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Boxes with the USAID logo on them

A WU Point of View: Raechelle Mascarenhas discusses international aid

March 13, 2025
U.S. and Chinese Flags

A WU Point of View: Yan Liang discusses tariffs on China

February 27, 2025
Students and faculty sitting in a circle in a grassy field

Bridging divides and healing divisions across differences

February 6, 2025
Students work on animation projects

Students bring characters to life in marathon 48-hour Animation Jam

February 6, 2025
Michael Gay at a groundbreaking ceremony for a mental health center in Salem.

Michael Gay MBA’23 leverages a Willamette MBA to tackle Oregon’s mental health crisis

January 23, 2025
Abbate testifies at a hearing on Capitol Hill

Bethany Abbate BA’21 leads the AI safety debate on Capitol Hill

January 23, 2025
Faith O'Malley

A genuine desire to help others leads student to law school

January 23, 2025
Illustrations by Subin Yang for Chobani

Global brands and organizations embrace Subin Yang’s BFA’17 mission-driven art

January 23, 2025
Genna Walsh

Genna Walsh JD’24 publishes two ABA articles on psilocybin

January 16, 2025
Tobias Read is sworn is as Oregon's Secretary of State

Tobias Read BA’97 builds on a lifetime of service as Oregon’s Secretary of State

January 14, 2025
Elizabeth Larson sitting in a chair

Elizabeth Larson BS/BA’21 connects art and chemistry through life-size play structures

January 2, 2025
Razel Mari Sta. Rita poses with an artwork a chair

Razel Mari Sta. Rita MFA’24 finds freedom to create global connections at PNCA

January 2, 2025
Heck painting a mural

PNCA alums team up to capture the natural beauty of Montana in mural project

January 2, 2025
Alex Weirth with Assistant Professor Heather Kitada Smalley

Data science alums promote sustainability and energy efficiency at Evergreen Economics

November 14, 2024
Josh Perez at a table at the NCAA Inclusion Event

Willamette alum takes on national role to increase inclusivity in college sports

November 14, 2024
Straus stands with two collaborators in front of the exhibit "Finding Salem's Chinatown"

Uncovering history as an architectural historian

November 14, 2024
Beth Hladick

A champion for election reform works to be part of the solution

October 24, 2024
Fernando Bitelli

Fernando Bitelli BS’24 dedicates senior thesis to giving back to Brazil’s youth soccer community

October 9, 2024
Jamaali Roberts

Jamaali Roberts BFA’17 intrigues and instructs with magical artwork

October 9, 2024
Justus Eaglesmith presenting at WU TechDay

Determining a path forward for artificial intelligence in state government

May 2, 2024
Demian DinéYazhi´

Artist Demian DinéYazhi´ BFA’14 reimagines the future in piece selected for the 2024 Whitney Biennial

April 18, 2024
Karol Orozco

Karol Orozco MBA’22, MS’23 pairs business and data skills with people-centered values to lead TriMet to a more just future

April 18, 2024
Elana Greenberg

Career Development Office helps Elana Greenberg BA’21, MS’22 land her dream job at Hewlett Packard

April 18, 2024
Anelise Zimmer conducting field research

Anelise Zimmer BA’16 plays an important role in protecting coastal ecosystems in her position with the Pew Charitable Trusts

April 17, 2024
Isabella Stone conducting research

Environmental Science major spends a summer in the Harvard Forest

April 17, 2024
PNCA student designs from the Willamette Week Dessert issue

Student-designed Willamette Week Dessert Issue takes the cake

March 14, 2024
R. Stranger

R. Stranger MFA’24 combines creative writing and visual arts in their multimedia approach to art

February 15, 2024
Akilah Deernose

Akilah Deernose BA’04 breaks down barriers as Executive Director of the Montana ACLU

February 14, 2024
Kyle Hopkins

MBA for Professionals program helps Kyle Hopkins MBA’21 launch his new international role at IKEA

February 14, 2024
LaToya Kamara Manley

Problem-solving and determination helped LaToya Kamara Manley MBA’12 build the women’s footwear strategy for Nike’s Jordan brand

February 1, 2024
Nels Swenson

Nels Swenson BA’98, MBA’99 advocates for others and promotes inclusion in engineering

January 17, 2024
Conor Foley

Conor Foley BA’12 uses his international public health knowledge to help local youth

January 17, 2024
Michael Diamond

Open mind and interdisciplinary education helped Michael Diamond BA’11 design Google's next self-driving car

December 7, 2023
Andy Sloop with recycled Nike materials

MBA for Life program helped Andy Sloop MBA’00 develop a process management approach to sustainability

December 7, 2023
Rob Macfarlane

Living in a materials science world: Professor Robert Macfarlane BA’04 treasures what he learned at Willamette

December 6, 2023
Angelica Trimble-Yanu

Angelica Trimble-Yanu BFA’19 brings together tradition and technology for the artwork in Google’s new flagship store

November 29, 2023
Katie Hill performing research in a tree

Katie Hill BA’23 studies the hidden heroes of our ecosystems

November 15, 2023
Sanaz Masoumi

Sanaz Masoumi MFA’24 reflects literature and culture in her wearable art

November 1, 2023
E.M. Lewis and Clarence Roscoe McDonald

“In the Deep” musical brings together three generations of Willamette alums and celebrates the power of connection

October 25, 2023
Andrew Hallberg and Malik Kahel

Willamette MBA alums address bias in hiring with AI

October 17, 2023
Sarah Jenner and colleagues

Sarah Jenner BA’25 experiences a life-changing public health internship in Ghana

October 17, 2023
Carlos Luevanos

Former pre-med student becomes a professional hacker

October 17, 2023
Nathan Galvan

Nathan Galvan BFA’23 credits mentors at PNCA for helping him find success as a graphic design professional

October 17, 2023
Hayley Freedman

Hayley Freedman’s BA’09 commitment to global citizenship brings life-saving care to East Africa

October 3, 2023
Jose Alvarado

José Alvarado BA’13 is a software entrepreneur who is paying it forward

October 3, 2023
Hadisa Gowhari

Internships lead to full-time position at Intel for Hadisa Gowhari MBA’23

October 3, 2023
Head shot of Olivia Harwood

Award-winning artist Olivia Harwood BFA’21 strives to empower herself and others in her work

September 20, 2023
Eileen Isagon Skyers speaks at TED2023

Eileen Isagon Skyers MA’14 speaks about the intersection of art and AI on the TED2023 stage

September 5, 2023
Ariel Todoki at her job at EA

From music major to ethical hacker

September 5, 2023
Head shot of Camille Mercier

Camille Mercier MBA’09 earns her “seat at the table”

September 5, 2023
Photo of coste

Jeremy Coste BA’17 banks on brilliance to become one of the youngest directors at Bank of America

September 5, 2023
Head shot of Morgan Gratz-Weiser

Morgan Gratz-Weiser BA’13 takes on vital role in the Governor’s office

August 7, 2023
Liani Reeves

The Conversation Project: Willamette alum to share experience as immigrant in Oregon

October 5, 2022
Saraa Green

MBA sets the stage for establishing a new style

August 23, 2022
Jasmine Ames

From bank teller to VP: MBA leads alumna to executive ranks

January 10, 2022
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