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Jan. 22, 2026 | Politics & Government Professor Jules Boykoff tells the Associated Press essential workers will be in the spotlight as the Olympic Games come to Los Angeles in 2028.

Jan. 21, 2026 | Inside Higher Ed columnist Rachel Toor says in this profoundly divided time, some leaders in higher education, like those at Pacific and Willamette, can be better together.

Jan. 16, 2026 | The Oregonian explains how the TRIO Program provides support for low-income students, students with disabilities, or students whose parents did not earn a bachelor's degree. °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ will become part of the TRIO Program thanks to a $1.36 million TRIO grant awarded in 2025.

Dec. 31, 2025 | The Oregonian's look back at notable Oregonians who died in 2025 included °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ alumnus and Trustee Emeritus Bill Stoller '74, who died on April 23, 2025 at age 74.

Dec. 21, 2025 | The Epoch Times highlighted Pacific alumnus A.C. Gilbert in it's "Profiles In History" series, chronicling his journey from Tualatin Academy and °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ to becoming "The Man Who Saved Christmas."

Dec. 18, 2025 | The Newport (Oregon) News-Times delivers the news on Psychology Professor Heide Island's grant to continue a Northwest sea otter survey. The survey will be conducted in partnership with Newport's Oregon Coast Aquarium.

Dec. 17, 2025 | KXL-FM in Portland takes in depth look at the proposed Pacific/Willamette merger with interviews with Pacific President Jenny Coyle and Willamette President Steve Thorsett. Story begins at 1:10 mark of podcast.

Dec. 12, 2025 | "We do believe that by coming together and hopefully being stronger together, we'll be able to navigate headwinds that we haven't even thought about right now because we will have much larger scale, much larger capacity," Pacific President Jenny Coyle told Portland's KXL-FM.

Dec. 12, 2025 | The news of the proposed merger between Pacific and Willamette gains international coverage with a story in The Times of India.

Dec. 11, 2025 | Discussions about the proposed merger became serious this year, Willamette President Steve Thorsett told KATU-TV in Portland.