Colin Cronin and Sarah Glancy, both class of '09, were in Cambodia and Thailand this summer as part of a trip organized by Professor McC...

From Liz Kaster '09 who is with the city. Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce Position Description Position Title: Transportati...

Or whatever that is. Actually I have no idea what I said above. Professor Sousa may be getting lauded in The American Prospect, but I am a...

Professor Sousa gets his due in a piece in the American Prospect on the EPA: As Christopher McGrory Klyza and David Sousa explain in their b...

Stumbled upon this news out of Alaska. After 33 years and one of what he described as his best years in the classroom, Hal Neace is calling...

We've blogged in past regarding Kevin Billings '77, who has been a great friend to the university and Politics and Government. He h...

In one of my last duties as department chair, I am sending the blog on a much-deserved vacation so that it can return refreshed for the fall...

Two of our majors are off on epic travels this summer: Elly Henriksen has taken a job in Beijing for the summer to work for Puget Sound alum...

Part of our yearly graduation ritual is Professor Haltom choosing and paraphrasing a piece of poetry to send our majors off. Always a treat...

Last weekend we had our department graduation reception. Awards were given, breakfast eaten, toasts made (always courtesy Professor Haltom)...

Hat tip to Megan Buscho '06 for this recent NYT piece on growing tensions between schools and cities; "as endowments everywhere sin...

Hat tip: Ned Culhane 06. Looks pretty interesting. Research!America's Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research Full-time, stip...

We've received word that Linz Heppe '07 has taken a job with the Middle East Policy Council as an assistant to the president, Willi...

Hmm. From Business Week (hat tip, Shirley Skeel in Media Relations): Kindle may start getting a warmer reception in colleges come May 6, w...

Hat tip: Dean Ferrari. Looks very interesting. You go? Centre for International Studies of the Université de Montréal One of North America...

Dear Prof. O'Neil, My name is Olgy and I worked with Hart Edmonson last fall in the Tacoma democratic headquarters. I understand you ha...

Professor Weinberger is interviewed in the NY Metro newspaper on Obama and the use of torture: http://www.readmetro.com/show/en/NewYork/2009...

The accolades keep coming in for Kate Trinh (and PG, of course). Last week it was the news that Kate had been granted a Trimble award so th...

Defining Torture: The Justice Department Memos and Coercive Interrogation Monday, May 4, 2009 5-6pm Wyatt Hall 109 When President Obama dec...