In the Media

March 29, 2024

Assistant professor of music Bora Yoon was highlighted in an artist feature.

March 29, 2024

Prof. Troy Cross talks about bitcoin mining in Africa.

March 11, 2024

Professors from �Ӱ��Ƶ and the University of Barcelona will participate in a teaching exchange program.

March 11, 2024

Associate professor of biology, Samuel Fey, and colleagues research the ecolological aftermath of large predator die-offs.

March 8, 2024

Mark Burford, professor of music, is featured in Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s latest documentary on Black gospel music.

March 8, 2024

Reed reference librarians are reaching out to students during and after the pandemic, finding a connection to the communities they serve.

February 15, 2024

Reed professor Troy Cross talks about the world of Bitcoin and climate change on the Money Reimagined podcast.

February 15, 2024

Founder of Chicago Meat Collective, McCullough Kelly-Willis '13, educates customers on the craft of meat.

February 15, 2024

Erin Westgate '10 contributed to research cited in an article which explores how a photographer trained two rats to take selfies.

December 20, 2023

Reed has the only nuclear reactor in the country staffed by liberal arts undergraduates.

December 4, 2023

Sharon Toji ’58 wrote a letter to the editor in the Los Angeles Times about the value of humanities.

December 4, 2023

Associate professor and political scientist Mariela Szwarcberg Daby commented on Argentina’s presidential election.

November 29, 2023

Research led by professor Paul Gronke and visting scholar Paul Manson provide insight into the challenges election workers face.

November 17, 2023

Researchers at spent months interviewing nearly all Oregon county clerks and compiled sobering findings in a study presented to the Legislature.

November 10, 2023

�Ӱ��Ƶ President Audrey Bilger wrote a letter to the editor in The New York Times discussing the value of a liberal arts and science education.

November 1, 2023

Oregon Arts Watch features Oluyinka Akinjiola, assistant professor of dance, in a portrait series.

November 1, 2023

Gal Beckerman ’98 writes in the Atlantic about his 10-year-old’s love for the The Iliad.

September 14, 2023

Los Angeles Review of Books calls The Soviet Jewish Bookshelf, a new book by Prof. Marat Grinberg [Russian], “an informative, engagingly written work.”

September 14, 2023

Milyon Trulove, vice president and dean of admission and financial aid at Reed, weighs in on early decision with college admissions.

August 3, 2023

Nicholas Wheeler ’55, A. A. Knowlton Professor Emeritus of Physics, tells The Lake Oswego Review about giving J. Robert Oppenheimer a tour of Reed’s campus in 1955.

May 4, 2023

The New Republic reports on the rise in mass mortality events, with Prof. Sam Fey [biology] weighing in on the “biblical” proportions of such die-offs.

April 7, 2023

Oregon Capital Chronicle reports on climate threats to Western red cedars, drawing from new research in a paper coauthored by Prof. Aaron Ramirez [biology].

February 15, 2023

The Reed Trustee is the first Black woman jurist to serve on Oregon's U.S. District Court.

February 15, 2023

Lab Manager writes on the innovative program at Reed's nuclear reactor that empowers students to create their own unique nuclear experiments.

February 10, 2023

Cheryl Pawelski is a record producer, three-time Grammy Award winner, and wife to Reed President Audrey Bilger.

February 1, 2023

Oregon Artswatch profiles new Assistant Professor Oluyinka Akinjiola, whose experience in African diasporic dance traditions could transform how the department teaches dance at the intersection of social, political, and creative movements.

January 20, 2023

New to Reed this year, Yoon is a composer, vocalist, and sound artist who creates immersive and experimental work.

January 9, 2023

McCarthy, who served more than two decades on Reed’s board of trustees, exemplified “the interesting life, and the purposeful life.”

January 4, 2023

Governor Kate Brown appointed the Reed alum as a justice on Oregon’s Supreme Court during her final days in office.

November 22, 2022

In a New York Times op-ed, former Reed President Colin Diver responds to the announcement by Yale Law and other top-tier law schools that they will no longer participate in U.S. News & World Report rankings.

November 16, 2022

Gluesenkamp Perez defeated a Trump-backed opponent and will serve in the U.S. House, representing Washington state’s 3rd Congressional District.

November 16, 2022

DelBene, who will represent Snohomish County, WA, in Congress again next year, vowed to eschew “hyperpartisanship.”

November 10, 2022

Amid threats of violence and skyrocketing records requests, Prof. Paul Gronke [political science] and the Democracy Fund found that 1 in 5 election officials plan to retire before 2024.

November 10, 2022

A previously unpublished novel, Toad, is now available in print six years after the writer's death.

November 9, 2022

Prof. Paul Gronke [political science] shares why early voting may not mean early results in an article for the Los Angeles Times.

November 9, 2022

In an op-ed for Oregon Capital Chronicle Reed political science professors Paul Gronke and Paul Manson take a look at Measure 26-228, which would change the way Portland elects its City Council.

October 5, 2022

The pristinely preserved Tudor-style home in Spokane, WA, belongs to Michael “Mick” McGarvey ’63, whose family lived there for generations.

September 12, 2022

Reporting on the U.S. education secretary's recent denunciation of college rankings, The Washington Post talks with former Reed President Colin Diver.

September 2, 2022

Barbara Ehrenreich, journalist, historian, and social critic who explored economic justice, healthcare, and peace in her many articles and more than 20 books, told the New York Times that she “believed that her job as a journalist was to shed light on the unnecessary pain in the world."

July 15, 2022

Justice Adrienne Nelson has received a federal judicial nomination from President Biden. If confirmed, she will be the first Black woman to serve on Oregon's U.S. District Court.

June 10, 2022

Retirement has not slowed down Emeritus Professor of Music David Schiff, who continues to delight music lovers with virtuosic creativity shaped by the composer’s lifelong love for blending genres.

May 25, 2022

Her photos lived in a shoebox for years. Now they adorn the walls of Reed’s Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery and provide a glimpse into the artist’s fascinating life.

May 17, 2022

Oregon Capital Chronicle turns to Professor Chris Koski [political science] to weigh in.

May 5, 2022

Professor Paul Gronke [political science] takes a look at hyper-partisanship in Oregon state politics and the attitudes needed to defeat it.

April 28, 2022

Political science professor Alexander Montgomery sheds light on whether the Kremlin can breach intense Ukrainian resistance to overtake a volatile region in eastern Moldova.

April 28, 2022

In an interview for the Trailblazers issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), Prof. Chacón [chemistry] talks ions, identity, and breaking barriers for the next generation of LGBTQ+ scientists.

April 7, 2022

Avoiding escalation is key, says Professor Alex Montgomery [political science] and coauthor Amy Nelson. But, NATO should mind its appearance of risk aversion.

March 8, 2022

Alexandra Hrycak, a professor of sociology at �Ӱ��Ƶ, joins Oregon Public Broadcasting's Think Out Loud to talk about the impact of the current crisis on women and children and other vulnerable populations in Ukraine.

March 4, 2022

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has everyone confused and seeking more clarity. Marat Grinberg, Associate Professor of Russian and Humanities at �Ӱ��Ƶ, discusses the situation, offering an up-to-date analysis, and answering audience questions.

February 9, 2022

For decades, affirmative action programs have been used as one way to bring racial equity to college admissions. OPB talks with Milyon Trulove, the vice president and dean of admission and financial aid at Reed.

December 21, 2021

In a feature article, "The Quarantine Question," AJO readers respond to the pandemic in words, sound, and images.

November 21, 2021

Ben Read '21 pays homage to prof. Samiya Bashir by reciting one of her poems for Spokane Public Radio.

November 19, 2021

Reed graduate and White Salmon–based writer talks her latest book, the problematic history of the conservation movement, and what living off the grid taught her.

November 8, 2021

While other higher ed institutions are struggling to attract students, liberal arts colleges in Oregon are welcoming larger classes. Vice President of Admission Milyon Trulove explains why.

October 30, 2021

ArtsWatch Q&A with poet, author, and professor Lisa Steinman about reading, writing, community, and the landscapes of her childhood.

October 18, 2021

Tina Satter MALS '04 turned the FBI transcripts from the Reality Winner investigation into a New York Times 'Critic's Pick' Broadway play!

October 14, 2021

Madison Riethman, COVID-19 Response Coordinator talks about Reed's approach to the fall semester based on what the college learned since the onset of the pandemic.

October 5, 2021

The Washington Post ran an extensive interview with Professor of English Laura Arnold Leibman about her new book, Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multiracial Jewish Family.

September 29, 2021

Prof. of Music Mark Burford adds insight to Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco on WNYC's Aria Code podcast.

September 7, 2021

Professor of Greek, Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Humanities Sonia Sabnis discusses the power and poetry of language and rhyme in The Wild Party.

August 31, 2021

A review of Prof. Laura Arnold Leibman's book, Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multiracial Jewish Family.

August 22, 2021

The Columbian looks back on one of Clark County's most famous residents and �Ӱ��Ƶ graduate Mary Barnard '32.

August 13, 2021

Prof. Dana Katz piece on the viral sensation "COVID Copy." As museums closed to patrons, art lovers found ways to mimic cherished fine art. In March of 2020, when toilet paper and hand sanitizer were flying off store shelves, these items made abundant appearances in viral social media posts.

August 11, 2021

Vice President and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, Milyon Trulove talked with OPB news about the increase in fall enrollment.

August 11, 2021

A survey by Prof. Paul Gronke and the Democracy Fund found that 60 percent of election officials in the country’s largest jurisdictions are considering retirement by 2024.

August 8, 2021

The Reed community mourns the death of one of its most admired and beloved leaders, Paul Bragdon, a dedicated family man and genuine intellectual who was deeply committed to the power of education.

July 1, 2021

Malcolm Gladwell interviews Prof. Kelly McConville and former students about their investigation into the US News & World Report college rankings. Also, watch Gladwell explaining McConville's reseach on .

June 29, 2021

A look at attacks on election officials uses polling data to forecast a potential increase of retirements in the field.

June 25, 2021

Prof. Aaron Ramirez explains how the health of urban trees can be used as an indicator of climate change.

June 23, 2021

The U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Ali Nouri by voice vote to serve as Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy.

June 21, 2021

Freelance journalist Laura Jedeed '19 whose Reed thesis was titled Making Monsters: Right-Wing Creation of the Liberal Enemy was harassed at the "Million MEGA March" in November. She caught the harassment on video, which went viral. The Washington Post covered the aftermath.

June 9, 2021

Professor of Biology Sarah Schaack comments on recent discoveries that are leading researchers to question if genes can transfer from one species to another outside the normal sexual channels.

June 7, 2021

Professor of Biology Samuel Fey helps explain why a decline in dissolved oxygen levels could reshape the ecosystems of lakes.

June 6, 2021

Dr. Johanna Workman, Reed's director of counseling services, talks about how the college is fulfilling its commitment to the health, wellbeing and academic success of it students during the pandemic.

May 28, 2021

A New York Times book review of The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice by Scott Ellsworth ’76 calls the volume "candid and self-aware" in its exploration of the Tulsa Race Massacre, built upon "earnest efforts to get at this history, and to get it right." His previous book, Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, was a landmark study that began as his senior thesis at Reed.

May 28, 2021

Luke Chang ’02, an assistant professor of psychological & brain sciences, shares that a little gossip in the name of vicarious learning and facilitating social connection has a beneficial societal function that comes from its ability to make things clearer and to help people better understand their environment.

May 26, 2021

The article relies heavily on Prof. of Sociology Marc Schneiberg work that looks at how counties with more cooperatives experienced fewer job losses during the Great Recession and greater job growth in its aftermath.

May 21, 2021

A New York Times column on the Tulsa Massacre written by Charles Blow references a groundbreaking work by Scott Ellsworth ’76. His book, Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, was a landmark study that began as his senior thesis at Reed.

May 6, 2021

Duncan Ryuken Williams '91, a Soto Zen Buddhist priest and author of American Sutra, explains the symbolic significance of the lotus flower blossoming.

May 1, 2021

Prof. Jay Dickson provides insight on the play Xingu by Edith Wharton, accompanying the Cygnet Productions audio performance.

April 24, 2021

Dean of Faculty Kathy Oleson shares how the $2.2 Million in active NIH grants propels undergraduate research at Reed.

April 23, 2021

Prof. Pancho Savery helps put Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl,” into its political and artistic context for OPB Radio.

April 1, 2021

Portland Monthly Magazine features two-time Grammy winner, and wife of President Audrey Bilger, Cheryl Pawelski for restoring the historic 1956 �Ӱ��Ƶ recording of Allen Ginsberg's Howl.

March 24, 2021

Sheperd Doeleman ’86, the founding director of the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, shares a closeup glimpse of a black hole with the world.

March 17, 2021

Alafair Burke ’91, novelist and professor of law at Hofstra University, writes in the Washington Post about the intersection of xenophobia and misogyny in the recent murders of Asian-American women.

March 8, 2021

The Oregonian celebrates poet and translator Mary Barnard, Reed class of ’32, who brought Sappho into 20th century.

March 1, 2021

The Scientist highlights Professor of Biology Derek Applewhite for inspiring the next generation of biologists, promoting inclusion and equality in the field.

February 19, 2021

Professor Yaejoon Kwon discusses the history and recent rise of anti-Asian violence both locally and nationally.

February 14, 2021

Prof. Kathy Oleson, the dean of the faculty, forcefully defended Reed’s grading policy in a Letter to the Editor to The Wall Street Journal after it came under attack in a recent misguided opinion piece by columnist Andy Kessler.

February 3, 2021

Oregon seniors struggle to book vaccine appointments

After helping her mom navigate the bureaucratic labyrinth to get a COVID-19 vaccine, Professor of Philosophy Margret Scharle helped set up a vaccine outreach website for people 65 and older. She has been updating the website daily with new information and has since helped others book appointments. Margaret also has connected seniors with transportation to get to their appointments.

KOIN TV

January 21, 2021

Sheperd "Shep" Doeleman '86, an astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics has been named the recipient of the National Academy of Sciences 2021 Henry Draper Medal. As founding director of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), Doeleman is widely known for his pivotal role in capturing the first image of a supermassive black hole in 2019.

January 18, 2021

Professor of Political Science Mariela Szwarcberg Darby helped provide analysis for the Washington Post on the legalization of abortion in Argentina.

January 11, 2021

The highly anticipated April 2 release of by was first announced by but then quickly picked up by local and national news outlets, such as:

Rolling Stone

At �Ӱ��Ƶ: the first recorded reading of Howl and Other Poems arrives decades after the performance

Willamette Week

In 1956, Ginsberg and poet Gary Snyder were hitchhiking through the Pacific Northwest when they decided to stop at Reed, Snyder's alma mater.

Boing Boing

Oregonian

December 28, 2020

Prof. and Poet Samiya Bashir talks about the importance of Powell’s Books to Portland in a yearend news roundup.

December 16, 2020

Prof. Kimberly Clausing explains the "double dip" tax provisions of forgiven loans coupled with a tax break in the COVID Relief package.

December 13, 2020

Gina Gagliano '05 publishing director of Random House Graphic shared her expertise with the Portland Monthly on the success of graphic novels.

December 8, 2020

Dr. Laura Byerly '83 was appointed by Oregon Governor Kate Brown to review the COVID-19 vaccine for the Western States.

November 20, 2020

Oregon Public Broadcasting compares how Oregon colleges are managing COVID-19 over fall break.

November 19, 2020

Prof. Kimberly Clausing helps illustrate tax loses during the pandemic as a result of tax evasion.

November 11, 2020

Prof. Kimberly Clausing explains President-elect Biden's options to reshape trade and financial regulation, as well as other policy changes if his party does not control the US Senate when he is sworn in on January 20.

November 3, 2020

As the headline indicates, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Early Voting Information Center Paul Gronke is a busy guy around election time. He is one of the foremost experts on all forms of early voting and election integrity. Here is a sampling of news stories that featured Prof. Gronke during this election cycle—from election night commentary on MSNBC to explaining the prevalence of early voting for readers of the Times of India.

New York Times

NPR Special Series 2020 Elections: Secure Your Vote

USA Today

CNBC

The Irish Times

Oregonian

Times of India

October 30, 2020

Prof. Chris Koski talks about policy and national funding for Oregon elections.

October 30, 2020

Prof. Kimberly Clausing explains how Trump’s tax cuts exacerbated the wealth inequity in America. Since 2016, the nation’s 200-or-so wealthiest people have increased their combined wealth by a staggering $1 trillion.

October 27, 2020

Prof. Paul Gronke responds to the success of Oregon’s automatic voter registration system.

October 26, 2020

President Audrey Bilger collaborated with presidents from other Oregon private colleges on an oped about our collective response to COVID-19 and the resilience of our campus communities.

October 22, 2020

Prof. Kimberly Clausing argues that overturning the the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act could stimulate our economy, while improving tax policy.

October 18, 2020

Prof. Chris Koski considers the administrative hurdles that could prevent the state from quickly administering unemployment payments to Oregonians.

October 14, 2020

Prof. Paul Gronke was asked to comment on pre-election plans to counter rumored harassment at Oregon polling places.

October 14, 2020

Prof. Jan Mieszkowski takes a deep dive into The Elements of Style with his essay for, 'E. B. White's "Plain Style" @75.'

October 5, 2020

Reed’s as part of the conducted a public opinion poll on the attitudes of Oregon and Washington residents on issues of political, environmental, and economic change in the region. The Oregonian synthesized some of those data in this story.

October 4, 2020

�Ӱ��Ƶ was mentioned for its decision to go test blind for the 2021 and 2022 admission cycles, which means Reed will not require nor use test results from the SAT or ACT in our admission review.

September 29, 2020

Prof. Paul Gronke added context to the New York Times Magazine's comprehensive look at President Trump's false claims about voter fraud.

September 18, 2020

In an interview with the Oregonian, Professor of History and Humanities Radhika Natarajan draws parallels between the 1918 flu pandemic, COVID-19, and advances in the social justice movement.

September 14, 2020

Due to COVID-19, Reed has temporarily stopped requiring standardized tests for admission. Inside Higher Ed takes a look at why some schools went test-optional and some, like Reed, went test-blind.

September 9, 2020

Professor Paul Gronke contributes to an article about President Trump's constant unsubstantiated attacks on the safety of mail-in voting.

September 4, 2020

Professor Michael Breen chats about the benefits and challenges of teaching in tests as part of a KGW story about how Oregon colleges are adapting to COVID-19.

August 21, 2020

Vice President for College Relations & Planning Hugh Porter talks with KGW about Reed's hybrid course delivery for the fall.

August 14, 2020

Reed's reopening plans for the fall were highlighted among other Oregon colleges and universities.

August 13, 2020

The Oreonian reports on petitions against reopening some of Oregon's colleges and universities.

August 13, 2020

The New York Times cites research by Prof. Jennifer Henderlong Corpus to explain how praise can direct a child's development.

August 11, 2020

Prof. of Political Science Paul Gronke shares with Vox his concern about how Trump’s vote-by-mail rhetoric could turn election night into a nightmare.

August 9, 2020

In an op-ed for the New York Times, Thea Riofrancos '06, political scientist and activist, write why the political conditions ripe for change.

July 14, 2020

�Ӱ��Ƶ Archivist Tracy Drake is a member of The Blackivists, a national group of Black archivists who prioritize Black cultural heritage preservation and memory work. Drake was invited on OPB's prominent lunchtime news talkshow to discuss the group's work to help institutions build historical collections that include Black heritage.

July 14, 2020

The New York Times chronicles the life of Mairiis "Mossy" Kilcher '66 as her reissued 1977 "Northwind Calling" hits the top of the folk music charts.

July 24, 2020

Attorney General Barr says DOJ acts independent of Trump's interests

Professor of Political Science Paul Gronke was asked to address Attorney General Barr's assertion that "you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out" that mail-in ballots would be an obvious target for voter fraud. "It shows a fundamental lack of understanding about the soup to nuts of administering an election. You can't just source the paper, re-create the ballot styles, fake the signatures, on any kind of mass scale."

NPR All Things Considered

June 4, 2020

Professor of Political Science Paul Gronke talked with Reuters News service about the nessessity of election officials to plan for November. “Election officials need to move now” to make preparations to expeditiously move election mail and to avoid widespread disenfranchisement, said Gronke, who heads the Early Voting Information Center at �Ӱ��Ƶ in Portland.

May 19, 2020

Proffesor of Economics Kimberly Clausing describes to the Los Angeles Times how Trump's tariffs and tax cuts could hinder economic recovery.

May 26, 2020

With most bars still takeout only, indoor gatherings discouraged and the weather getting warmer, many Americans are sipping and strolling. Prof. Kristen Anderson shares her expertise with the New York Times on how drinking to cope with the pandemic may reveal bigger issues for some.

May 19, 2020

Between anemic funding, poor voter education, and zero precedent, November’s election is shaping up to be a voting disaster, experts predict. Prof. Paul Gronke shares predictions with Vanity Fair for how the pandemic will affect the 2020 elections.

May 15, 2020

President Audrey Bilger tells Yahoo News the challenges of the pandemic have strengthened her belief in the value of a Reed education.

May 14, 2020

Maria Maita-Keppeler '14 of the band MAITA released their debut album, Best Wishes, to critical acclaim. Spin proclaimed: "Portland, Oregon’s MAITA have announced themselves as members of that rarified class of artists with the ability to enthrall the listener right from the jump, and one that stands out even in the ever fertile indie rock incubator that is the band’s hometown."

May 4, 2020

The New Yorker featured a previously unpublished piece by Katherine Dunn '69, who died in 2016 and was the author of, among other things, the best-selling 1989 novel “,” which follows a family of self-described “freaks” who operate and perform for a travelling circus.

May 2, 2020

Profeddor of Political Science and the Director of the �Ӱ��Ƶ Early Voting Information Center Paul Gronke, sheds light on the "mystery" of the missing ballots.

April 28, 2020

Professor of Econimics Kimberly Clausing helps sort out winners and lossers in from the Coronavirus, Aid. Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) act.

April 18, 2020

Professor of Creavie Writing and Poet Samiya Bashir talks with PBS Newshour on the uniqueness and importance of Powell's Books to Portland.

April 18, 2020

Milyon Trulove, �Ӱ��Ƶ’s vice president, dean of admission and financial aid, discusses how Reed will consider high school transcripts from the COVID-19 era.

April 15, 2020

Reed is mentioned in a story about how COVID-19 is factoring in the admission decisions of selective colleges.

April 3, 2020

Professor of Creative Writing Peter Rock's latest book, The Night Swimmers, is on the top of the list of Oregon books recommended to help alleviate the boredom some are feeling as they wait out the shelter-in-place orders.

April 1, 2020

The Oregonian examines how local colleges are handling commencement and the difficulty of carrying on traditions during unprecedented times. The story highlights President Audrey Bilger's letter to student and parents, announcing the postponement of May's ceremony, as poetic and heartfelt.

March 29, 2020

Professor of Creative Writing Peter Rock's most recent book, Night Swimmers, has been selected as one of five finalists for the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, America’s largest peer-juried prize for fiction.

March 25, 2020

The Wall Street Journal consults with Vice President and Dean of Admission & Financial Aid Milyon Trulove about how colleges are coping with uncertainty created by the coronavirus pandemic (subscription needed).

March 17, 2020

Kevan Shokat ’86, a professor of cellular molecular biology, was featured in The New York Times regarding the urgent project involving hundreds of the world’s top scientists to find a treatment for the coronavirus. He was also featured on ABC’s for his work to identify known drugs that could help slow the spread of COVID-19.

March 10, 2020

Vice President for College Relations Hugh Porter shares advice for advancement professionals from his time as Reed's interim president.

March 6, 2020

Professor of Political Science Mariela Szwarcberg Daby writes for the Washington Post about Argentina, where Catholicism is growing, as is support for legalized abortion.

February 10, 2020

Sociology Professor Charlene Makley appeared on the New Books Podcast talking about The Battle for Fortune, which was recognized with an Honorable Mention for the E. Gene Smith Book Prize in Inner Asian Studies.

February 27, 2020

Biology Professor Aaron Ramirez was a guest on KGW’s Straight-Talk discussing how climate change is affecting Portland.

February 4, 2020

Trillium residence hall houses 180 students, and the design process was as important as the bricks and mortar. at how Reed facilities staff and ZGF collaborated to ensure that campus standards for using green products, materials, and staging were implemented.

January 23, 2020

Professor of Economics Kimberly Clausing in one of the business leaders, economists, and other experts to give their views on the future of economic integration.

January 20, 2020

In an issue brief, Professor Kimberly Clausing argues for reforms to the United States’ international corporate tax regime to also raise revenue, while simultaneously reducing profit shifting and offshoring incentives. She investigates several proposals for international corporate tax reform, providing a range of estimates for the amount of revenue that reforms would bring the United States.

January 23, 2020

Professor of Economics Kim Clausing adder her expertise on how to tax the digital economy.

October 24, 2019

�Ӱ��Ƶ's new president Audrey Bilger is a gay trailblazer and pop culture pundit with an absolutely baller vinyl collection.

October 11, 2019

Professor of German and Comparative Literature and author of Crises of the Sentence Jan Mieszkowski offered his thoughts on why academic writing gets a bad rap.

October 24, 2019

Professor of Linguistics Kara Becker discusses the myths and realities of the New York accent on the Brian Lehrer Show. Additional content on the WNYC Blog: "."

October 18, 2019

In a foreign policy roundup focusing on the October 18 Democratic debate, James Linday references Prof. of Economics Kimberly Clausing’s guest editorial for Foreign Affairs: .

October 18, 2019

Ben Read ’21 Quest editor, comparative literature major, and basketballer, reads his original poem, Ribcage, for Spokane Public Radio's Poetry moment.

September 29, 2019

Professor of Political Science Mariela Daby talks about political clientelism, or paid political support, that took place at an August Trump rally in Pennsylvania, a practice that is unprecedented in the U.S.

September 26, 2019

Isabelle Sinclair ’22 was an inmate at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility when she befriended a spiritual advisor, Stuart Perrin, who was teaching a meditation class. The two began a correspondence that resulted in a friendship, and 160 letters. The letters have subsequently been turned into a book, From Darkness to Light. Sinclair hopes to distribute the book to current inmates.

September 18, 2019

Kaia MacLaren ’11 describes her job at Gresham bike repair and sales shop for p:ear as “a social justice enterprise that provides job training.” The goals are to build confidence, critical thinking, and life skills in participants.

September 19, 2019

Fashion magazine WWD points out the Emilio Pucci ’37 got his start designing clothes with the �Ӱ��Ƶ ski team uniform.

August 7, 2019

Reed statistics students challenge the US News college rankings, finding evidence that Reed is under-ranked. examines the flaws in the system.

May 8, 2019

Prof. of History Joshua Howe helps check presidential candidate Joe Biden’s record on environmental protection.

May 1, 2019

Acting President Hugh Porter talks about the struggles of Hampshire College contrasted by the strengths of Reed. A free subscription is needed to read this story.

May 1, 2019

Prof. of Music Mark Burford and author of talks about Jackson’s New Orleans roots for American Routes (second hour).

April 27, 2019

�Ӱ��Ƶ’s Board of Trustees has appointed Audrey Bilger as the school’s 16th president. She is the first woman to be selected for the job.

April 19, 2019

Prof. of Anthropology and the author of Charlene Makley comments on the pervasiveness of censorship in China Studies Journals.

April 17, 2019

Professor, composer, conductor, and author of books on Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, and Elliott Carter, David Schiff retires at the end of this semester after 38 years at Reed. The Oregonian highlighted his career and the three-concert retrospective at Kaul Auditorium that celebrated his music.

April 11, 2019

Professor of Economics and author of Kimberly Clausing penned a OpEd for The Hill on improving tax policy.

March 12, 2019

Prof. of Economics Kimberly Clausing makes the progressive case for free trade. She speaks with Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal, Romaine Bostick and Caroline Hyde on "Bloomberg Markets: What'd You Miss?"

March 10, 2019

Prof. of Political Science Paul Gronke is director of the Early Voting Information Center. Phillip Keisling is director of the Center for Public Service at Portland State University and served as Oregon secretary of state from 1991 to 1999. Together they wrote a tribute to Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson who died in February of 2019.

March 6, 2019

Prof. of Economics Kimberly Clausing helps the New York Times explain how the Trump tax cuts exacerbate the record trade deficit.

February 13, 2019

What happens when you leave four �Ӱ��Ƶ science majors unattended over winter break? No big explosions, nothing catching on fire, but you might get the largest piece of chalk ever.

February 25, 2019

The legacy of Robert Palladino, Llyod Reynolds, and Reed's famed calligraphy tradition lives on in an opera about Steve Jobs.

February 12, 2019

Anne Washburn '91 concieved of her latest play, Shipwreck, while on a silent playwriting retreat in Texas run by fellow writer Erik Ehn. “I felt like the political situation was all I was thinking about. I just wanted to discharge my brain.” Writing a play about Trump “didn’t seem possible to me,” she says, but then she thought: “What I do in this week is my own business.”

January 6, 2019

(Requires Subscription) Mary B. James, Reed's dean of institutional diversity, talks about faculty search process.

January 6, 2019

Daniel Reisberg the Patricia & Clifford Lunneborg Professor of Psychology Perception, cognition, psychology, law explains the body's biological response to stress and how it affects memory for a New York Times story on eyewitness accounts pertaining to the Jazmine Bares case in Texas.

December 26, 2018

�Ӱ��Ƶ came in at number one for the Sacha Baron Cohen character Prof. Nira Cain-N'Degeocello from his Showtime series Who is America?

December 26, 2018

Restoration Manager Zac Perry talks about how Reed uses recycled Christmas trees to prevent creek erosion and provide fish nurseries.

December 25, 2018

�Ӱ��Ƶ graduate Chris Garrett '96 ascends to Oregon's highest court.

December 10, 2018

Jefferson Public Radio’s coverage of the report Ashlee Fox ’19 on wildfire and urban planning for 1000 Friends of Oregon.

November 25, 2018

A new national study finds that Reed grads leave with the least student debt of all four-year colleges in the state. Reed's $27 million-a-year financial aid budget makes this possible.

November 21, 2018

New York Times opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof writes about his father Ladis ’55 and his journey from Ukraine to American citizenship.

November 15, 2018

Professor of Political Science Paul Gronke helps NPR listeners understand the rules that govern the Florida recounts. The story makes the case that the lack of knowledge of this process makes the electorate vulnerable to political rhetoric casting doubt on the legitimacy of the results.

November 14, 2018

The idea of universal basic income, a fixed income that every adult receives from the government, has been garnering interest as a response to wage stagnation and automation. Prof. of Economics Kimberly Clausing joins Berkeley's Hilary Hoynes and Eduardo Porter of the New York Times to share their views on its feasibility and offer alternatives.

November 14, 2018

Prof. of English and Humanities Lucia Martinez Valdivia talks about the history of Hum 110 and ways to think of identity in the Half Hour of Heterodoxy podcast.

November 1, 2018

Prof. Paul Gronke pens an op-ed for Slate.com on the perils of prognosticating elections using early voting data.

October 29, 2018

Prof. Peter Rock’s "Once Upon a Time in Montana" is featured in the New York Times Style Magazine’s fairy tale issue

October 24, 2018

OPB's Think Out Loud interviews alumna and current rugby coach, Rachel Johnson ’13 on her selection to the U.S. Women’s National Rugby team.

October 18, 2018

Prof. Kimberly Clausing adds insight to the PBS Newshour story on the growing federal deficit.

October 3, 2018

Dean for Institutional Diversity Mary B. James is highlighted by Naturefor her work at Reed and as chair of the American Institute of Physics diversity task force.

October 9, 2018

In a push by Republican Gov. Nathan Deal, Georgia increased its registered voters by 15 percent. Deal is in a closely contested reelection bid and his voter initiative has resulted in enlisting more traditionally democratic leaning voters into the rolls. Reed Prof. of Political Science Paul Gronke talks about how many new voters went to the polls after a similar registration effort in Oregon.

October 9, 2018

The work of Bio. Prof. Jay Mellies and his mentee Morgan Vague'18 to isolate strains of bacteria that degrade PET plastic was included by PBS Newshour as a reason for optimism in an otherwise alarming story about plastic in the environment.

October 4, 2018

In his option piece for The Week, Ryan Cooper '08 asks if it's healthy for the American democracy for all nine U.S. Supreme Court Justices to be graduates of either Harvard or Yale.

October 2, 2018

Daniel Reisberg is the Patricia and Clifford Lunneborg Professor of Psychology at �Ӱ��Ƶ. He is often called as an expert witness in court cases to talk about memory. KGW asked Prof. Reisberg about memory and testimony in the wake of the Kavanaugh hearings.

October 3, 2018

Dean for Institutional Diversity Mary B. James is highlighted for her work at Reed and as chair of the American Institute of Physics diversity task force.

August 16, 2018

Professor of Theatre Kate Bredeson is a theatre historian, a director and a dramaturg. Her recent conversation with Lars Jan was chronicled by the LA Review of Books.

June 20, 2018

Leave No Trace, the film adaption of Prof. Peter Rock's My Abandonment, opens on June 28. The Oregonian chronicles the story from Forest Park to the silver screen.

June 19, 2018

The Oregonian reports on biology major Morgan Vague '18 whose thesis research identified plastic-eating bacteria.

June 11, 2018

Professor Kim Clausing explains the role of tax havens in association to the Tax Bill

June 6, 2018

Professor of Russian and Humanities, Marat Ginberg, and his book feature prominently in the obituary of filmmaker Alexander Askoldov.

June 6, 2018

This story highlights Steven Raichlen's '75 latest book and PBS program, Project Fire.

May 21, 2018

Courtship calls of the amphibious? Prof. Erik Zornik and colleagues studied the brains of two closely related species of African clawed frog and learned that while males of both species emit fast trills to lure mates, a group of neurons could help to explain the difference between them.

May 15, 2018

Peter Rock, professor of creative writing, reflects on "Watership Down"—the novel as well as the English village.

May 1, 2018

The Oregonian described professor of creative writing Samiya Bashir's “Field Theories,” a collection of innovative and experimental poems that meld science and race. Bashir is the winner of the 2018 Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry.

April 28, 2018

Poet, professor of creative writing Samiya Bashir was nominated for the Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry, Oregon Book Awards, for Field Theories

April 18, 2018

Britta Lundin '07 author of Ship It and writer for the Riverdale TV series visits her hometown of Astoria, Oregon and chats with the Daily Astorian (which she delivered as a child) about her writing success.

April 13, 2018

Alafair Burke '91, a former assistant prosecutor has written 16 novels, including her most recent, The Wife, in which the life of Angela Powell is shattered when her husband, a successful economics professor, and frequent news show guest, is accused of sexual harassment.

April 12, 2018

Reporter wrote a thorough followup to her September 2017 story, . She chronicled the steps taken by the Hum faculty that resulted in the new class structure.

April 12, 2018

The Reed faculty approved a new course structure for Hummanities 110. The new structure will begin fall 2018 with the ancient Mediterranean and Athens. Updates will proceed in the spring with new modules on Mexico City from the fifteenth through twentieth centuries and Harlem from 1919 to 1952.

March 9, 2018

Professor of Political Science Paul Gronke talks about the changing voter landscape in the United States. The show focuses on the drive to increase efficiency, integrity and access to the American voting system, while some states are purging electoral rolls. This conversation is happening amid a backdrop of probes regarding Russian influence during the 2016 presidential election and allegations of voter fraud considered by a now disbanded presidential commission.

March 4, 2018

"Now under fire from an array of forces on the right, colleges must learn how to weather the attacks"

President John Kroger is quoted in this broad story about "far-right-wingers who want to take the fight to the heart of Blue America," by legislative powers and grassroots activists.

February 26, 2018

Longtime Portland civil rights leader and �Ӱ��Ƶ graduate Kathleen Saadat ’74 is releasing a collection of jazz standards with Pink Martini founder Thomas Lauderdale. The CD titled, “Love for Sale” will be available March 1. Kathleen Saadat was commencement speaker for Reed’s graduating class of 2015.

February 18, 2018

A new HBO show based in Portland, Here and Now, has a companion podcast that features locals talking about themes explored in various episodes. Reed assistant professor of English and humanities Lucia Martinez Valdivia is featured on a segment about identity. The Oregonian wrote about the which can be heard on iTunes.

February 12, 2018

Board Chairman Roger Perlmutter thanks John for his invaluable leadership.

January 11, 2018

The LA Times chronicles how the release of a new CD compilation, "Dr. Demento Covered in Punk," came into being. The story includes a brief retrospective of the 50-year broadcasting career of Barret "Dr. Demento" Hansen '63 and explains how he was an early supporter of punk rock music.

January 8, 2018

Reed Prof. of Econ Kim Clausing explains why the tax bill may lead to more foreign than domestic jobs.

December 31, 2017

�Ӱ��Ƶ graduate from the Class of 2016, Taliesin Namkai-Meche, 23, and Rick Best, 53, who were fatally slashed when coming to the aid of two young women on the MAX train, along with poet Micah Fletcher who survived the attack, were named the Oregonian’s Newsmakers of the Year.

December 12, 2017

Professor of Economics Kim Clausing shines light on the GOP tax plan. Government and outside analyses of the House and Senate tax bills show that the benefits would flow disproportionately to the wealthy. Aides to President Donald Trump argue that lower tax rates for companies and the wealthy would trickle into substantial pay raises for middle-income workers. Clausing disagrees.

December 12, 2017

Professor of Political Science Paul Gronke contributed to this story on Oregon’s second-largest voting block—nonafilliated voters.

December 3, 2017

The Oregonian writes a loving remembrance of Katherine Dunn ’69, the author of the "Geek Love," a National Book Award finalist and a novel that has gained a cult-status following.

November 29, 2017

Tracy Thompson of Bowie, Maryland, whose relationship to Reed is unknown, came to the defense of college in the Letter to the Editor section of the Washington Post. She quoted the Reed Magazine Almanac’s section on those who perpetuate the myth on Underwater Basket weaving. Spoiler alert — It’s not real! The Paideia course continues to attract attention of those who wish to disparage higher education.

November 27, 2017

The 1991 �Ӱ��Ƶ graduate has turned The Simpsons into a post-apocalyptic opera, invented her own language and put on a communist Dracula pageant. Now, the US playwright is staging the creepy, late-night TV classic that scarred her as a child.

November 26, 2017

Prof. Fry chronicles her experience in attempting to volunteer for the The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Scientific Advisory Board, whose charter calls for its members to "provide independent advice and peer review to EPA's Administrator on the scientific and technical aspects of environmental issues.

November 26, 2017

According to �Ӱ��Ƶ economist Kimberly Clausing, the Republican tax plan uses obsolete methods to achieve its promised growth targets.

November 24, 2017

Darius Rejali from �Ӱ��Ƶ, author of Torture and Democracy is the guest of Stanford professors John Perry and Ken Taylor who host the philosophical chat show that airs in Oregon on OPB Thursdays from 9 to 10 p.m.

November 20, 2017

Kimberly Clausing is the Thormund A. Miller and Walter Mintz Professor of Economics at �Ӱ��Ƶ wrote the following commentary.

“The international features of the Republican tax bills make an odd pairing with the nationalist rhetoric of President Trump. Trump has long made it clear to the American public that, for better or worse, he wants to put “America first.” Like most economists, I view such nationalism as simplistic and dangerous. There are substantial gains for both the world and the United States from closer economic ties and international.”

November 20, 2017

Steve Martin’s seminal “King Tut” sketch is being blasted as cultural appropriation by a group of students at a prestigious liberal arts college in Oregon after the classic "Saturday Night Live" parody was played in a humanities course.

November 17, 2017

Student protestors are asking �Ӱ��Ƶ to consider social and environmental goals in its investment strategy. The student body has long been active in divestment movements, including a current sit-in since Oct. 23 in the president's office and hallway to protest the use of Wells Fargo as the college's operational bank.

November 12, 2017

Prof. of Economics Kim Clausing's proposal to tax companies for sales that take place within US boarders to help eliminate tax shelters was mentioned by the Times Editorial Board in Sunday's editorial. This mentions resulted in many other media outlets including Nov. 13th broadcast of NPR's

November 11, 2017

This articles is in response to comedian Sarah Silverman's more thoughtful response, during an episode of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, on the offense taken by some Reed students regarding the showing of Steve Martin's King Tut video during Hum 110.

November 10, 2017

Ethan Epstien ’10 is an associate editor at The Weekly Standard. He's also written for the Wall Street Journal, National Journal, Slate, City Journal. He holds a BA in history from �Ӱ��Ƶ and chimed in on the recent protests.

November 10, 2017

The University of Oregon and �Ӱ��Ƶ are highlighted in this extensive piece on administrative responses to student protests.

November 8, 2017

Author Michele Nijhus ’87 wrote an opinion piece that began: “My alma mater is, for better or worse, the undergraduate equivalent of a cult film: Most people have never heard of �Ӱ��Ƶ, and the few who have really like to argue about it.”

November 7, 2017

Prof. of Economics Kim Clausing explains to The Hill how the House tax cut will make the country less competitive.

November 6, 2017

Information technology is pervasive in everything we do in so many ways, says Marty Ringle, chief information officer at �Ӱ��Ƶ and a founder and former chair of Educause. Like electricity, that’s what technology in education has become. He talks about his long history with the organization and how tech in teaching has changed on campuses since Educause started, in the 1970s.

November 2, 2017

Activists are disrupting lectures to protest "white supremacy," but many students are taking steps to stop them.

November 2, 2017

Creative Writing Prof. Samiya Bashir on OPB Radio’s State of Wonder. Bashir talks about her latest release, Field Theories. Her website describes her third book of poems as wending its way through quantum mechanics, chicken wings and Newports, love and a shoulder’s chill, melding blackbody theory (idealized perfect absorption, as opposed to the white body’s idealized reflection) with real live Black bodies.

October 13, 2017

Joe Kolman ’77 wrote a second story about the protests.

October 13, 2017

Reed Prof. of Bio Sarah Schaack explains how it can be easy to miss a step in a gene’s history.

October 6, 2017

This story on the new Department of Education directive regarding Title IX features VP of Students Mike Brody discussing Reed’s approach.

October 5, 2017

Obit of Jon Rowley '69 and his work to market copper river salmon among other things.

September 15, 2017

Prof. of Economics Jon Rork contributes to a CNBC story on retirees rethinking Florida, post Hurricane Irma.

September 11, 2017

Prof. Mark Burford contributes to an article that follows the route of Chuck Berry’s 1964 hit “Promised Land” that chronicles the African-American experience in the 20th century.

August 2, 2017

Kip Berman ’02, front man of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, talks about studying “ancient religion” at Reed, songwriting, and his musical influences.

July 26, 2017

Professor of political science Paul Gronke and former Oregon Secretary of State Phil Keisling discuss election reform.

July 10, 2017

Reports on how Reed increased international student diversity despite the White House travel ban.

June 27, 2017

NBC News Digital reporter and 2012 Reed grad Mary Emily O'Hara explains what she learned navigating the college admissions process as an adult.

June 1, 2017

How to Raise an Adult author Julie Lythcott-Haims hails Reed for its stance on college rankings at the New York Times Higher Ed Leaders Forum (17:00).

May 30, 2017

Nicholas Kristof provides commentary on the murder of 23-year-old recent �Ӱ��Ƶ graduate Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche ’16 and 53-year-old Army veteran.

May 28, 2017

The harrowing story of Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche ’16 who lost his life protecting two teenage girls and from a hateful and violent racist.

April 26, 2017

“There’s a lot of evidence that the holiday created no jobs and did not lead to any additional investments,” said Kimberly Clausing, an economist at �Ӱ��Ƶ.

March 10, 2017

Professor of English and Humanities Lucia Martinez’s support of Yemeni people engendered a kind response.

March 4, 2017

�Ӱ��Ƶ graduate Julianne Pachico's get a nice mention for her debut novel, The Lucky Ones

February 28, 2017

Prof. Daniel Reisberg, an expert in eye-witness identification, testified on behalf of a man who was convicted in part as a result of doubtful police procedures.

February 25, 2017

The only Portland artist-in-residence, Ryan Woodring, has work in the group exhibition “ICONOCLASTIC” at �Ӱ��Ƶ’s Cooley Gallery

February 23, 2017

Professor of Creative Writing Peter Rock’s novel My Abandonment is being made into a movie. Shooting began in April.

February 19, 2017

Prof. Rejali lays out the social science on how Donald Trump's pro-torture rhetoric could help bring abuse to a neighborhood near you.

February 15, 2017

Reed Dropped Its Admission Fee, Students Push Ivies to do the Same

Vice President of Financial Aid and Admission Milyon Trulove is quoted extensively in this article that got picked up by more than 30 news outlets.

Associate Press

February 14, 2017

In January, High Country News hosted two students from �Ӱ��Ƶ to see the inner workings of a news magazine and the magazine published the stories they wrote.

February 7, 2017

Professor of Linguistics Kara Becker features prominently in this article about why Natalie Portman’s accent in Jackie is spot-on.

February 1, 2017

“Unless the dollar appreciates quickly and countries don’t fix their exchange rates, at least in the short run you’re going to be paying more for all that stuff,” Clausing says.

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