Latest News
July 6, 2023
Reed Reactor Featured on Atlas Obscura Podcast
Reactor director Jerry Newhouse sheds light on what makes the research facility unique.
June 14, 2023
Christine Lewis '07 Named to 40 Under 40 List
The Metro Councilor and former Reed trustee will be honored by the Portland Business Journal on July 13.
June 14, 2023
In New Essay, President Bilger Makes the Case for Public Writing
The piece appears in ‘Public Feminisms,’ an open-access book published in April by Lever Press.
April 21, 2023
In ‘Toad,’ Katherine Dunn ’69 Draws on Her Time at Reed
The posthumously published novel is wry and penetrating.
April 19, 2023
A Cross-Country Cornhole Trip Digs into American Identity
Anthropology major Emilie Kelly ’25 used a classic lawn game to break the ice before entering into deeper conversation.
April 14, 2023
Through the Portal
Josh Riedel ’07 was Instagram’s first employee. His debut novel plunges readers into startup life.
April 7, 2023
Fields of Resistance
Anthropology professor LaShandra Sullivan investigates land rights movements and inspires a new generation of thinkers.
April 3, 2023
Prof. Kevin Holmes Wins Cattell Sabbatical Award
The associate professor of psychology will spend the upcoming academic year continuing his studies of linguistic framing.
March 16, 2023
Prof. Elizabeth Drumm Wins NEH Fellowship
With her project, the Spanish and humanities professor hopes to bring more attention to modernist author Ramón del Valle-Inclán.
March 14, 2023
Prof. Sam Fey Wins NSF CAREER Award
The associate professor of biology will study thermal refuges amid climate warming.
March 8, 2023
Six Professors Named to Prestigious Chairs
The newly appointed faculty inspire as both scholars and teachers.
March 3, 2023
Shaping the Future Leaders of the Pacific Northwest
President Audrey Bilger and wife Cheryl Pawelski were among 25 influential leaders selected to share their wisdom at The Women's Summit.
February 28, 2023
Reed Awarded Mellon Foundation Grant to Support Environmental Humanities
The $500,000 initiative will fund new scholarship as well as the creation of courses centered on environmental justice and the literary imagination.
February 22, 2023
Party With a Purpose
How Reed is partnering with the community to address root causes of inequity in education.
February 17, 2023
Two Reed Faculty Earn Fulbright Scholar Awards for 2022-23
Profs. Jamie Pommersheim [math] and Tom Landvatter [GLAM] each received grants to conduct research abroad.
February 8, 2023
The Blue Sky Falls; the White Sun Sets
The Burn Your Draft podcast talks Taiwanese politics with Seamus Boyle ’22.
February 1, 2023
Reed Welcomes Four New Trustees
Julie Cheng ’84, Ritankar “Ronti” Pal ’93, Carla Beam ’76, and Peter J. Bragdon join the board.
January 26, 2023
11 Fascinating Things We Learned at Paideia 2023
From springtails to '60s-era shenanigans, here's what we took away from Reed's annual festival of learning.
January 20, 2023
Spiritual Ecstasy
Spanish 344 uses sculpture to explore paradoxes between religion and aesthetics.
December 21, 2022
