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T h r e e T h i n g s

1. Puget Sound (Virtually) Bound

This Thursday, help welcome the Class of 2024 to the Logger family. Share a video or message of encouragement and tag @pugetsoundorientation on Instagram!

FALL 2020 ORIENTATION SCHEDULE

2. Back-to-School Tech

Think you know all the online tools you need for a successful fall? Join our tech refresher series for new and continuing students, beginning this week.

LEARN MORE

3. Helping Hands

Teams of second-year occupational therapy students are looking for collaborators for their evidence projects, and OT alumni can help.

LEARN HOW

P e o p l e o f P u g e t S o u n d

All the Exciting Things
Siddharth Ramakrishnan, associate professor of biology, has a weird brain. A master of the microscopic details and concepts of neuroscience, he also is a creative visionary and often collaborates with artists to explore the intersection of art and science. He launched the Art+Science Salon series at Puget Sound, which brings visiting artists and interdisciplinary scientists together to discuss ideas.

READ THE ARCHES MAGAZINE Q&A WITH PROF. RAMAKRISHNAN

HACKS & CHOPS Professor of History Douglas Sackman, editor of A Companion to American Environmental History, penned two pieces for George Washington University’s History News Network exploring the tangled history of nature and race in America, which gives “privileged access to some while turning others into eternal trespassers.”

Read Part I: “In the ‘Bramble’ of Central Park, a Showdown Over Nature and Race”

Read Part II: “The Right to Breathe Free: A Showdown Over Race and Nature”

I n s i d e S c o o p

Faculty Workshop: Cultural Consciousness
All faculty members are invited to participate in a special workshop on Aug. 18 to engage with one another and colleagues from the library and educational technology exploring what it means to teach new Puget Sound students in 2020, in what has been characterized as a moment of cultural shift. Watch your email for a link to participate.

Illustrations by Stacy Milrany

P u g e t S o u n d i n P i c t u r e s

water reflections in Gardner Fountain in Jones Circle

SPLISH, SPLASH With temperatures approaching 100 degrees over the weekend—more than 20 degrees above average August temps in Tacoma—the water in the fountain in Jones Circle looks awfully inviting. Must resist... No swimming (or takin' a bath) in the fountain!

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