Pacific University

Nicollet Young OT '25 channeled her own experience as an autistic student in the occupational therapy program to help others, resulting in the development of sensory rooms on Pacific's campuses.

Partnerships with Chemeketa and Umpqua community colleges will provide students at those schools with a direct path to Pacific's graduate pharmacy program.

Assistant Professor of Media Arts Phil Busse is among a select group of educators honored by the University of Vermont's Center for Community News.

The Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation names the Pacific's audiology program, and its Pacific EarClinic, as its 2025 Provider of the Year, recognizing Pacific's commitment to providing hearing care to low-income patients.

Pacific's Theatre Department opens the spring with two plays, while the Music Department closes the season with the world premiere of choral settings of poems by Tomas Tranströmer composed by Pacific Professor Timmy Brown.

Associate Professor of Optometry Patrick Caroline received the Award of Excellence from the Global Specialty Lens Symposium for his lifetime advancing the field medically necessary speciality contact lenses.

Pacific's partnership with the COPE Health Scholars program provides entry-level pathways to those exploring healthcare professions.

Pacific leads all private institutions in the Pacific Northwest in research and development spending and ranks among the top private institutions on the West Coast.

Pacific is one of seven institutions nationwide participating in the College Autism Network's Autism-Inclusive Campus Designation Pilot Program, designed to make education more accessible to autistic and neurodiverse students.

The $12,000 grant reboots a study on Washington sea otter populations to aid in plans to reintroduce the species to the Oregon Coast.

The newest member of Pacific University's Board of Trustees stands in the footsteps of her great-great-great-great grandmother, Pacific co-founder Tabitha Brown.

Omar El Akkad, a member of Pacific's Master of Fine Arts in Writing faculty since 2023, received the National Book Award in nonfiction for his book, "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This."