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==Campus== The campus is located in [[North Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington|North Tacoma, Washington]] in a primarily residential setting a few minutes' walk from the Proctor and the [[Sixth Avenue (Tacoma)|Sixth Avenue]] district. The campus is made up of mainly brick buildings in the [[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor]]-[[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic]] architectural style. Buildings are mostly arranged into quads. The three main quads are the North Quad and South Quad, which contain residence halls, and Karlen Quad, which contains Jones Hall, Collins Memorial Library and the Music Building. The library was designed by Tacoma architect [[Silas E. Nelsen]] in 1954. It was later renovated. {{Panorama|image=Image:University_of_Puget_Sound.jpg |fullwidth=7947 |fullheight=1200 |caption= University of Puget Sound campus on a sunny July afternoon. |height=300}} ===Academic buildings=== Harned Hall, named for alumnus and local real estate developer H.C. "Joe" Harned, was dedicated on September 29, 2006. The building is {{convert|51000|sqft|m2}} and cost $25 million to construct. It was designed and built to meet the [[U.S. Green Building Council]]'s [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] Silver Standard. The building features labs for [[biology]], [[geology]], [[chemistry]], [[environmental science]], and [[physics]], a {{convert|10000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} courtyard with a crystalline glass gazebo in the center, a [[Foucault pendulum]] designed by Alan Thorndike, as well as [[Gray whale]] skeleton named Willy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pugetsound.edu/about/strategic-planning/the-master-plan/projects/science-center/science-on-display/ |title=Science on Display |publisher=University of Puget Sound |access-date=2014-08-22}}</ref> [[File:UPS - Wyatt Hall 03.jpg|thumb|right|Wyatt Hall]] After Harned Hall was completed, the institution began a $38 million renovation of Thompson Hall, the "old" science building. Harned and Thompson Halls form a square with a courtyard in the middle, and are collectively named the Science Center. Thompson Hall has an area of {{convert|121000|sqft|m2}} and was originally constructed in 1968. The renovation was completed in spring 2008.<ref>Office of University Relations. [http://www.ups.edu/documents/CaseforThompsonHall.pdf The Science Center at Puget Sound]</ref> Wyatt Hall is the second newest academic building on campus, dedicated in 2003. It houses the English, History, Foreign Languages & Literature, Politics & Government, Philosophy, Honors, Science Technology & Society,<ref>[http://www.ups.edu/x3013.xml Department of Science Technology & Society] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219234159/http://www.ups.edu/x3013.xml |date=2008-02-19 }}</ref> Classics, and Religion departments. Many of the classrooms in the building are seminar style, meaning a circle of tables that students sit at to encourage discussion between students and the professor, rather than a lecture. The building features glass art by [[Dale Chihuly]] that represents the ivy leaves covering the campus buildings. [[File:UPS - McIntyre Hall 01.jpg|thumb|McIntyre Hall]] Other buildings include McIntyre Hall, home of the School of Business and Leadership, the Departments of Economics, Sociology and Anthropology, and [[International Political Economy]]; Howarth Hall, home of the School of Education, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Career and Employment Services, and more; Jones Hall, home of theatre arts, communication studies, and several administrative offices, including the Office of the President; and the Music Building (which is the only building on campus without a name). Kittredge Hall, the original student union building, now houses the art department and Kittredge Gallery. The Gallery is now affiliated with Tacoma Art Museum. Collins Memorial Library<ref>[http://www.ups.edu/library Collins Memorial Library]</ref> houses over 400,000 books and over 130,000 periodicals, is a partial federal government repository, and has substantial microform holdings.<ref>[http://www.ups.edu/x19192.xml Collins Library Fact Sheet] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928084124/http://www.ups.edu/x19192.xml |date=2008-09-28 }}</ref> The Library was named after former trustee Everill S. Collins. The current Library building was built in 1954. A larger addition was completed in 1974. In 2000, a major renovation brought new technology and media resources into the Library's spaces.{{cn|date=December 2023}} Construction for the William T. and Gail T. Weyerhaeuser Center for Health Sciences began in spring 2010. At {{convert|42500|sqft|m2}}, the center provides the resources and flexibility needed to support new areas of study in the fields of health and behavioral sciences. Specially designed to encourage cross-disciplinary interaction, the center houses Puget Sound's undergraduate departments in exercise science and psychology, graduate programs in occupational and physical therapy, and interdisciplinary program in neuroscience. Designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson/Seattle, Weyerhaeuser Hall conforms to the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver standards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pugetsound.edu/about/strategic-planning/the-master-plan/projects/weyerhaeuser-hall/ |title=The William T. and Gail T. Weyerhaeuser Center for Health Sciences |publisher=University of Puget Sound |access-date=2014-08-22}}</ref>
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