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Colleges could soon be making admissions decisions without affirmative action

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.

Art History Professor Dana Katz contributes as a guest editor to Art Journal Open

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

Ben Read reads "At Harlem Hospital Across the Street from the Schomburg ..."

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

Michelle Nijhuis '96 on Changing the Conservation Narrative

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.

Plant the Seeds of Change

Agriculture isn’t just about feeding people. It can be a tool for social change.

These Microbes Eat Water Bottles

Reed College biologists develop colonies of bacteria that can break down plastic pollution.

Race, Heat, and Redlining

Urban heat islands are often a legacy of racism. Cate Mingoya ’08 has ideas on how to fix that.

Build a Radically Better Battery

To wean the grid from fossil fuels, we need a way to store vast quantities of energy.

Growing the Curriculum

The environmental studies program currently offers more than two dozen courses. Here’s a small sample.

Break the Wall of Indifference

Psychologist Cameron Brick ’04 studies how we react to problems such as climate change.

How To Make Green (er) Paint

America is drowning in old paint, but it needn’t. Just ask chemist Jim Quinn ’83.

What is Eliot Hall?

Eliot Hall, built in 1912, is a brick Tudor Gothic building featuring classrooms, administrative offices, and the Eliot chapel. Located at the heart of campus, Eliot Hall classrooms range in size to accommodate from 15 to 30 people. The chapel seats 220 and includes a stage.

Where is the student union located?

The Student Union, part of the Gray Campus Center, is located adjacent to the Quad at the heart of campus. The room offers 3,200 square feet of multi-purpose space in a Gothic hardwood, lodge-type setting. The Student Union can accommodate 240 theater-style, 216 at rounds, and 156 at half-rounds (a nice alternative to classroom seating; allows for writing surface and is conducive to group discussion).

Does Reed College have a soccer field?

Reed College offers soccer and rugby fields for rent in conjunction with overnight camps during the summer months. Other outdoor spaces include a 400-seat amphitheater overlooking the canyon, the Quad, and other lawn spaces.

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Biology Building

Eliot Hall

Gray Campus Center

Kaul Auditorium

Outdoor Venues

Performing Arts Building

• Located at the west end of campus, Reed's Performing Arts Building features a 226-seat studio theatre with movable seating platforms, a 99-seat black box theatre with a barn door that opens to the lobby, a dance studio, a theatre/dance rehearsal room, a music/choir rehearsal room, a three-story atrium lobby, and a rooftop patio for gatherings. Clas...

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Psychology Building

Student Union

Vollum College Center