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College of the Pacific

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Our programs form the core of the university learning enterprise, leading to careers in the performing and visual arts, the humanities, and the social and natural sciences.

Feature Stories

New Pacific World History Book Set Edited by Pacific Professors
Professors Dennis O. Flynn (Economics) and Arturo Giráldez (Modern Languages) served as general editors for a new 17-volume set on the history of the Pacific region that was a decade in the making. »

Visiting Scholars Enhance Behavior Analysis Program
Pacific’s Psychology Department is hosting visits from eminent scholars, reaping benefits for students and faculty alike. »

The Big Picture
Mural by Visual Arts Professor Lucinda Kasser welcomes patients in new wing of Lodi Memorial Hospital. »

Cookbook for a Cause
Pacific Fund grant enables Student Ann Mazzaferro to research the Woman Suffrage Cookbook of 1886. »

Poet In Motion
English major Victor Inzunza, who writes poetry based on his combat experience in Iraq, attended the annual Joiner Center writing workshop focused on the social consequences of war. »

The Pacific Fund: Promoting “Distinctiveness” in the College of the Pacific
The Pacific Fund was created in 2008 to support faculty and student activities that convey Pacific’s distinctiveness. In particular, the funds are designed to “create stories” that communicate our distinctiveness to alumni, parents, and prospective students. »

News & Announcements

Capital Connection
Eight students will intern in the state capital this spring through the Jacoby Center’s Sacramento Experience program. »

From Black Widows to Bulletproof Vests
New protein concentrator enables Biology lab to produce synthetic spider silk for potential industrial applications. »

History Professor Receives Personal Note from Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Justice Sotomayor, who has type 1 diabetes, personally thanks Dr. Caroline Cox for sending her new book related to the discovery of insulin. »

Pacific Professors Awarded Highly Selective Grant for Medicinal Chemistry Research
Professors in Chemistry and Pharmacy received one of only three grants awarded nationwide by the American Chemical Society to pursue research that may help with treatments for cancer and other diseases. »

Pacific’s Powerhouse Speech and Debate Team Makes its Mark
The team has been dominating recent tournaments, and one of the debate pairs just hit first place out of 552 teams across the country. »

California Government and Politics Class Tackles the State Constitution
Experiential learning takes place inside the classroom as students are charged with overhauling the state constitution. »

Events

Colliver Lecture February 16 at 8:00 pm
NPR reporter and author Margot Adler to discuss paganism in America for the Colliver Lecture series, which covers different aspects of religion. »

Author and Legal Analyst Susan Estrich to Discuss Rape Laws in the U.S.
Best-selling author and nationally-recognized political and legal analyst Susan Estrich will discuss rape and sexual assault laws in the United States on March 3 at 7:30 p.m., in the Faye Spanos Concert Hall on the Stockton Campus of University of the Pacific. »

New Student Writing Center Open in the Library
Students have a plush new space to receive writing coaching. »

"Western Technosites" Opens at the Reynolds Gallery
Professor Daniel Kasser’s photography work will be exhibited from January 19 – February 23. »