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Comrades in This Quest

Call it a quest, an adventure, an odyssey. What’s more unique than the Reed experience? Perhaps the relationships it fosters.

Books, Film, Music

Documentarians Now

A director, an editor, and a producer reflect on their journeys from Reed to the frontlines of documentary filmmaking.

What is a Reedie 2026

What Is a Reedie?

Meet 12 members of the class of 2026.

Community

Our House

Lifelong memories and new traditions were formed in big houses of Southeast Portland.

Latest Articles

Reimagining Leadership at Reed

How the college’s student groups have enriched campus life.

History or Fiction?

In a new Chinese humanities course, students try to uncover what an influential Silk-Road traveler may have looked like.

For Professor Kyle Ormsby, Math Plus Art Equals Innovation

Ormsby has embarked on an interdisciplinary visual odyssey with two visionary artists.

Surviving Captivity

Edna Bonhomme ’06 explores how public health initiatives harm marginalized communities.

Arts & Humanities

November 11, 2026

History or Fiction?

In a new Chinese humanities course, students try to uncover what an influential Silk-Road traveler may have looked like.

November 11, 2026

For Professor Kyle Ormsby, Math Plus Art Equals Innovation

Ormsby has embarked on an interdisciplinary visual odyssey with two visionary artists.

November 11, 2026

Surviving Captivity

Edna Bonhomme ’06 explores how public health initiatives harm marginalized communities.

November 11, 2026

Behavioral Therapy

Gal Beckerman ’98 writes about making moral choices when everything feels impossible in How to Be a Dissident.

Reed has nurtured influential documentarians like Amy Foote '00, Yael Bridge ’05, and Lucy Sexton ’12.

November 02, 2026

A Director, an Editor, and a Producer Reflect on Their Journeys to the Frontlines of Documentary Filmmaking

Reed has nurtured influential documentarians like Amy Foote '00, Yael Bridge ’05, and Lucy Sexton ’12.

Math & Sciences

November 11, 2026

For Professor Kyle Ormsby, Math Plus Art Equals Innovation

Ormsby has embarked on an interdisciplinary visual odyssey with two visionary artists.

March 23, 2026

A Walk with the Wildflower Woman

Barbara Robinson ’68 has dedicated her life to protecting the Columbia River Gorge. Amanda Lucier ’02 and I took a walk with her to witness that work firsthand.

November 24, 2025

What Is a Reedie, Anyway?

Meet twelve graduates from the class of ’25.

July 25, 2025

Desert Dreams

Professor Juniper Harrower and her students want to save Joshua trees from extinction. Will the world join them?

The award honors junior faculty members who display exceptional potential.

March 19, 2025

Biology Professor Sam Fey Wins Swanson Promise Award

The award honors junior faculty members who display exceptional potential.

Social Sciences

March 23, 2026

Voices of Justice

How Noah Bardach ’98 and Rebecca Cannara ’98 learned the language of human rights.

November 24, 2025

What Is a Reedie, Anyway?

Meet twelve graduates from the class of ’25.

March 10, 2025

Nina Simone’s Gum

Religion 363 students seek to answer: How does a thing like, say, a piece of gum, transform into a religious artifact?

March 12, 2025

Finding the Words

In 2024, Aidan Mokalla ’25 traveled to Tajikistan to study Persian as part of the Critical Language Scholarship program.

We visit a Bay Area Japanese izakaya, owned and operated by chef and author of the new Rintaro cookbook Sylvan Mishima Brackett ’98.

October 11, 2024

Eating a Moment

We visit a Bay Area Japanese izakaya, owned and operated by chef and author of the new Rintaro cookbook Sylvan Mishima Brackett ’98.

Reed Community

November 02, 2026