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Kevoni Neely ’25, Avi Matan Whinkin DPT’25, Andrew Benoit ’25, and Assoc. Prof. Sam Kigar will deliver remarks at Academic Convocation and Commencement in May.
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3. The Power of Storytelling
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Graduating senior and outgoing editor of The Trail Andrew Benoit ’25 talks about juggling the demands of college with his work on the student-run campus newspaper.
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Accounting seems an unlikely path to take on the journey to find a cure for cancer, but that’s the road taken by David Poston ’85. Poston started his career in public accounting working for a variety of companies but entered the biotech industry in a finance position in the late 1990s. He quickly discovered biotech was a "fit" for him because of the strategizing it required: allocating resources so that most went to drug development rather than administration. Now Poston is the chief operating officer at EpiThany, a company that aims to commercialize cancer vaccines developed by the University of Washington. Poston will receive Puget Sound's 2025 Service to Puget Sound Award at Summer Reunion Weekend.
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Prof. of International Political Economy Pierre Ly was a guest on the Français Minutes podcast. The podcast, which is in French, aims to introduce listeners to a wide range of topics and people while modeling conversation skills for French language learners.
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The Logger Track & Field team was busy at the recent Puget Sound Invitational racking up several first-place finishes, including Oliver Kreimer ’26 in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase; Ben Kerr ’25 in the men's 1,500 meters; Kyrstin Wilson ’26, Sophie Rivas ’27, Lizzie Beiswanger ’27, and Victoria Bradshaw ’25 in the 4x100 relay; Alex Rhodes ’27 in the 200 meters; Erin Schmidlin ’27 in the women's 5,000 meters; Thomas Goeglein ’28 in men's discus and shot put; and Carly Wayss ’26 in the hammer throw. The Loggers placed second overall.
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The Northwest Progressive Institute will honor alumna Rosa Franklin ’68, Hon.’06 with the Lynn Allen Award at its spring gala on April 26. Franklin broke barriers when she became the first Black woman to be sworn in as a member of the Washington State Senate in 1993. Prior to her 20-year legislative career, Franklin worked in healthcare, serving as a nurse during World War II before moving to Tacoma and obtaining her bachelor's degree from Puget Sound.
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Acclaimed producer, musician, and podcast host Hrishikesh Hirway examined how AI is reshaping artistic expression during the Spring 2025 Susan Resneck Pierce Lecture in Public Affairs & the Arts on April 15. Hirway participated in a moderated Q&A with Siddharth Ramakrishnan, professor of biology and director of neuroscience, and Alistair MacRae, Cordelia Wikarski-Meidel Artist in Residence in the School of Music. The wide-ranging discussion covered topics including how AI is impacting the music industry and the opportunities new technologies offer to human creators.
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