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Quest Contributors' Meeting
Pitch article ideas, discuss current happenings, and learn more about the Quest, Reed's weekly print newspaper made by and for students.
Organization: Unaffiliated.
Monday, September 14, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Student Publications Office (047).
Does Voting Matter?
Join Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read for free pizza and a lively conversation about election integrity, democratic resilience, college student voting, and how to defend vote by mail. This is a great opportunity for students interested in politics and civic engagement, as well as anyone who wants to discuss whether voting really matters in our country today.
Organization: Political Science.
Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM.
Vollum - Lounge.
Reed SPS Astrobites
This event is for Reed students interested in presenting on topics of new Astrophysics research. It will be hosted by Reed's SPS chapter. Every week, a student will do a short (10-20 min pres + 10 min questions) presentation on an article from https://astrobites.org/ and lead a discussion about it. We hope that this event will get students interested in physics, astrophysics, and SPS!
Organization: Reed Society of Physics Students.
Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Physics 121 - Classroom.
What is Close Reading?
Build your close reading skills by reading passages together and discussing them. Learn to use quotation, paraphrases, summary and analysis effectively - perfect before finishing your first HUM 110 paper.
Organization: Academic Support Services.
Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Eliot 314 - Classroom Lecture Hall.
WMD Practice
Come join Weapons of Mass Distraction as we spin a variety of props, both on and off fire! New members and beginners are always welcome.
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Student Union, Student Union - Patio.
CLBR Commons Drop In
Stop by Commons on Wednesdays to chat with the Center for Life Beyond Reed about your career questions, fellowship applications, or post-graduation plans. No appointment needed—just swing by with whatever's on your mind, whether it's a quick question or something you want to think through. We're here to help you explore your options and take your next steps.
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Organization: Center for Life Beyond Reed.
Wednesday, September 16, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Commons Dining Room.
Thesis Desk Lottery
Senior thesis desk lottery numbers will be drawn from the official 470 list. Eligible seniors will get an email to opt-in to the lottery on Wednesday, 9/9. If you are a senior not yet registered for 470, and want to be included in the drawing, please come to the circulation desk and have your name added to the lottery list by Monday, 9/14. Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Studio Art, majors are not eligible for thesis desks in the library unless special privileges have been granted to the department based on number of seniors.
The list of numbers will be posted Tuesday, 9/15 along with a map of thesis desk locations, so that you can have preferences in mind before the actual selection. Check out our thesis desk map to review desk locations. Seat maps will also be posted in thesis desk areas.
Desk selection will begin at noon on Wednesday, 9/16 in the library lobby. You or your proxy must be present when your name is called. Lottery numbers are not transferable.
PLEASE NOTE: Thesis desks are shared…
Organization: Library.
Wednesday, September 16, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Library - Foyer.
Bound for Graduate School with Donald Asher '83
Thinking about graduate school?
Join Donald Asher ’83, author of the best-selling guide to the graduate admissions process, Graduate Admissions Essays, for a talk on strategies to gain admission to highly competitive graduate programs. PhD, Master’s, MBA, Law, MD, PharmD, PsyD, MFA, Postdoc, and scholarship and fellowship information will be covered.
Open to all class years and alumni, this session will help you feel more confident about navigating graduate and professional school applications. A roundtable led by a STEM professor and a humanities professor to follow the presentation,
Wednesday, September 1, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM,
Dr. Donald Asher is one of the nation’s foremost authorities on the graduate admissions process. Hundreds of thousands of students have seen his lectures and conferences. He is the author of twelve books, including Graduate Admissions Essays (the best-selling guide to the graduate admissions process), and The Best Scholarships for the Best Students. He has been a keynote or…
Organization: Center for Life Beyond Reed.
Wednesday, September 16, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Psych 105 - Lecture Hall.
Reed Resource Expo
Come learn about the vast array of on-campus resources, programs and support systems at Reed, while also having fun!
Reed's various offices will be tabling with informational displays, activities and giveaways. There will also be free food and a chance to win a wealth of raffle prizes!
Additional event information can be found on the Reed Resource Expo website.
Please contact the Office for Student Engagement with any questions: student-engagement@reed.edu.
Organization: Student Engagement.
Thursday, September 17, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM.
Quad.
Student Summer Research
Join us on Thursday, September 17th in Eliot 314 at 3:40pm to hear students give brief presentations about their summer research! All are welcome!!
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Organization: Mathematics & Statistics.
Thursday, September 17, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Eliot 314 - Classroom Lecture Hall.
Soft Skills: The Key to Success & Advancement with Donald Asher '83
Brilliance and hard work can take you far, but there’s another essential component to success: soft skills. From making connections and navigating small talk to telling a compelling story about your work, these skills shape how we communicate, collaborate, and build professional relationships.
Join Donald Asher ’83 for an interactive session on developing the soft skills that can help you succeed across a wide range of career and academic paths. You’ll explore both the theory and practical application of these skills and leave with a plan for putting them into practice.
Topics will include:
Making small talk and building genuine human connections
, Using body language and understanding how you present yourself
, Telling a compelling story in a business or academic setting
, Shining at an academic conference
, Knowing when to speak and when to listen
, Entering and leaving a small group with confidence
, Preparing responses to common questions and queries
, Talking about your academic work…
Organization: Center for Life Beyond Reed.
Thursday, September 17, 2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Vollum - Lounge.
Visiting Writers Series: Torrin Greathouse
Torrin A. Greathouse (she/they) is an award-winning transgender cripple-punk poet and essayist. They are the author of DEED (Wesleyan University Press, 2024), winner of a 2025 Stonewall Book Awards Barbara Gittings Prize in Poetry, and Wound from the Mouth of a Wound (Milkweed Editions, 2020), a Minnesota Book Award and CLMP Firecracker Award finalist, and winner of the 2022 Kate Tufts Discovery Award. Their work has been featured in Poetry Magazine, The Rumpus, the New York Times Magazine, Copper Nickel, The Kenyon Review, and elsewhere. Greathouse has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Effing Foundation for Sex-Positivity, Zoeglossia, The Ragdale Foundation, and the University of Arizona Poetry Center. She received her MFA in creative writing from the University of Minnesota and teaches at the Rainier Writing Workshop, the low-residency MFA program at Pacific Lutheran University.
Organization: Visiting Writers Series, Creative Writing.
Thursday, September 17, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
Eliot - Chapel.
WMD Practice
Come join Weapons of Mass Distraction as we spin a variety of props, both on and off fire! New members and beginners are always welcome.
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Thursday, September 17, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Student Union, Student Union - Patio.
Biology Weekly Seminar Series
Organization: Biology.
Friday, September 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Biology 19 - Lecture Hall.
Music@Noon Recital Awardee Presentation
Bring your lunch and join us for a noontime recital in the Performing Arts Building Atrium featuring Reed music students and faculty. Free Admission.
Organization: Music.
Friday, September 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
PAB Atrium.
Friday@4 Recital Awardee Presentation
Join us for a free music recital featuring Reed music students and faculty in PAB 320 (third floor of the PAB, the Music Rehearsal Room). The event is free, and no tickets are required.
Organization: Music.
Friday, September 18, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Campus.
HSS Fall 26 Picnic
Come celebrate the start of Fall Semester with your fellow HSS students and faculty! This is a great opportunity to meet new visiting professors and learn more about the HSS division.
Organization: HSS Division.
Friday, September 18, 2026, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
ETC West Lawn.
RAIN LOCATION: HSS Fall Picnic
Organization: HSS Division.
Friday, September 18, 2026, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Conference BCD.
W.E.B. Du Bois and the City at the End of the World
W.E.B. Du Bois’s 1920 book Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil took aim at the racial politics of planetary disposability. He saw how the racialized division of labor in modern society—including the genocidal wasting of certain populations—was a defining feature of capitalist accumulation on a worldwide scale. Furthermore, with startling parallels to our own “end times,” he glimpsed the apocalyptic horizon attending to this racialized division of labor—how the captains of the world's industry seemed willing to exploit divisions among human groups in order to preserve the despotic rule of capital even if it meant the end of the world. Among Du Bois’s counterproposals was his political aesthetics of the city. He believed that re-imagining the functioning of the city and everyday life within it could help to undercut the apocalyptic death-drive attending to capitalist despotism.
Jared Loggins is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. He is the co-author, with Andrew Douglas, Prophet…
Organization: Public Policy Lecture Series.
Friday, September 18, 2026, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Eliot 314 - Classroom Lecture Hall.
SHARE Lounge
Join SHARE in the Lounge on Friday nights!
The lounge is a chill space for people to 1) hang out if they don’t want to be around substances, 2) take a breather and collect themselves if an event becomes activating or uncomfortable, 3) seek out SHARE resources if they experience something that makes them feel unsafe or uncomfortable at the event. Student staff will be present with snacks and tea, games, and sometimes a movie! Come to study or share space. Disrespectful guests will be asked to leave.
Organization: SHARE.
Friday, September 18, 2026, 9:00 PM – 11:55 PM.
Winch Social Room.
WEKA Recital
Join the Western Early Keyboard Association for their annual fall recital. Please contact them directly for more information. Their website is https://www.wekaweb.org/.
Organization: Music.
Saturday, September 19, 2026.
PAB 320 - Music Rehearsal Room & Lecture Hall.
Planning an Event Information Session (for Students)
Have you ever wanted to organize an on campus event or meeting? Join the Office for Student Engagement to learn all about the new campus reservation system, 25Live, and how to organize your on campus event.
Two information sessions will be offered on Monday, September 21:
12:00 - 1:00 PM
, 5:00-6:00 PM,
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Please contact Student Engagement with any additional questions (student-engagement@reed.edu) or visit our website.
Organization: Student Engagement.
Monday, September 21, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Conference CD.
At the Seams of Translation: Voices and Strata in Pavel Muratov’s Evocations of Italy
Join Professor Lena Lencek for lecture and conversation to celebrate the publication of her new book, a translation of Pavel Muratov's Evocations of Italy.
Pavel Muratov (1881–1950), Russian art historian, critic, and writer, is the author of Obrazy Italii (1911–1924), newly translated as Evocations of Italy (Northwestern University Press, 2026) and hailed as “one of the most dazzling books ever written about Italy.” As experimental, vibrant, and vital today as it was in its own time, Muratov’s hybrid text moves among art history, travelogue, essay, fiction, criticism, quotation, paraphrase, and personal meditation, exploring an Italy already mediated by other writers, artists, historians, travelers, and traditions of seeing. How, then, does the translator preserve the friction among these genres, negotiate the instability of voice and authorship, and make legible the multiple acts of, translation already embedded in the text? This lecture argues that preserving the seams among its interpolated voices and…
Organization: Russian.
Monday, September 21, 2026, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM.
Vollum - Lounge.
Planning an Event Information Session (for Students)
Have you ever wanted to organize an on campus event or meeting? Join the Office for Student Engagement to learn all about the new campus reservation system, 25Live, and how to organize your on campus event.
Two information sessions will be offered on Monday, September 21:
12:00 - 1:00 PM
, 5:00-6:00 PM,
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Please contact Student Engagement with any additional questions (student-engagement@reed.edu) or visit our website.
Organization: Student Engagement.
Monday, September 21, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Conference CD.
Quest Contributors' Meeting
Pitch article ideas, discuss current happenings, and learn more about the Quest, Reed's weekly print newspaper made by and for students.
Organization: Unaffiliated.
Monday, September 21, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Student Publications Office (047).
Reed SPS Astrobites
This event is for Reed students interested in presenting on topics of new Astrophysics research. It will be hosted by Reed's SPS chapter. Every week, a student will do a short (10-20 min pres + 10 min questions) presentation on an article from https://astrobites.org/ and lead a discussion about it. We hope that this event will get students interested in physics, astrophysics, and SPS!
Organization: Reed Society of Physics Students.
Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Physics 121 - Classroom.
WMD Practice
Come join Weapons of Mass Distraction as we spin a variety of props, both on and off fire! New members and beginners are always welcome.
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Student Union, Student Union - Patio.
CLBR Commons Drop In
Stop by Commons on Wednesdays to chat with the Center for Life Beyond Reed about your career questions, fellowship applications, or post-graduation plans. No appointment needed—just swing by with whatever's on your mind, whether it's a quick question or something you want to think through. We're here to help you explore your options and take your next steps.
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Organization: Center for Life Beyond Reed.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Commons Dining Room.
Biology Senior's Meeting, Part 2
This is a meeting for Biology, ES-Bio, BMB, and Neuroscience seniors with thesis advisors in Biology to learn more about the thesis process. We will discuss: utilizing library resources, resources from CUS & Data @ Reed, important deadlines, and resources available to help you chart your career beyond Reed.
Lunch will be provided (vegan and gluten free options included.).
Organization: Biology.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Biology 19 - Lecture Hall.
Fall Watson Informational Webinar
Want to learn more about the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship and what a Watson year could look like? Tune in for a virtual webinar on September 24th, 2026 at 12PM! Representatives from the Watson Foundation will be there to speak about the Watson, and this webinar features a returning Watson fellow sharing about their experience. Please register using the link provided: https://watson-foundation.zoom.us/meeting/register/Alm6mmahQdOPimbo4y3Uxg#/registration .
Organization: Center for Life Beyond Reed.
Thursday, September 24, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Virtual.
Watson Fellowship Application Tips
Are you planning to apply for a Watson fellowship? Please join us for a webinar centered around helping strengthen your application! This webinar will be led by representatives from the Watson Foundation who are also part of the national selection committee. This will be an opportunity for you to gain clarity on the criteria, understand how you can showcase your strengths and experiences, avoid technical issues, and hear tips to prepare for the interview. Please register using the link provided. Sept 9th webinar:https://watson-foundation.zoom.us/meeting/register/N_EL6zdNSECjgWAaEWRhqg#/registration, Sept 24th webinar:
Sept 24th webinar: https://watson-foundation.zoom.us/meeting/register/G2GDxjp1Sc2j2GjkrzBEMA#/registration.
Organization: Center for Life Beyond Reed.
Thursday, September 24, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Virtual.
Math & Statistics Colloquium: Joe Buhler
Organization: Mathematics & Statistics.
Thursday, September 24, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Eliot 314 - Classroom Lecture Hall.
Zine Library Open House
Come swing by Zine Library Open House! There will be zine-themed snacks, a zine-making area, button making by the VRC, eraser stamping by Print Services, show-and-tell of rare zines from the Archives, and a look behind the scenes by Zine Cataloging. Come meet other zine-interested people~.
Organization: Library, Zine Library.
Thursday, September 24, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Library - South Reference Room.
Af-Am History Docs: MLK/FBI
Af-Am History Docs ’26,
A series of documentary film on Black history,
MLK/FBI (2020),
Directed by Sam Pollard,
An eye-opening account of the FBI campaign to discredit Martin Luther King Jr. based on newly declassified documents,
Thursday, September 24 at 6:30 pm,
Performing Arts Building 320,
Trailer,
Upcoming event on October 29th: Let It Fall: Los Angeles, 1982–1992.
Organization: Music.
Thursday, September 24, 2026, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
PAB 320 - Music Rehearsal Room & Lecture Hall.
WMD Practice
Come join Weapons of Mass Distraction as we spin a variety of props, both on and off fire! New members and beginners are always welcome.
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Thursday, September 24, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Student Union, Student Union - Patio.
Biology Weekly Seminar Series
Organization: Biology.
Friday, September 25, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Biology 19 - Lecture Hall.
IRB Fall Info Session
The Institutional Review Board (IRB) invites you to attend our fall info session on Friday, September 25, at 2-3:00 p.m. in Eliot 314.
This is an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to learn about the IRB review process. The session will cover the IRB submission process, what kinds of research fall under which categories of review, training on concepts like consent and privacy, and more. As a friendly reminder, IRB approval is required before any research activities with human subject participants begin and the IRB cannot issue retroactive approval. .
Organization: Institutional Review Board.
Friday, September 25, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Eliot 314 - Classroom Lecture Hall.
Hasan Hates Ronny | Ronny Hates Hasan at Keller | Gray Fund Arts & Culture
Gray Fund Arts & Culture invites you to enter the lottery for a chance to see comedians Hasan Minhaj and Ronny Chieng roast-style comedy debate.
Here's the description for the show: During these divided times, many people believe that open dialogue and discourse are the only tools to mend a wounded nation. Comedians Hasan Minhaj and Ronny Chieng believe the opposite: Hatred is the answer.
This is not one of those tours where two friends co-headline a show so they can go on vacation together. Ronny and Hasan despise one another. And for one night only, in 19 cities, they will air their grievances—onstage, at the same time—about America, each other, and each other’s entire family trees—for a paying audience.
The format? A DEBATE TO THE DEATH. Imagine CNN’s Presidential Townhall that’s somehow more demented and with less decorum. This will be a race to the bottom.
Minhaj and Chieng will face off about America’s most urgent issues: Presidents, War, the Economy, Immigration, Infrastructure, Food,…
Organization: Gray Fund.
Friday, September 25, 2026, 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM.
Off Campus.
SHARE Lounge
Join SHARE in the Lounge on Friday nights!
The lounge is a chill space for people to 1) hang out if they don’t want to be around substances, 2) take a breather and collect themselves if an event becomes activating or uncomfortable, 3) seek out SHARE resources if they experience something that makes them feel unsafe or uncomfortable at the event. Student staff will be present with snacks and tea, games, and sometimes a movie! Come to study or share space. Disrespectful guests will be asked to leave.
Organization: SHARE.
Friday, September 25, 2026, 9:00 PM – 11:55 PM.
Winch Social Room.
Portland Juggling Festival
Enjoy an evening packed with hilarity and dexterity featuring the guest stars of the 34th Portland Juggling Festival. The Extravaganza revue showcases over a dozen stunning juggling and related variety performances. Saturday, 9/26, Kaul Auditorium, 7 PM. Discount tickets for Reed community (students, faculty and staff with ID) are $10 available at the door. We will also be hosting a FREE show on the quad at noon on Friday the 25th with several acts. The rest of the Portland Juggling Festival is FREE to Reed community, 9/25-27 in the Sports Center. More info at portlandjugglers.org.
Organization: Portland Juggling Club.
Saturday, September 26, 2026.
Kaul Auditorium, Gray Lounge, Foyer.
Western Early Keyboard Association Presents "The Harpsichord & Baroque Style" with Dr. Barbara Baird
Admission is Free - Open to the Public!
What Can the Harpsichord Teach About Baroque Style?
Playing the harpsichord helps us understand how some elements of Baroque style that are natural to the harpsichord can be applied to the piano, bringing fresh perspectives on playing the piano in Baroque style.
Teachers: Get Tips and Handouts about Baroque Style,
Learn what the harpsichord reveals about Baroque Style. Learn about tools and pointers for expressive playing on the piano.
Students: Experience playing your Baroque Piece on Harpsichord
Piano students are invited to register to play a Baroque piece on the harpsichord under the guidance of Dr. Baird, frequent OMTA Adjudicator and University of Oregon retired harpsichord faculty,
Pre-Register to Play in this Workshop,
Registrations will be accepted in the order received until the maximum is reached. Register soon!
Register Here,
About the Presenter,
Dr. Barbara Baird was a member of the University of Oregon music faculty for over…
Organization: WEKA.
Saturday, September 26, 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
PAB 320 - Music Rehearsal Room & Lecture Hall.
Wash Park Lawn Bowling & Potluck - Denver Alumni Chapter
Location: Washington Park Lawn Bowling Green - East Mississippi Avenue & S Franklin St, Denver, CO 80210,
Cost: $25 per person to bowl, Wear: Flat-soled footwear, Bring: BYO non-alcoholic beverages & a food to share, We will have access to the Bowling Green and adjacent picnic tables from 1-4PM, All ages welcome! Street parking is available in surrounding neighborhood.
Organization: All Alumni Chapters, Alumni Relations.
Sunday, September 27, 2026, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Off Campus.
Quest Contributors' Meeting
Pitch article ideas, discuss current happenings, and learn more about the Quest, Reed's weekly print newspaper made by and for students.
Organization: Unaffiliated.
Monday, September 28, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Student Publications Office (047).
Admission and Financial Aid Info Night
If you or a student in your life would like to learn more about choosing, applying to, and paying for a selective college or university, please join us for a dynamic presentation on Monday, September 28 from 6 to 8pm in Eliot Hall, room 314. Families of current Reed Young Scholars, members of the Reed community, and friends and neighbors are all welcome to attend this event, which will feature experts from Reed's offices of admission and financial aid. Our speakers will share information that seeks to demystify the college admission process and provide a clearer idea of what happens to an application in a selective college's admission office; they will also explain how the financial aid process works and describe what financial resources are available for students and families. Our speakers are also happy to answer your questions.
RSVP by September 21. .
Organization: Special Programs.
Monday, September 28, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Eliot 314 - Classroom Lecture Hall.
Reed SPS Astrobites
This event is for Reed students interested in presenting on topics of new Astrophysics research. It will be hosted by Reed's SPS chapter. Every week, a student will do a short (10-20 min pres + 10 min questions) presentation on an article from https://astrobites.org/ and lead a discussion about it. We hope that this event will get students interested in physics, astrophysics, and SPS!
Organization: Reed Society of Physics Students.
Tuesday, September 29, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Physics 121 - Classroom.
WMD Practice
Come join Weapons of Mass Distraction as we spin a variety of props, both on and off fire! New members and beginners are always welcome.
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Tuesday, September 29, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Student Union - Patio.
CLBR Commons Drop In
Stop by Commons on Wednesdays to chat with the Center for Life Beyond Reed about your career questions, fellowship applications, or post-graduation plans. No appointment needed—just swing by with whatever's on your mind, whether it's a quick question or something you want to think through. We're here to help you explore your options and take your next steps.
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Organization: Center for Life Beyond Reed.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Commons Dining Room.
Academic Support Campus Pop-Up
Stop by the Academic Support Pop-Up at the GCC-Foyer to meet Academic Support staff and tutors. Learn about tutoring, academic coaching, workshops, and other resources. Ask questions and find the support that fits your goals. We will have snacks and swag to help you with your next study session!
Organization: Academic Support Services.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Main Foyer.
Riso 101 Workshop
Learn about the unique printing resource at the Visual Resources Center (VRC). In the Riso 101 workshop, students will learn about stencil-duplicator process, and the imperfect outcomes of Risograph printing. Explore mark-making techniques and the color separation process that makes Risograph printing unique. Registration is required (register here) and capped at 10 participants.
Organization: Library, Visual Resources Center (VRC).
Thursday, October 1, 2026, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Library - Visual Resources Center.
Eliot Award Lecture by Amelia Hard '67: "Reflections on Food, Activism, James Beard, and a Public Market in Portland"
"Reflections on Food, Activism, James Beard, and a Public Market in Portland"
Amelia Hard '67 looks back on 40 years as an anti-hunger activist in Portland's food community and on the decades-long effort to create a public market in Portland celebrating the legacy of James Beard.
Chef, restaurateur, educator, and hunger-fighting advocate, Amelia Hard '67 has spent over 40 years working within Oregon's food community. For eleven years, she and her husband Fred ran Genoa, one of Portland’s most influential restaurants, and played a central role in establishing Portland’s reputation as a food mecca and a trendsetter in the farm-to-table movement. She also volunteered with the anti-hunger nonprofit Share our Strength and for ten years chaired an annual Portland fundraiser for hunger relief under their auspices.
After selling Genoa, she taught cooking classes and established a nutrition education program at Oregon Food Bank using local chefs as volunteer cooking instructors for Portlanders on food…
Organization: Alumni Relations.
Thursday, October 1, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM.
Vollum - Lecture Hall.
WMD Practice
Come join Weapons of Mass Distraction as we spin a variety of props, both on and off fire! New members and beginners are always welcome.
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Thursday, October 1, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Student Union, Student Union - Patio.
Camp Westwind 2026 Oct 2-4
This event is put on by Alumni Relations for alumni of Reed College. Current students over the age of 21 are welcome! Departure for Camp Westwind is Friday, October 2 at noon, returning to Reed Sunday, October 4 around 3 p.m.
Since 2002, Reedies and their families have packed their bags and ventured to the Oregon coast for a weekend of unplugged fun, coastal hikes, and campfire philosophizing at Camp Westwind. This is a chance to visit an otherwise inaccessible beach on the coast, eat top-tier meals (including fish prepared by Meat Smoke and fresh crab caught by alumni), watch shooting stars, and splash in a bioluminescing ocean. ,
Westwind is not a programmed weekend; outside of mealtimes with other Reedies, your time is your own. Stay in heated cabins with electrical outlets or pitch your tent in the woods—you decide!
Visit alumni.reed.edu/westwind to learn more and purchase tickets. Ticket sales close on September 17. .
Organization: Alumni Relations.
Friday, October 2, 2026.
Off Campus.
Biology Weekly Seminar Series
Organization: Biology.
Friday, October 2, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Biology 19 - Lecture Hall.
HUM Paper Night
Get support with your HUM paper at this drop-in event. You do not need to schedule an appointment, just show up! Writing tutors will be available to help you brainstorm, develop a thesis, organize your ideas, revise a draft, or identify your next steps with crafting your paper.
Organization: Academic Support Services.
Friday, October 2, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Library 41 - Classroom.
SHARE Lounge
Join SHARE in the Lounge on Friday nights!
The lounge is a chill space for people to 1) hang out if they don’t want to be around substances, 2) take a breather and collect themselves if an event becomes activating or uncomfortable, 3) seek out SHARE resources if they experience something that makes them feel unsafe or uncomfortable at the event. Student staff will be present with snacks and tea, games, and sometimes a movie! Come to study or share space. Disrespectful guests will be asked to leave.
Organization: SHARE.
Friday, October 2, 2026, 9:00 PM – 11:55 PM.
Winch Social Room.
MacCaffrey Fall '26 Lecture: The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism
This talk offers a glimpse into the vast intellectual history of Third World feminisms in the decolonizing world in the 1970s and 1980s. Mitra will critically engage the possibilities and limits of the feminist epistemological revolution that emerged in the fractured aftermath of an earlier era of utopian internationalism, solidarity, and non-alignment. Feminists reinvented the Third World, creating a new internationalist imaginary in response to widespread disenchantment with the nationalist project and rising neocolonial governance. Women seized the means of knowledge production and built a new world of research on women with radically just visions of the future.
Durba Mitra is the Stanley Kelley Jr. Visiting Professor for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton University. She is a feminist historian and theorist whose scholarship brings together women's, gender, and sexuality studies and global intellectual history. She is the author of The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against…
Organization: History.
Monday, October 5, 2026, 4:40 PM – 6:00 PM.
Psych 105 - Lecture Hall.
Quest Contributors' Meeting
Pitch article ideas, discuss current happenings, and learn more about the Quest, Reed's weekly print newspaper made by and for students.
Organization: Unaffiliated.
Monday, October 5, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Student Publications Office (047).
Reed SPS Astrobites
This event is for Reed students interested in presenting on topics of new Astrophysics research. It will be hosted by Reed's SPS chapter. Every week, a student will do a short (10-20 min pres + 10 min questions) presentation on an article from https://astrobites.org/ and lead a discussion about it. We hope that this event will get students interested in physics, astrophysics, and SPS!
Organization: Reed Society of Physics Students.
Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Physics 121 - Classroom.
WMD Practice
Come join Weapons of Mass Distraction as we spin a variety of props, both on and off fire! New members and beginners are always welcome.
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Student Union - Patio.
CLBR Commons Drop In
Stop by Commons on Wednesdays to chat with the Center for Life Beyond Reed about your career questions, fellowship applications, or post-graduation plans. No appointment needed—just swing by with whatever's on your mind, whether it's a quick question or something you want to think through. We're here to help you explore your options and take your next steps.
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Organization: Center for Life Beyond Reed.
Wednesday, October 7, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Commons Dining Room.
SEEDS Blood Drives
Join us for a summer blood drive hosted by SEEDS! We are partnering with Bloodworks Northwest to host this on-campus blood drive for Reedies and the community around Reed! The blood drive location is in Gray Campus Center Conference Room B, C & D. Sign up HERE (Link for 10/8/26: https://donate.bloodworksnw.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/110468 and for 11/2/26: https://donate.bloodworksnw.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/110465).
, Please bring your government issued photo ID. Walk-ins are welcomed, but not guaranteed. Contact SEEDS at seeds@reed.edu if you have any questions.
Organization: SEEDS.
Thursday, October 8, 2026, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Conference BCD.
WMD Practice
Come join Weapons of Mass Distraction as we spin a variety of props, both on and off fire! New members and beginners are always welcome.
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Thursday, October 8, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Student Union, Student Union - Patio.
Biology Weekly Seminar Series
Organization: Biology.
Friday, October 9, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Biology 19 - Lecture Hall.
SHARE Lounge
Join SHARE in the Lounge on Friday nights!
The lounge is a chill space for people to 1) hang out if they don’t want to be around substances, 2) take a breather and collect themselves if an event becomes activating or uncomfortable, 3) seek out SHARE resources if they experience something that makes them feel unsafe or uncomfortable at the event. Student staff will be present with snacks and tea, games, and sometimes a movie! Come to study or share space. Disrespectful guests will be asked to leave.
Organization: SHARE.
Friday, October 9, 2026, 9:00 PM – 11:55 PM.
Winch Social Room.
GOLD Pizza Party
To help you find your alumni home, Reed Alumni Chapters everywhere are throwing pizza parties on the same night and Griffins of the Last Decade (GOLD) are the guests of honor! Whether you’re new to town, new to the whole “alumni” thing, or just want to connect with fellow Reedies, come out to trade tales from the thesis trenches and find your local Reed community, wherever you've landed.
Who: Griffins of the Last Decade (GOLD alumni) as special guests, alongside Reedies from across the decades,
What: A laid-back pizza party with fellow alumni in your city,
Where: Your local chapter’s location of choice
When: Saturday, October 10, 2026, 5 p.m. (your timezone),
SIGN UP!
Organization: All Alumni Chapters, Alumni Relations, Austin Alumni Chapter, Bay Area Alumni Chapter, Boston Alumni Chapter, Chicago Alumni Chapter, D.C. Alumni Chapter, Denver Alumni Chapter, Europe Alumni Chapter, New York Alumni Chapter, Portland Alumni Chapter, Rainier Alumni Chapter, South Willamette Valley Alumni Chapter, Southern California Alumni Chapter.
Saturday, October 10, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Off Campus.
Quest Contributors' Meeting
Pitch article ideas, discuss current happenings, and learn more about the Quest, Reed's weekly print newspaper made by and for students.
Organization: Unaffiliated.
Monday, October 12, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Student Publications Office (047).
All The Things That Can Be
We begin with death and end with life. Our subject of inquiry is equality. Established strands of contemporary political, legal and philosophic thought treat equality as vested in nature, God, a universal ideal or a fleshless principle. From students of ancient philosophy to African-American political thought, these traditional conceptions of equality trace their origins to the immaterial soul. Who is the architect of ideal equality? Plato. A philosopher whom they seek to verify and license a theory of universal, immutable and univocal equality—a conception whose attainment appears to slip beyond the grasp of fallible human hands. Singular and only accessible in the realm of ideals, such a stride toward equality becomes a meditation on death. And such self-evident and abstract equality, so proceeds the tale, becomes our shared political inheritance. Or, so say thinkers from Cornel West to Melvin Rogers, who mobilize the inheritance of abstract equality as a resource for contemporary race relations.
I…
Organization: Public Policy Lecture Series.
Monday, October 12, 2026, 5:45 PM – 7:45 PM.
Eliot 314 - Classroom Lecture Hall.
Reed SPS Astrobites
This event is for Reed students interested in presenting on topics of new Astrophysics research. It will be hosted by Reed's SPS chapter. Every week, a student will do a short (10-20 min pres + 10 min questions) presentation on an article from https://astrobites.org/ and lead a discussion about it. We hope that this event will get students interested in physics, astrophysics, and SPS!
Organization: Reed Society of Physics Students.
Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Physics 121 - Classroom.
Portland Alumni Book Club
We are Reed alumni, spouses, and friends who meet every month on the 2nd Tuesday to talk about books. You can park in the PAB parking lot.
Our June 9th selection is The Wall, by Marlen Haushofer.
Our July 14th selection is The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams, Our August 11th selection is The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt.
Organization: Alumni Relations, All Alumni Chapters.
Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM.
Prexy - Living Room.
WMD Practice
Come join Weapons of Mass Distraction as we spin a variety of props, both on and off fire! New members and beginners are always welcome.
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Student Union, Student Union - Patio.
CLBR Commons Drop In
Stop by Commons on Wednesdays to chat with the Center for Life Beyond Reed about your career questions, fellowship applications, or post-graduation plans. No appointment needed—just swing by with whatever's on your mind, whether it's a quick question or something you want to think through. We're here to help you explore your options and take your next steps.
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Organization: Center for Life Beyond Reed.
Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Commons Dining Room.
Unit Conversion Workshop
Wednesday, October 14th - Unit Conversion, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Elliot 121, Build your unit conversion skills by practicing how to change measurements from one unit to another using conversion factors. We’ll begin by focusing on unit conversions, then open the session to questions about algebra, logarithms, exponents, scientific notation, or other foundational math concepts where you would like support in,
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Organization: Academic Support Services.
Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM.
Eliot 121 - Classroom.
When Reedies Retire: Befriending Mortality
Befriending mortality can be seen as a spiritual quest, a psychological assignment, a philosophical riddle, or a culture-making undertaking. What happens when we approach the fact of our deaths as a subject for learning? Join Holly J. Pruett ('85) for an interactive exploration of this question.
Hosted by the Foster-Scholz Club, open to all. Zoom link here.
Organization: Alumni Relations, Foster-Scholz Club.
Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Virtual.
Tucker Forbeck Senior Thesis Listening Party
Reed Music presents the Senior Thesis showcase of Tucker Forbeck ('26),
Join us Wednesday, October 14th at 7pm for an immersive sonic experience featuring original electroacoustic and electronic works by Tucker Forbeck ('26). Inspired by musique concrète, acousmatics, spatial sound, Wednesday, Octboer 14th, 7-8pm Reception to follow.
TBD POSSIBLE LOCATIONS: (in order of preference, pending approval. Options are): - Performance Lab theater | located on the 1st floor, Performing Arts Building (PAB) - PAB 320 Choir Rehearsal Room (if 5.1 is utilized), - PAB 332 (classroom) (if 5.1 is utilized).
Organization: Music.
Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
PAB 128 - Massee Performance Lab.
WMD Practice
Come join Weapons of Mass Distraction as we spin a variety of props, both on and off fire! New members and beginners are always welcome.
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Thursday, October 15, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Student Union, Student Union - Patio.
SHARE Lounge
Join SHARE in the Lounge on Friday nights!
The lounge is a chill space for people to 1) hang out if they don’t want to be around substances, 2) take a breather and collect themselves if an event becomes activating or uncomfortable, 3) seek out SHARE resources if they experience something that makes them feel unsafe or uncomfortable at the event. Student staff will be present with snacks and tea, games, and sometimes a movie! Come to study or share space. Disrespectful guests will be asked to leave.
Organization: SHARE.
Friday, October 16, 2026, 9:00 PM – 11:55 PM.
Winch Social Room.
An Evening with John Hollenbeck's GEORGE
The Music Department and Dean of Faculty's Office present An Evening with John Hollenbeck's GEORGE, featuring Anna Webber, Sarah Rossy, and Chiquita Magic plus special guests.
From the Greek name Georgios, which was derived from the Greek word georgos meaning “farmer, earthworker,” itself derived from the elements γη? (ge) meaning “earth” and ergon meaning “work.” John Hollenbeck formed GEORGE during the Covid pandemic. He brought together three great musicians/people whom he loved and admired for a long time! Even though most of the members had never met each other, John was confident from knowing them himself, that this group would immediately be, as one of the members calls it, “tight” (which means “very cool” in case you were wondering.) Their group sound is firmly planted outside any categories or labels, so good luck with that!
Free and open to the public.
Organization: Music.
Saturday, October 17, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM.
PAB 320 - Music Rehearsal Room & Lecture Hall.
Hum 110 Parent & Family Book Club: "Year 2" Mexico: Unit III: The Inconvenience of Revolution: Zapatismo, Cynicism, Dign
Experience Reed’s renowned HUM 110 course, focusing on Mexico for this syllabus, particularly the city of Tenochtitlan/Mexico City, from the Spanish invasion to the twentieth century. Participants may sign up for one or all three standalone sessions. Each session includes optional advanced reading. The first half of each session features a lecture viewing, followed by discussion in the second half.
Unit III: The Inconvenience of Revolution: Zapatismo, Cynicism, Dignity, and Memory - October 18, 3-5 pm PT,
The readings on the Zapatista movement (EZLN), which emerged publicly in 1994, were selected for HUM 110 because they vividly illustrate how difference is constructed, utilized, and reframed through Indigenous-led political activism. These texts challenge dominant narratives of Mexican national identity and neoliberal economic policies, offering alternative visions of democracy, citizenship, and self-governance that confront exclusion and inequality.
Through the “Fourth Declaration of the Lacandon…
Organization: Alumni Relations.
Sunday, October 18, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Virtual.
Reed SPS Astrobites
This event is for Reed students interested in presenting on topics of new Astrophysics research. It will be hosted by Reed's SPS chapter. Every week, a student will do a short (10-20 min pres + 10 min questions) presentation on an article from https://astrobites.org/ and lead a discussion about it. We hope that this event will get students interested in physics, astrophysics, and SPS!
Organization: Reed Society of Physics Students.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Physics 121 - Classroom.
PNW Butoh Festival Presents a Collaborative Movement + Music Showcase
PNW Butoh Festival presents a collaborative Movement + Music Showcase at Reed College featuring music by Andrew Anderson, Bora Yoon, and more. Program also features movement by featured dancers of the Pacific NorthWest Butoh Festival. Join us for this audiovisual immersive experience of sculptural movement, gesture, soundscape, and music. Admission is free.
Organization: Music, Dance.
Friday, October 23, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
PAB 128 - Massee Performance Lab.
Oregon Origins Project IX: Voice from the Mist
Oregon Origins Project presents a one-of-a-kind gathering of artists and culture bearers of Oregon’s south-central coastal tribes. Join us for a celebration of Indigenous living traditions through art, language, storytelling, and ecological knowledge. Reserve your seats now!
Oregon Origins Project IX: Voices from the Mist is supported by the Ronni S. Lacroute Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation, Roundhouse Foundation, Reed College Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program, Reed College Office of the President, and Native American Youth and Family Center.
Organization: Oregon Origins Project.
Saturday, October 24, 2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
PAB 320 - Music Rehearsal Room & Lecture Hall.
Quest Contributors' Meeting
Pitch article ideas, discuss current happenings, and learn more about the Quest, Reed's weekly print newspaper made by and for students.
Organization: Unaffiliated.
Monday, October 26, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Student Publications Office (047).
Reed SPS Astrobites
This event is for Reed students interested in presenting on topics of new Astrophysics research. It will be hosted by Reed's SPS chapter. Every week, a student will do a short (10-20 min pres + 10 min questions) presentation on an article from https://astrobites.org/ and lead a discussion about it. We hope that this event will get students interested in physics, astrophysics, and SPS!
Organization: Reed Society of Physics Students.
Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Physics 121 - Classroom.
WMD Practice
Come join Weapons of Mass Distraction as we spin a variety of props, both on and off fire! New members and beginners are always welcome.
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Student Union, Student Union - Patio.
CLBR Commons Drop In
Stop by Commons on Wednesdays to chat with the Center for Life Beyond Reed about your career questions, fellowship applications, or post-graduation plans. No appointment needed—just swing by with whatever's on your mind, whether it's a quick question or something you want to think through. We're here to help you explore your options and take your next steps.
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Organization: Center for Life Beyond Reed.
Wednesday, October 28, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Commons Dining Room.
Academic Support Campus Pop-Up
Stop by the Academic Support Pop-Up at the GCC-Foyer to meet Academic Support staff and tutors. Learn about tutoring, academic coaching, workshops, and other resources. Ask questions and find the support that fits your goals. We will have snacks and swag to help you with your next study session!
Organization: Academic Support Services.
Wednesday, October 28, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Main Foyer.
Using Visuals in Your Thesis Workshop
Including visuals in your thesis? We got you covered!
Join the Librarians for an essential workshop for seniors in the Library (LL1, Room L17). Learn about sourcing high-quality images, image permissions, and fair use guidelines. Essential for students referencing graphs, photos, artwork, or film stills in their thesis. Registration is required (register here) and capped at 22 participants.
There will be time at the end for you to answer questions and book follow-up meetings.
Organization: Library.
Wednesday, October 28, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
LIB 17 - Computer Room.
Af-Am History Docs: Let It Fall: Los Angeles, 1982–1992
Af-Am History Docs ’26,
A series of documentary film on Black history,
Let It Fall: Los Angeles, 1982–1992 (2017),
Directed by John Ridley,
The extraordinary prehistory and chronicle of the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising following the Rodney King verdict.
Thursday, October 29 at 6:30 pm,
Performing Arts Building 320,
Trailer.
Organization: Music.
Thursday, October 29, 2026, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
PAB 320 - Music Rehearsal Room & Lecture Hall.
WMD Practice
Come join Weapons of Mass Distraction as we spin a variety of props, both on and off fire! New members and beginners are always welcome.
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Thursday, October 29, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Student Union, Student Union - Patio.
Biology Weekly Seminar Series
Organization: Biology.
Friday, October 30, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Biology 19 - Lecture Hall.
Friday@4 Recital Featuring Solo Performances
Join us for a free music recital featuring Reed music students and faculty. The event is free, and no tickets are required.
Organization: Music.
Friday, October 30, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Eliot - Chapel.
HUM Paper Night
Get support with your HUM paper at this drop-in event. You do not need to schedule an appointment, just show up! Writing tutors will be available to help you brainstorm, develop a thesis, organize your ideas, revise a draft, or identify your next steps with crafting your paper.
Organization: Academic Support Services.
Friday, October 30, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Library 41 - Classroom.
WMD Halloween Show
Join WMD for a Halloween show full of fire and spookiness!
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Friday, October 30, 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Cerf Amphitheatre.
SHARE Lounge
Join SHARE in the Lounge on Friday nights!
The lounge is a chill space for people to 1) hang out if they don’t want to be around substances, 2) take a breather and collect themselves if an event becomes activating or uncomfortable, 3) seek out SHARE resources if they experience something that makes them feel unsafe or uncomfortable at the event. Student staff will be present with snacks and tea, games, and sometimes a movie! Come to study or share space. Disrespectful guests will be asked to leave.
Organization: SHARE.
Friday, October 30, 2026, 9:00 PM – 11:55 PM.
Winch Social Room.
SEEDS Blood Drives
Join us for a summer blood drive hosted by SEEDS! We are partnering with Bloodworks Northwest to host this on-campus blood drive for Reedies and the community around Reed! The blood drive location is in Gray Campus Center Conference Room B, C & D. Sign up HERE (Link for 10/8/26: https://donate.bloodworksnw.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/110468 and for 11/2/26: https://donate.bloodworksnw.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/110465).
, Please bring your government issued photo ID. Walk-ins are welcomed, but not guaranteed. Contact SEEDS at seeds@reed.edu if you have any questions.
Organization: SEEDS.
Monday, November 2, 2026, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Conference BCD.
Drop-in Math Support
Monday, November 2nd, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, Elliot 207,
Drop in for math support with algebra, logarithms and exponents, unit conversions, and other foundational math concepts. Bring your questions, assignments, or problems you would like to work through—no appointment needed.
The following workshops will be occurring in Fall 2026 -
Thursday, November 20th, 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM, Elliot 207, Drop in for math support with algebra, logarithms and exponents, unit conversions, and other foundational math concepts. Bring your questions, assignments, or problems you would like to work through. No appointment needed.
Organization: Academic Support Services.
Monday, November 2, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Eliot 207 - Classroom.
Quest Contributors' Meeting
Pitch article ideas, discuss current happenings, and learn more about the Quest, Reed's weekly print newspaper made by and for students.
Organization: Unaffiliated.
Monday, November 2, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Student Publications Office (047).
Seasonal Affective Disorder Tabling
Come learn about Seasonal Affective Disorder from the HCC and how to combat the effects of the gray clouds on your mood. Enter to win a Happy Lamp to help supplement the PNW lack of sunshine!
Organization: Health Center.
Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Covered Walkway.
Reed SPS Astrobites
This event is for Reed students interested in presenting on topics of new Astrophysics research. It will be hosted by Reed's SPS chapter. Every week, a student will do a short (10-20 min pres + 10 min questions) presentation on an article from https://astrobites.org/ and lead a discussion about it. We hope that this event will get students interested in physics, astrophysics, and SPS!
Organization: Reed Society of Physics Students.
Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Physics 121 - Classroom.
WMD Practice
Come join Weapons of Mass Distraction as we spin a variety of props, both on and off fire! New members and beginners are always welcome.
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Student Union, Student Union - Patio.
CLBR Commons Drop In
Stop by Commons on Wednesdays to chat with the Center for Life Beyond Reed about your career questions, fellowship applications, or post-graduation plans. No appointment needed—just swing by with whatever's on your mind, whether it's a quick question or something you want to think through. We're here to help you explore your options and take your next steps.
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Organization: Center for Life Beyond Reed.
Wednesday, November 4, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Commons Dining Room.
When Griffins Graduate Conversation: Different Work Cultures & Environments
What makes a workplace a good fit for you?
In the first session of When Griffins Graduate, Reed alumni will talk about the trade-offs that come with choosing jobs and navigating different workplace environments. How much does pay matter compared with flexibility? What about stability, mission, growth, management style, or the people you work with? And how do you figure out what matters most to you when there may not be a perfect option?
These conversations are designed to be open, candid, and grounded in the real experiences of Reed alumni. Rather than presenting a single career path or a set of expert answers, they create space to compare perspectives, ask honest questions, and explore the choices and trade-offs that shape working life.
No one has the formula for the “right” workplace. Hear how other Reedies have approached these decisions and leave with more ways to think about your own.
We’re offering this session twice to make it easier for alumni across time zones to participate. Choose the…
Organization: Alumni (Individuals), Alumni Relations.
Wednesday, November 4, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
Virtual.
Visiting Writers Series: Venita Blackburn
Works by Venita Blackburn have appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, Harper’s, McSweeney’s, Story Magazine, the Virginia Quarterly Review, the Paris Review, and others. Among various honors, she received the Prairie Schooner book prize for fiction, which resulted in the publication of her collected stories, Black Jesus and Other Superheroes, in 2017. Blackburn’s second collection of stories is How to Wrestle a Girl, 2021, finalist for a Lambda Literary Prize and others as well as a NYTimes editor’s choice. Her highly acclaimed debut novel, Dead in Long Beach, California, named one of the best books of 2024 by NPR and the New York Times, is about the mania of grief, all of human history, and a lesbian assassin at the end of the world. She is the founder and president of Live, Write, an organization devoted to offering free creative writing workshops for communities lacking access to professional instruction: livewriteworkshop.com. Her hometown is Compton, California, and she is an Associate Professor…
Organization: Visiting Writers Series, Creative Writing.
Thursday, November 5, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
Eliot - Chapel.
WMD Practice
Come join Weapons of Mass Distraction as we spin a variety of props, both on and off fire! New members and beginners are always welcome.
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Thursday, November 5, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Student Union, Student Union - Patio.
Biology Weekly Seminar Series
Organization: Biology.
Friday, November 6, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Biology 19 - Lecture Hall.
Music@Noon Recital
Bring your lunch and join us for a noontime recital in the Performing Arts Building Atrium featuring Reed music students and faculty. Free Admission.
Organization: Music.
Friday, November 6, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
PAB Atrium.
Friday@4 Recital Featuring Vocal Performances
Join us for a free music recital featuring Reed music students and faculty. The event is free, and no tickets are required.
Organization: Music.
Friday, November 6, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Eliot - Chapel.
Toni Morrison’s Shareable World
Lawrie Balfour, James Hart Professor of Politics, at the University of Virginia, is the author of Toni Morrison: Imagining Freedom (Oxford University Press), Democracy’s Reconstruction: Thinking Politically with W. E. B. Du Bois (Oxford University Press), and The Evidence of Things Not Said: James Baldwin and the Promise of American Democracy (Cornell University Press). Her articles on race, gender, and democracy have appeared in Political Theory, American Quarterly, Perspectives on Politics, American Political Science Review, Hypatia, The Du Bois Review, Annual Review of Political Science, and other journals and edited volumes. She is currently working on a book (provisionally) entitled Reparations Unbound: Dilemmas of Dismantling Racial Injustice.
Free and open to the public.
Organization: Public Policy Lecture Series.
Friday, November 6, 2026, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Eliot 314 - Classroom Lecture Hall.
SHARE Lounge
Join SHARE in the Lounge on Friday nights!
The lounge is a chill space for people to 1) hang out if they don’t want to be around substances, 2) take a breather and collect themselves if an event becomes activating or uncomfortable, 3) seek out SHARE resources if they experience something that makes them feel unsafe or uncomfortable at the event. Student staff will be present with snacks and tea, games, and sometimes a movie! Come to study or share space. Disrespectful guests will be asked to leave.
Organization: SHARE.
Friday, November 6, 2026, 9:00 PM – 11:55 PM.
Winch Social Room.
Rose City Wind Symphony Concert
Join us for a memorable evening of music provided by the Rose City Wind Symphony. For more information, visit their website here.
Organization: Rose City Pride Bands.
Saturday, November 7, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Kaul Auditorium, Gray Lounge, Foyer, Kaul 189 - Green Room A, Kaul 190 - Green Room B.
Quest Contributors' Meeting
Pitch article ideas, discuss current happenings, and learn more about the Quest, Reed's weekly print newspaper made by and for students.
Organization: Unaffiliated.
Monday, November 9, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Student Publications Office (047).
Reed SPS Astrobites
This event is for Reed students interested in presenting on topics of new Astrophysics research. It will be hosted by Reed's SPS chapter. Every week, a student will do a short (10-20 min pres + 10 min questions) presentation on an article from https://astrobites.org/ and lead a discussion about it. We hope that this event will get students interested in physics, astrophysics, and SPS!
Organization: Reed Society of Physics Students.
Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Physics 121 - Classroom.
China, the U.S., and the AI Race
If you read the news, you've probably heard that the United States and China are locked in a race for the future of artificial intelligence. But what are we racing toward, exactly? Where is the finish line, and what would it mean to "win"? In this lecture, China technology policy specialist Kendra Schaefer looks past the headlines to the race as it is actually being run: not a single contest but many, playing out in chip fabs and data centers, in classrooms and city streets, in the stories each nation tells about itself. She traces how the Chinese government imagines its own future with AI and what that imagination reveals about America's. Along the way she unsettles familiar assumptions about what China wants and what the United States fears.
Kendra Schaefer is a partner at Beijing-based policy consultancy Trivium China, where she heads the company’s Tech Policy Division. She leads a team of analysts keeping investors, companies, and governments briefed on Chinese tech policy and regulation, serving as… .
Organization: Economics.
Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
Vollum - Lecture Hall.
Portland Alumni Book Club
We are Reed alumni, spouses, and friends who meet every month on the 2nd Tuesday to talk about books. You can park in the PAB parking lot.
Our June 9th selection is The Wall, by Marlen Haushofer.
Our July 14th selection is The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams, Our August 11th selection is The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt.
Organization: Alumni Relations, All Alumni Chapters.
Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM.
Prexy - Living Room.
WMD Practice
Come join Weapons of Mass Distraction as we spin a variety of props, both on and off fire! New members and beginners are always welcome.
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Student Union, Student Union - Patio.
CLBR Commons Drop In
Stop by Commons on Wednesdays to chat with the Center for Life Beyond Reed about your career questions, fellowship applications, or post-graduation plans. No appointment needed—just swing by with whatever's on your mind, whether it's a quick question or something you want to think through. We're here to help you explore your options and take your next steps.
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Organization: Center for Life Beyond Reed.
Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Commons Dining Room.
WMD Practice
Come join Weapons of Mass Distraction as we spin a variety of props, both on and off fire! New members and beginners are always welcome.
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Thursday, November 12, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Student Union, Student Union - Patio.
Forward
The second play of Chantal Bilodeau’s Arctic Cycle, Forward moves between the story of Norwegian Arctic explorer, Fridtjof Nansen, and our present-day anxiety over the rapidly changing climate. Woven throughout is the relationship between Nansen and the character Ice. A blend of theatre and electropop music, the humorous and poetic play progresses backwards from 2013 to 1893 and zeroes in on 40+ characters whose choices have unintended consequences that ripple through the generations.
Open to the public. Tickets available here. All ticket revenue goes directly to supporting the theatre department at Reed College.
Note that the Thursday, November 12 performance is an open dress rehearsal for invited guests only. All other dates are open to the public and require tickets.
Organization: Theatre.
Thursday, November 12, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Diver Studio Theatre.
Parent & Family Weekend
Parent & Family Weekend at Reed is an opportunity for families to experience campus through their students’ eyes. Held each fall, the weekend offers a mix of faculty-led sessions, campus tours, and community gatherings that highlight the distinctiveness of the Reed experience.
Whether attending a Humanities lecture, exploring the canyon, or connecting with other families, guests will gain insight into Reed’s academic life and hear directly from campus leaders. The weekend also offers guidance on how to stay connected to Reed and support students throughout the year.
PFW activities run Friday, November 13 through Saturday, November 14, 2026. Check out the schedule!
Registration is required to attend Parent & Family Weekend events. There is no limit to the number of family members that may attend.
Advance registration will close on Wednesday, November 11. Walk-up registration will be available at check-in on Friday, November 13, at Kaul.
Organization: Parent & Family, Alumni Relations, Conference & Events Planning (CEP).
Friday, November 13, 2026.
Biology Weekly Seminar Series
Organization: Biology.
Friday, November 13, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Biology 19 - Lecture Hall.
Friday@4 Recital Featuring the ROOTS Vocal Ensemble
Join us for a free music recital featuring Reed music students and faculty. The event is free, and no tickets are required.
Organization: Music.
Friday, November 13, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
PAB Atrium.
FearNoMusic Recital
Fear No Music (FNM) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit redefining what classical music can be. Through bold performances of contemporary classical works and transformative mentorship for young composers, we’re building a more inclusive and innovative future for the art form.
We spotlight the voices of composers from historically marginalized communities, as well as those living and working in the Pacific Northwest. And through our Young Composers Project, we help the next generation find their voice—and share it with the world.
At Fear No Music, we teach, mentor, and inspire through the power of live ensemble music. From nurturing young composers to presenting bold, socially conscious performances, we are committed to building community and driving change through music.
Organization: Music.
Friday, November 13, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Eliot - Chapel.
Forward
The second play of Chantal Bilodeau’s Arctic Cycle, Forward moves between the story of Norwegian Arctic explorer, Fridtjof Nansen, and our present-day anxiety over the rapidly changing climate. Woven throughout is the relationship between Nansen and the character Ice. A blend of theatre and electropop music, the humorous and poetic play progresses backwards from 2013 to 1893 and zeroes in on 40+ characters whose choices have unintended consequences that ripple through the generations.
Open to the public. Tickets available here. All ticket revenue goes directly to supporting the theatre department at Reed College.
Note that the Thursday, November 12 performance is an open dress rehearsal for invited guests only. All other dates are open to the public and require tickets.
Organization: Theatre.
Friday, November 13, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Diver Studio Theatre.
SHARE Lounge
Join SHARE in the Lounge on Friday nights!
The lounge is a chill space for people to 1) hang out if they don’t want to be around substances, 2) take a breather and collect themselves if an event becomes activating or uncomfortable, 3) seek out SHARE resources if they experience something that makes them feel unsafe or uncomfortable at the event. Student staff will be present with snacks and tea, games, and sometimes a movie! Come to study or share space. Disrespectful guests will be asked to leave.
Organization: SHARE.
Friday, November 13, 2026, 9:00 PM – 11:55 PM.
Winch Social Room.
Forward
The second play of Chantal Bilodeau’s Arctic Cycle, Forward moves between the story of Norwegian Arctic explorer, Fridtjof Nansen, and our present-day anxiety over the rapidly changing climate. Woven throughout is the relationship between Nansen and the character Ice. A blend of theatre and electropop music, the humorous and poetic play progresses backwards from 2013 to 1893 and zeroes in on 40+ characters whose choices have unintended consequences that ripple through the generations.
Open to the public. Tickets available here. All ticket revenue goes directly to supporting the theatre department at Reed College.
Note that the Thursday, November 12 performance is an open dress rehearsal for invited guests only. All other dates are open to the public and require tickets.
Organization: Theatre.
Saturday, November 14, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Diver Studio Theatre.
Quest Contributors' Meeting
Pitch article ideas, discuss current happenings, and learn more about the Quest, Reed's weekly print newspaper made by and for students.
Organization: Unaffiliated.
Monday, November 16, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Student Publications Office (047).
Reed SPS Astrobites
This event is for Reed students interested in presenting on topics of new Astrophysics research. It will be hosted by Reed's SPS chapter. Every week, a student will do a short (10-20 min pres + 10 min questions) presentation on an article from https://astrobites.org/ and lead a discussion about it. We hope that this event will get students interested in physics, astrophysics, and SPS!
Organization: Reed Society of Physics Students.
Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Physics 121 - Classroom.
WMD Practice
Come join Weapons of Mass Distraction as we spin a variety of props, both on and off fire! New members and beginners are always welcome.
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Student Union, Student Union - Patio.
CLBR Commons Drop In
Stop by Commons on Wednesdays to chat with the Center for Life Beyond Reed about your career questions, fellowship applications, or post-graduation plans. No appointment needed—just swing by with whatever's on your mind, whether it's a quick question or something you want to think through. We're here to help you explore your options and take your next steps.
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Organization: Center for Life Beyond Reed.
Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Commons Dining Room.
WMD Practice
Come join Weapons of Mass Distraction as we spin a variety of props, both on and off fire! New members and beginners are always welcome.
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Thursday, November 19, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Student Union, Student Union - Patio.
Fall Orchestra & Chorus Concert: Mozart Requiem in D minor K. 626
The Reed Music Department invites you to a special collaborative concert featuring the Reed Orchestra, Chorus, and Collegium Musicum performing Requiem in D minor K. 626 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Admission is free.
Organization: Music.
Thursday, November 19, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Kaul Auditorium, Gray Lounge, Foyer, Kaul 189 - Green Room A, Kaul 190 - Green Room B.
Forward
The second play of Chantal Bilodeau’s Arctic Cycle, Forward moves between the story of Norwegian Arctic explorer, Fridtjof Nansen, and our present-day anxiety over the rapidly changing climate. Woven throughout is the relationship between Nansen and the character Ice. A blend of theatre and electropop music, the humorous and poetic play progresses backwards from 2013 to 1893 and zeroes in on 40+ characters whose choices have unintended consequences that ripple through the generations.
Open to the public. Tickets available here. All ticket revenue goes directly to supporting the theatre department at Reed College.
Note that the Thursday, November 12 performance is an open dress rehearsal for invited guests only. All other dates are open to the public and require tickets.
Organization: Theatre.
Thursday, November 19, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Diver Studio Theatre.
Biology Weekly Seminar Series
Organization: Biology.
Friday, November 20, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Biology 19 - Lecture Hall.
Drop-in Math Support
Friday, November 20th, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM, Elliot 207,
Drop in for math support with algebra, logarithms and exponents, unit conversions, and other foundational math concepts. Bring your questions, assignments, or problems you would like to work through—no appointment needed.
Organization: Academic Support Services.
Friday, November 20, 2026, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM.
Eliot 207 - Classroom.
Reed Entertainers Show
The Reed Entertainers’ Show is a longstanding annual staff and faculty tradition. It is a fun opportunity to enjoy the diversity of talent within our community. The event welcomes performers of all levels and has included skits, readings, comedy, drag, performance art, puppetry, and instrumental and vocal musical performances. We hope you'll join us!
Organization: Development.
Friday, November 20, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Eliot - Chapel.
Forward
The second play of Chantal Bilodeau’s Arctic Cycle, Forward moves between the story of Norwegian Arctic explorer, Fridtjof Nansen, and our present-day anxiety over the rapidly changing climate. Woven throughout is the relationship between Nansen and the character Ice. A blend of theatre and electropop music, the humorous and poetic play progresses backwards from 2013 to 1893 and zeroes in on 40+ characters whose choices have unintended consequences that ripple through the generations.
Open to the public. Tickets available here. All ticket revenue goes directly to supporting the theatre department at Reed College.
Note that the Thursday, November 12 performance is an open dress rehearsal for invited guests only. All other dates are open to the public and require tickets.
Organization: Theatre.
Friday, November 20, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Diver Studio Theatre.
SHARE Lounge
Join SHARE in the Lounge on Friday nights!
The lounge is a chill space for people to 1) hang out if they don’t want to be around substances, 2) take a breather and collect themselves if an event becomes activating or uncomfortable, 3) seek out SHARE resources if they experience something that makes them feel unsafe or uncomfortable at the event. Student staff will be present with snacks and tea, games, and sometimes a movie! Come to study or share space. Disrespectful guests will be asked to leave.
Organization: SHARE.
Friday, November 20, 2026, 9:00 PM – 11:55 PM.
Winch Social Room.
Forward
The second play of Chantal Bilodeau’s Arctic Cycle, Forward moves between the story of Norwegian Arctic explorer, Fridtjof Nansen, and our present-day anxiety over the rapidly changing climate. Woven throughout is the relationship between Nansen and the character Ice. A blend of theatre and electropop music, the humorous and poetic play progresses backwards from 2013 to 1893 and zeroes in on 40+ characters whose choices have unintended consequences that ripple through the generations.
Open to the public. Tickets available here. All ticket revenue goes directly to supporting the theatre department at Reed College.
Note that the Thursday, November 12 performance is an open dress rehearsal for invited guests only. All other dates are open to the public and require tickets.
Organization: Theatre.
Saturday, November 21, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Diver Studio Theatre.
Quest Contributors' Meeting
Pitch article ideas, discuss current happenings, and learn more about the Quest, Reed's weekly print newspaper made by and for students.
Organization: Unaffiliated.
Monday, November 23, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Student Publications Office (047).
Reed SPS Astrobites
This event is for Reed students interested in presenting on topics of new Astrophysics research. It will be hosted by Reed's SPS chapter. Every week, a student will do a short (10-20 min pres + 10 min questions) presentation on an article from https://astrobites.org/ and lead a discussion about it. We hope that this event will get students interested in physics, astrophysics, and SPS!
Organization: Reed Society of Physics Students.
Tuesday, November 24, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Physics 121 - Classroom.
WMD Practice
Come join Weapons of Mass Distraction as we spin a variety of props, both on and off fire! New members and beginners are always welcome.
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Tuesday, November 24, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Student Union, Student Union - Patio.
CLBR Commons Drop In
Stop by Commons on Wednesdays to chat with the Center for Life Beyond Reed about your career questions, fellowship applications, or post-graduation plans. No appointment needed—just swing by with whatever's on your mind, whether it's a quick question or something you want to think through. We're here to help you explore your options and take your next steps.
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Organization: Center for Life Beyond Reed.
Wednesday, November 25, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Commons Dining Room.
Academic Support Campus Pop-Up
Stop by the Academic Support Pop-Up at the GCC-Foyer to meet Academic Support staff and tutors. Learn about tutoring, academic coaching, workshops, and other resources. Ask questions and find the support that fits your goals. We will have snacks and swag to help you with your next study session!
Organization: Academic Support Services.
Monday, November 30, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Main Foyer.
Quest Contributors' Meeting
Pitch article ideas, discuss current happenings, and learn more about the Quest, Reed's weekly print newspaper made by and for students.
Organization: Unaffiliated.
Monday, November 30, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Student Publications Office (047).
Reed SPS Astrobites
This event is for Reed students interested in presenting on topics of new Astrophysics research. It will be hosted by Reed's SPS chapter. Every week, a student will do a short (10-20 min pres + 10 min questions) presentation on an article from https://astrobites.org/ and lead a discussion about it. We hope that this event will get students interested in physics, astrophysics, and SPS!
Organization: Reed Society of Physics Students.
Tuesday, December 1, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Physics 121 - Classroom.
HUM Paper Night
Get support with your HUM paper at this drop-in event. You do not need to schedule an appointment, just show up! Writing tutors will be available to help you brainstorm, develop a thesis, organize your ideas, revise a draft, or identify your next steps with crafting your paper.
Organization: Academic Support Services.
Tuesday, December 1, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Library 41 - Classroom.
WMD Practice
Come join Weapons of Mass Distraction as we spin a variety of props, both on and off fire! New members and beginners are always welcome.
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Tuesday, December 1, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Student Union - Patio.
CLBR Commons Drop In
Stop by Commons on Wednesdays to chat with the Center for Life Beyond Reed about your career questions, fellowship applications, or post-graduation plans. No appointment needed—just swing by with whatever's on your mind, whether it's a quick question or something you want to think through. We're here to help you explore your options and take your next steps.
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Organization: Center for Life Beyond Reed.
Wednesday, December 2, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Commons Dining Room.
Biology Weekly Seminar Series
Organization: Biology.
Friday, December 4, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Biology 19 - Lecture Hall.
Music@Noon Recital
Bring your lunch and join us for a noontime recital in the Performing Arts Building Atrium featuring Reed music students and faculty. Free Admission.
Organization: Music.
Friday, December 4, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
PAB Atrium.
Reed SPS Astrobites
This event is for Reed students interested in presenting on topics of new Astrophysics research. It will be hosted by Reed's SPS chapter. Every week, a student will do a short (10-20 min pres + 10 min questions) presentation on an article from https://astrobites.org/ and lead a discussion about it. We hope that this event will get students interested in physics, astrophysics, and SPS!
Organization: Reed Society of Physics Students.
Tuesday, December 8, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Physics 121 - Classroom.
Portland Alumni Book Club
We are Reed alumni, spouses, and friends who meet every month on the 2nd Tuesday to talk about books. You can park in the PAB parking lot.
Our June 9th selection is The Wall, by Marlen Haushofer.
Our July 14th selection is The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams, Our August 11th selection is The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt.
Organization: Alumni Relations, All Alumni Chapters.
Tuesday, December 8, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM.
Prexy - Living Room.
WMD Practice
Come join Weapons of Mass Distraction as we spin a variety of props, both on and off fire! New members and beginners are always welcome.
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Tuesday, December 8, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Student Union, Student Union - Patio.
CLBR Commons Drop In
Stop by Commons on Wednesdays to chat with the Center for Life Beyond Reed about your career questions, fellowship applications, or post-graduation plans. No appointment needed—just swing by with whatever's on your mind, whether it's a quick question or something you want to think through. We're here to help you explore your options and take your next steps.
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Organization: Center for Life Beyond Reed.
Wednesday, December 9, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
Gray Campus Center - Commons Dining Room.
WMD Practice
Come join Weapons of Mass Distraction as we spin a variety of props, both on and off fire! New members and beginners are always welcome.
Organization: Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD).
Thursday, December 10, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM.
Student Union, Student Union - Patio.
Friday@4 Recital Featuring Chamber Music Ensembles
Join us for a free music recital featuring Reed music students and faculty. The event is free, and no tickets are required.
Organization: Music.
Friday, December 11, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Eliot - Chapel.
SHARE Lounge
Join SHARE in the Lounge on Friday nights!
The lounge is a chill space for people to 1) hang out if they don’t want to be around substances, 2) take a breather and collect themselves if an event becomes activating or uncomfortable, 3) seek out SHARE resources if they experience something that makes them feel unsafe or uncomfortable at the event. Student staff will be present with snacks and tea, games, and sometimes a movie! Come to study or share space. Disrespectful guests will be asked to leave.
Organization: SHARE.
Friday, December 11, 2026, 9:00 PM – 11:55 PM.
Winch Social Room.