Push Navigation Toggle Mobile Search Form Toggle Push Menu Toggle Breadcrumb Home About Puget Sound Recent Media Highlights RECENT MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS SECTION University of Puget Sound is frequently featured in media close to home and around the globe. Here is a small sample of recent articles about our students, faculty, staff, and alumni. The News Tribune 10.13.21 Pell Grants make college attainable for millions of Americans KING 5 News 06.24.21 Mindful Headlines: Is Washington’s COVID-19 vaccine lottery a ’Shot of a Lifetime’ or just hype? Prof. Garrett Milam is interviewed Northwest Public Broadcasting 06.18.21 Passing The Baton: Puget Sound Professor Of Violin Dr. Maria Sampen Chicago Tribune 4.29.21 Ravinia Festival has a new leader and a bold plan Seattle Times 4.25.21 Historical looks at previous pandemic and fatal police shootings show similar inequities (cover, Pacific Magazine) Tacoma News Tribune 4.16.21 Bring back in-person graduations New York Times 2.22.21 Entering Uncharted Territory, the U.S. Counts 500,000 Covid-related Deaths Higher Ed Dive 2.19.21 One College Is Donating to Charity in Admitted Students’ Honor SwimSwam 2.13.21 Calvin Wertz on How to Make Your Passion Into a Job Wash. Post 2.11.21 For This College Football Team, the Season Starts in February Radio Survivor 1.26.21 Princeton Review Best College Radio Stations KING 5 (NBC) 1.13.21 Loggers and Lutes Excited to Be Back on the Gridiron SF Chronicle 1.10.21 Mississippi Award Honors Book on Jackson State Shooting Univ. Business 12.3.20 University President Looks Forward to the Near Future KITV (ABC) 11.8.20 Ki’ilani Arruda ’24 Crowned Miss Teen USA Massive Science 9.14.20 How Safe is the DNA in your Poop from Unwanted Snooping News Tribune 8.25.20 Shelton Optimistic Heading Into Year Three News Tribune 7.30.20 Puget Sound Announces Remote Learning, Tuition Reduction The Lily.com 7.24.20 Lululemon’s ’Namastay Put’ Underwear is Gone After an Activist Called the Brand Out for Appropriation alumnus Nani Vishwanath ’09 quoted News Tribune 7.17.20 We Have a Once-in-6,800-Years Opportunity to See a Comet in the Washington Skies Prof. Bernie Bates quoted Inside Higher Ed 7.15.20 Unlocking the Potential of Prison Education authored by Prof. Tanya Erzen NPR Morning Edition 7.6.20 Want to Create a Better Face Mask? It’s Harder Than it Seams Alumnus Billy Smith ’07 featured History News Network 6.28.20 In the "Bramble" of Central Park, a Showdown Over Nature and Race authored by Prof. Doug Sackman NPR All Things Considered 6.26.20 Someone Finally Remembered William Dawson’s ’Negro Folk Symphony’ Prof. Gwynne Kuhner Brown ’95 featured Grammy.com 6.21.20 Rising R&B Phenom Blakk Soul Means Business Alumnus Eric Mercer Jr. ’10 featured The New York Times 6.21.20 Black Gallerists Press Forward Despite a Market that Holds Them Back Alumna Karen Jenkins Johnson ’82 quoted The Chronicle of Higher Education 6.18.20 Teaching: Talking With Students About Racism Prof. Dexter Gordon quoted Contexts Summer 2020 Masculinity Restored? Putin’s Russia and Trump’s America co-authored by Prof. Jennifer Utrata Items 5.21.20 Thinking Ethnographically in Pandemic Times authored by Prof. Monica DeHart Washington Monthly May 2020 Punishing Fathers For Being Poor Prof. David Moore is featured The Daily News 4.3.20 Is ’Floating Habitat’ the Key to Understanding Rebounding Fish in Spirit Lake? Prof. Kena Fox-Dobbs is featured Tacoma News Tribune 3.27.20 It Turns Out Our Tech Gadgets Aren’t As Isolating As Experts Say Prof. Nicholas Brody is quoted NPR Hidden Brain 3.23.20 An Unfinished Lesson: What the 1918 Flu Tells Us About Human Nature Prof. Nancy Bristow featured Forbes 2.26.20 The Top Colleges in 2020 For Producing Peace Corps Volunteers Puget Sound is included The Institute of Art and Ideas 2.14.20 Dispelling the Dangerous Myths of Love authored by Prof. Sara Protasi Chronicle of Higher Education 2.14.20 Top Producers of Fulbright U.S. Scholars and Students Puget Sound is included The New York Times 2.10.2020 Can Puppets Save the World From Extinction? Alumnus Nicholas Williams ’01 is featured South Sound Business Jan 2020 An Interview with Dr. Isiaah Crawford, University of Puget Sound President Forbes 01.18.20 Navigating a Marketing Role In Tech: What To Look For, What To Expect Trustee Jeremy Korst ’97 is a contributor University Business 01.15.20 Maths that feel good—creating learning resources for blind students Prof. Rob Beezer is mentioned The Oregonian 01.15.20 Trump’s import tariffs could cripple Oregon’s wine industry, limiting consumer choices, while sending prices soaring Prof. Emeritus Mike Veseth quoted 90.0FM WBUR 01.14.20 For Boeing, A New CEO—And the Same Unresolved Issues Prof. Emeritus Leon Grunberg is a guest in the segment The Daily of the University of Washington 01.06.20 UW awarded for high voter turnout in 2018 midterms Puget Sound also recognized MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS ARCHIVE 2013-2019 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 BACK TO THE TOP VISIT APPLY GIVE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND 1500 N. 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