Dec. 18, 2025 | The Newport (Oregon) News-Times delivers the news on Psychology Professor Heide Island's grant to continue a Northwest sea otter survey. The survey will be conducted in partnership with Newport's Oregon Coast Aquarium.

Dec. 17, 2025 | KXL-FM in Portland takes in depth look at the proposed Pacific/Willamette merger with interviews with Pacific President Jenny Coyle and Willamette President Steve Thorsett. Story begins at 1:10 mark of podcast.

Dec. 12, 2025 | "We do believe that by coming together and hopefully being stronger together, we'll be able to navigate headwinds that we haven't even thought about right now because we will have much larger scale, much larger capacity," Pacific President Jenny Coyle told Portland's KXL-FM.

Dec. 12, 2025 | The news of the proposed merger between Pacific and Willamette gains international coverage with a story in The Times of India.

Dec. 11, 2025 | Discussions about the proposed merger became serious this year, Willamette President Steve Thorsett told KATU-TV in Portland.

Dec. 11, 2025 | "We really want to be an institution that can nimbly respond and provide what our future students need, and what our state needs," Pacific President Jenny Coyle told KGW in Portland.

Dec. 11, 2025 | KOIN-TV in Portland covers the proposed merger between Pacific and Willamette.

Dec. 11, 2025 | Inside Higher Ed reports Pacific and Willamette have signed a letter of intent to merge.

Dec. 11, 2025 | Forbes covers the potential merger of Pacific and Willamette universities.

Dec. 11, 2025 | Each university would maintain separate admissions requirements, academic programs and athletics, but students will be offered preferred admissions for advanced degree paths once enrolled, writes University Business.