Media Mentions

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Nov. 13, 2025 | Professor of Politics & Government Jules Boykoff was quoted in a Portland Tribune story on the difference between the administration's perception of violence in Portland and arrest data. "There has long been a significant mismatch between what Trump administration officials claim is happening in Portland and what is actually happening."
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Nov. 6, 2025 | Associate Professor Of Criminal Justice, Law & Society Aimee Wodda and co-author Allyn Walker write about their book "Abolition & Queer Justice," with a light on recent protests of actions by the Trump Administration.
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Oct. 31, 2025 | The online journal of the Oregon Music Educators Association, the Oregon Music Educator, ran Pacific University's retirement feature on Professor Emeritus of Music Michael Burch-Pesses, who retired following the 2024-25 academic year. The story is on page 55 of the issue.
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Oct. 22, 2025 | The Forest Grove News-Times published a preview of the screening of OPB's "Uncovering Boarding Schools" documentary on the Forest Grove Campus on October 28. The documentary touches on the university and the Forest Grove Indian Training School, which operated between 1880 and 1885.
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Oct. 20, 2025 | Master of Fine Arts In Writing professor Leila Chatti was the focus on an interview in Adi Magazine about her latest book, "Wildness Before Something Sublime," and how her relationship to writing changed when it become the sole basis for her income.
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Oct. 10, 2025 | The Forest Grove News-Times ran a story on two recent large federal grants awarded to the university: The $1.36 million Department of Education TRIO Student Support Services Grant and the $1.7 million National Science Foundation Noyce STEM Storytellers Program.