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Pacific University's Music Department collaborates with mathematics professor Timmy Brown to present his song cycle based on the poems of Swedish Nobel laureate Tomas Tranströmer.

The long Pacific faculty member is selected for the Gung & Hu Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics from the Mathematical Association of America.

Amy Coplen's passion for developing Pacific University's Master of Dental Therapy program required her to go back to class and become a dental therapist herself.

Biology professor Bonnie Bolkan planned to use her Fulbright Scholarship to study lions. Instead, she assisted in critical water research to combat the spread of disease in Uganda.

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.

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.

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

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."

In Pacific University Professor Stevie Woods' first solo gallery show "Natural Consequences" viewers are invited to explore the relation between animals and their dwindling natural environment from a new perspective. Through over 30 encaustic wax paintings, Woods illustrates the loss of animals across the globe due to climate change and exploitation while seeking to ask the questions that science hopes to answer.

The Pacific University pharmacy professor has been honored by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy for his publication surrounding his research on natural compounds that could help the treatment of high blood pressure.

Professor Emeritus Hannu Laukkanen '83, OD '84, MEd '94 receives the A.F. Skeffington Award from the Optometric Vision Development & Rehabilitation Association, which honors a lifetime of excellence of publishing the vision science field.

Jim Moore, professor emeritus of politics & government, closes his Pacific career by writing a biography of Oregon's last Republican governor and longtime Pacific University supporter.