

Puget Sound Business Breakfast 2008

2008 Puget Sound Business Breakfast featuring Jim Haven and Matt Peterson; creative directors and co-founders of Creature, the acclaimed advertising agency.

Politics and Government faculty pens book on American environmental policy

In his new book titled, American Environmental Policy from 1990-2006, Politics and Government professor David Sousa recalls the heady days of environmental policy, including the passage of the Endangered Species Act in 1973.

First Green Tacoma Award

Assistant professor of Environmental Studies Dan Sherman is the recipient of the first Green Tacoma Partnership recognition Award.

Activities abound to celebrate Earth Day

Activities abound to celebrate Earth Day.

Graduating Senior Art Exhibit at Kittredge

Graduating studio art majors exhibit their work at Kittredge Gallery from April 23-May 18, 2008.

Gifford Pinchot III to Deliver 116th Commencement Address

Gifford Pinchot III to deliver commencement address on Sunday, May 18. Dr. Gordon Klatt, founder of Relay for Life, and best-selling author Irshad Manji will also receive honorary degrees.

Puget Sound Student Wins Northwest Conference Heptathalon

Puget Sound sophomore Caitlin McGrane won the heptathlon at the NWC Multi-Event Championships in Newberg, Ore.

Puget Sound Student Earns Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for Science

Puget Sound Student Earns Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for Science.

Nationally syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. visits UPS

Nationally-syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr. visits the University of Puget Sound to discuss, "America's Second Black President: Race, Politics, and the Drama of Obama" on Thursday, April 10.

UPS Professor Named Tacoma's First Poet Laureate

Professor William Kupinse named Tacoma's first Poet Laureate at the Soul of the City Poetry Competition awards.

Live Simulcasts of the Dalai Lama's presentations in Seattle available on campus

Live simulcasts of the Dalai Lama's Seattle presentations on campus on April 12 and 14.

Festival turns books into morsels for the mind

Collins Memorial Library hosts the Second Annual Edible Book Festival on Tuesday, April 1.

Two Seniors Awarded Prestigious Watson Fellowships

Two Puget Sound seniors have been awarded the prestigious Watson Fellowships. Each will receives $25,000 for travel and study abroad.

Holocaust Survivor to Lecture at Puget Sound

Life Lessons of a Holocaust Survivor. An informal talk by lecturer, author, and poet Itka Zygmuntowicz on Thursday, April 24. 5 p.m. in Kilworth.

U.S. Ambassador Darryl Johnson on Diplomacy

Darryl Johnson, a Puget Sound alumnus, former U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania, Thailand and the Philippines, and director of the American Institute of Taiwan, will discuss Diplomacy: Our First Line of Engagement at the IPE Brown Bag Lunch program on March 26.

Invisible and Unwelcomed People

Invisible and Unwelcomed People, featuring on-site watercolor sketches by artist Zhi Lin at Kittredge Gallery March 24-April 18.

Brittany Hodgson Named Track Athlete of the Year

University of Puget Sound senior distance runner Brittany Hodgson was named the Division III West Region women's indoor track athlete of the year.

Ward Davenny Exhibits Photography and Works on Paper

Ward Davenny's Big Weather, an exhibit of photography and other works on paper at Kittredge Gallery March 24 - April 18.

Author Inga Muscio will speak at the Take Back the Night

Author Inga Muscio will speak at the Take Back the Night Event on March 27.

2008 Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest comes to Puget Sound

Annual meeting of the Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest held at Puget Sound on March 28-29.

Jazz Musician Delfeayo Marsalis to join University Jazz Band for concert

Jazz musician Delfeayo Marsalis to join University Jazz Band for concert on Wednesday, March 12, 7:30 p.m., Schneebeck Concert Hall.

See the vernal equinox at Harned Hall

See the vernal equinox at Harned Hall on Thursday, March 20, 11:55 a.m., at the analemma.

Annual Flea Market Returns to Memorial Fieldhouse

The annual Women's League Flea Market returns to the Memorial Fieldhouse on March 22.

Gross awarded NCAA post-graduate scholarship

Senior volleyball player Rachel Gross was awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship this week.

Slam poet Taylor Mali to perform on campus

Slam poet Taylor Mali to perform Saturday, March 1, 11 a.m. in Schneebeck Concert hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Baritone Christopher McKim Sings Songs of Travel

Baritone Christopher McKim sings songs of travel in The Road Goes Ever On in March 28 concert.

Bill Kupinse's Poetry Appears in International Sea Stories Journal This WInter

Puget Sound professor and poet Bill Kupinse appears in the International Sea Stories journal this winter.

Free Bus Passes Offered by Transportation Task Force

Transportation Task Force giving away 60 free bus passes to promote alternative commuting.

Fundraising for Thompson Hall Now Complete

University successfully meets $600,000 challenge grant. Fundraising for Thompson Hall now complete.

Can well-behaved women make history?

Harvard professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, who coined the phrase, "Well-behaved women rarely make history" will deliver a lecture on Feb. 25

Tanya Stambuck to appear with Tacoma Symphony Orchestra

Pianist and professor of Music Tanya Stambuk will perform Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 with the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, Feb. 23.

David Smith to deliver Mortar Board Lecture

History professor David Smith will deliver the Mortar Board Honor Society Last Lecture, "The Historian Tries to Rid Himself of Bad History" on Feb. 13.

Virtuoso Series Guest Artist to Perform

Pianist Tanya Bannister will perform a guest artist recital Wednesday, Feb. 20 in Schneebeck Concert Hall.

Campus Advisory: Memorial Fieldhouse Event Parking

Campus Advisory: Parking information for Memorial Fieldhouse on Feb. 8.

Town Hall Meeting on Health Care with Senator Hillary Clinton at UPS

Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) is holding a town hall meeting on health care issues at Puget Sound's Memorial Fieldhouse on Friday, Feb. 8.

Scholar and Activist Angela Davis to Speak at Puget Sound

Scholar and activist Angela Davis to speak on campus Friday, Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m., Schneebeck Concert Hall.

Kinsey Sicks Perform at Puget Sound

The Kinsey Sicks will bring their award-winning a cappella singing, sharp satire and over-the-top drag to University of Puget Sound on Feb. 7.

Piano Monster Concert

What has 160 fingers and weighs more than four tons? Why, a Piano Monster Concert featuring Puget Sound faculty and students of course!

Logger Athletics Think Pink

Puget Sound's men's and women's basketball teams will join together this Saturday in an effort to raise Breast Cancer Awareness through the "Think Pink" campaign as well as celebrate Girls and Women in Sports Day.

Comedy explodes in series of one-act plays by David Ives

University of Puget Sound spring production begins Feb. 29

Jack Roundy Named Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate

Jack Roundy named 2008 Outstanding First Year Student Advocate.

Hollis and Eric Dillon Pledge $1 million to Center for Health Sciences

Holly '84 and Eric Dillon pledge $1 million toward Puget Sound's new Center for Health Sciences

University receives recognition for environmental education from Citizens for a Healthy Bay

Citizens for a Healthy Bay presented the university with an award for Excellence in Environmental Education, citing the university's dedication in providing excellent environmental education programs for the next generation.

Internationally acclaimed choreographer and dancer Twyla Tharp lecture

Tharp will deliver the 2008 Susan Resneck Pierce Lecture in Public Affairs and the Arts on Monday, Feb. 4, at 8 p.m., in Schneebeck Concert Hall.

Puget Sound Is A Top-Producing Peace Corps Volunteer School

Puget Sound is again one of the nation's top colleges and universities for Peace Corps volunteers.

Mellon Foundation awards $525,000 to fund new International Environmental Studies faculty position

University of Puget Sound received a grant of $525,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to create a faculty appointment in international environmental policy and decision-making.

Abby Williams Hill: Painter of the American West

Collected works of Abby Williams Hill, western pioneer and landscape artist, will be exhibited at Kittredge Art Gallery at University of Puget Sound Jan. 22-March 12, 2008