Cool Projects

Students excavate on Reed's campus in search of its lost history.

Anthropology major Emilie Kelly ’25 used a classic lawn game to break the ice before entering into deeper conversation.

An online database was supposed to make college more transparent. Instead, Reed students found, it’s sowing confusion.

Watson Fellowship winner Stevie Hoesel ’22 plans to bring a unique lens to the study of youth intervention systems around the world.

October 25, 2021

Students deconstruct portraiture at a new exhibition at the Cooley.

September 13, 2021

Grant from Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation brings cutting-edge microscope to Reed.

July 9, 2021

Malcolm Gladwell exposes the circular logic and the culture of privilege embedded in the ranking giant’s algorithm.

June 23, 2021

Theatre/biology major wins Class of ’21 Award for production focused on diversity and inclusion in science.

June 23, 2021

Environmental studies major wins Class of ’21 award for innovative way to measure pollutants in wildfire smoke.

May 3, 2021

Bio students make exciting discoveries in the Reed canyon—and raise questions for its future.

April 19, 2021

Nebiyat Esubalew ’21 will put up road safety signs outside schools in Ethiopia.

March 18, 2021

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

February 10, 2021

The inside story of the ceramic hearts that beckon from trees around campus.

September 17, 2020

Reed physics majors show how the galaxy developed its enigmatic barred spiral.