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July 29, 2025 | The Oregonian profiled Thủy Trần OD '94, who will have an autobiographical play about her life as a refugee from 1970s Vietnam and making a home in the U.S. "Belonging: A Memoir" will be performed on Saturday, Aug. 2, at Portland's Winningstad Theatre. In addition to her optometric practice, Trần is a member of Oregon House of Representatives.

July 24, 2025 | The Women In Optometry website profiles the new dean of the 51�Թ� College of Optometry, Bisant Labib. "Everyone's heart is in the right place (at Pacific), and that drive my decision to make such a big move."

July 19, 2025 | Hawaii News Now (KGMB-TV/KHNL-TV) visited 51�Թ�'s 808 to 503 new student orientation event in Honolulu as incoming students and families stat the transition from high school to college and Hawai'i to the mainland.

July 17. 2025 | As part of Pacific's annual trip to Hawai'i for 808 to 503, President Jenny Coyle '90, OD '93, MS '00 talked with Michael Perry on the "Mike & The Posse" morning show on KSSK-FM (92.3) in Honolulu to discuss the university and our connections to Hawai'i.

July 16, 2025 | President Jenny Coyle '90, OD '93, MS '00 and Board of Trustees member Gary Pacarro '74 talked 51�Թ� and its Hawai'i connections on HI Now Daily on Hawaii News Now (KGMB-TV/KHNL-TV) in Honolulu. The Pacific segments starts 15:20 into the video.

July 3, 2025 | Tim Lantz of "Portland's Afternoon News" on KXL-FM profiled the undergraduate business "Empowering Communities Through Student Leadership & Technology Innovation" internship program, which pairs students with local businesses to evaluate their digital presence.

July 2, 2025 | The Forest Grove News-Times chronicled Pacific receiving a twin of the Boxer II statue, an exact copy of the statue cast in the early 1980s. The twin, also sculpted by Pat Costello, was given to his parents and gifted to the university in June.

June 28, 2025 | Graham Erickson '88, OD '90, of Pacific's College of Optometry, was quoted in MedPage Today discussing the impact of sports-related orbital fractures and their effect on facial trauma in young males.

June 10, 2025 | Pacific Politics & Government Professor Jules Boykoff was quoted by the Associated Press on how recent protests of Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions, and the U.S. response, are affecting the city and nation's international reputation as the city looks ahead to the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympic Games.

June 10, 2025 | Jules Boykoff, professor of politics & government, provided analysis on the "No Kings" Protests scheduled nationwide on June 14. Boykoff studies protest movements. “Some recent events have upped the poignancy of the moment. They have upped the ante politically. It wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest if we saw enormous crowds across the country.”