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An Evening At The Theater

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Students of vocal music and theater will join forces in “An Evening at the Theater: Highlights from Operas and Musicals” on Friday, November 22, at 7:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Recital Hall, according to Nicole Leupp Hanig, performing and fine arts. The program will include music from The Magic Flute, Cabaret, Guys & Dolls, Little Women, Hansel & Gretel, Into the Woods, West Side Story, and others. Admission is free and open to all. For more information contact Hanig at 7858 or hanign@up.edu.

Wind Symphony, Orchestra Concert, Nov. 23

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The University of Portland Wind Symphony and Women’s Chorale will perform in concert on Saturday, November 23, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public. The photography of Ansel Adams will be celebrated in a new composition by Steve Danyew entitled “The World Alive,” featuring the Wind Symphony performing in conjunction with a short film based on Adams’ work. During the concert, senior flutist Kristin Wishon will take center stage in a performance of Joel Puckett’s “The Shadow of Sirius,” inspired by the poetry of W.S. Merwin. The Women’s Chorale will present an upbeat program. For more information, contact the performing and fine arts department at 7228 or pfa@up.edu, or go to http://college.up.edu/pfa/.

40th Anniversary of Mago Hunt Center

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October 17, 2013 marks forty years since the dedication of Mago Hunt Center for Performing Arts. After a fire in 1969 destroyed the buildings housing the music and drama departments, William Hunt, then chair of the Board of Regents, generously financed the new facility named for his wife, Mago Hunt. In honor of this milestone for the performing and fine arts department, all are welcome to view a pictorial display of Mago Hunt Center created by the University Museum in the display case across from the Shepard Freshman Resource Center on the first floor of Buckley Center. For a narrated video of the display go to: sites.up.edu/museum or use a smart phone to scan the QR code in the Buckley Center display case. The University Museum is located in the basement of Shipstad Hall, room 014. Open Monday & Tuesday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Wednesday: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and also by appointment. University faculty, staff and students are invited to stop in and learn more about the University’s history. Contact Carolyn Connolly, Museum Coordinator, at 8038 or piatz@up.edu for more information.

Careers in the Legal Profession

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Careers in the Legal Profession flyerFor students interested in law school, Career Services and the Student Alumni Association will host “Careers in the Legal Profession.”  Learn more about the law school application process and hear from alumni working in the legal profession. All students are welcome! Cookies will be provided.

Wednesday, November 13, 6:00-7:30 PM in BC163

Jud Newborn, Zahm Lecture

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Zahm Lecture fylerRenowned author and cultural anthropologist Jud Newborn will deliver the Zahm Lecture, the keynote address for the University of Portland’s academic year, on Thursday, October 10, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. Newborn’s presentation, “Speaking Truth to Power,” is about heroes in the fight for human rights in the present day, and highlights the 70th anniversary of the student-led White Rose anti-Nazi resistance movement. His multimedia presentations, which include images, music, and dramatic readings, have been lauded by publications such as Lifestyles Magazine as having “dramatic power and a deeply felt passion that leaves his audiences both moved and exhilarated.” The lecture is free and open to the public.

The White Rose was the name of a group of students whose activities made up one of the few effective protest movements against Nazi Germany by German citizens. Newborn has written for both The New York Times and Jerusalem Post and helped build New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage, serving as its founding historian and curator. He currently serves as Special Projects Curator for the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington, NY.

The Zahm Lecture was established in 1999 to honor Rev. John Zahm, C.S.C., who, in his position as superior of the Holy Cross in America when the University was founded in 1901, contributed counsel, money, and Holy Cross men to the University. Previous Zahm lecturers include former Newsweek religion editor Ken Woodward, and science writer and Stonehill College professor emeritus of physics Chet Raymo. For more information contact Jamie Powell, Garaventa Center, at 7702 or powell@up.edu.

UP Authors Reception, Oct. 10

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All faculty, staff, and students are invited to the Clark Library’s annual UP Authors Reception on Thursday, October 10, from 3 to 4:30 p.m., on the main floor of the library. We hope you will join us in honoring faculty, staff, and student authors while enjoying refreshments and live music. Featured publications are also compiled into an online bibliography at this link. For more information contact the library at 7111 or go to library.up.edu.

Lou Masson Reading September 25

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Louis MassonLouis Masson, Tyson Distinguished Emeritus Professor of English, will appear as part of the English department’s Readings and Lectures Series on Wednesday, September 25, at 7:45 p.m., in Mago Hunt recital hall. His reading is free and open to all. Masson is the author of three collections of essays, most recently Across the Quad (Corby Books, 2013). His other collections include Reflections: Essays on Place and Family and The Play of Light: Observations and Epiphanies in the Everyday World. Masson has been a regular contributor to Portland Magazine and has published poems and essays in a number of other publications. He retired from the University in 2011 after teaching here for 40 years.

For more information, contact the English department at 7264 or english@up.edu.

Come See The Crab Lab

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Crab Lab ImageAll students, staff, faculty, and friends are invited to visit the Crab Lab during its open house on Friday, September 27, from noon to 6 p.m., in Swindells 139 and 128, according to Tara Maginnis, biology. With over 1,000 gallons of saltwater and six species of crab, there is plenty to explore. Maginnis and her biology research students will be there explaining how the lab works and what kind of research goes on there (and no, you don’t get to eat the crabs). For more information contact Maginnis at maginnis@up.edu.

Pauling Medal Award Symposium and Banquet

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The chemistry department and University of Portland student affiliates of the American Chemical Society (ACS) will host the 48th annual Linus Pauling Medal Award Symposium and Banquet on Saturday, October 5, beginning at 1 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons. The 1 p.m. sympChad A. Mirkinosium is free and open to the public; attendance at the Pauling Award Banquet at 7 p.m. requires reservations and payment.

The 2013 Linus Pauling Medal for outstanding contributions to chemistry will be presented to Chad A. Mirkin of Northwestern University (pictured). Symposium speakers will include Mirkin, as well as Joseph M. DeSimone of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Clifford P. Kubiak of the University of California at San Diego, and Hongkun Park of Harvard University. A reception and undergraduate research poster presentation will take place at 5:30 p.m. in the Bauccio Commons. The Linus Pauling Award Banquet begins at 7 p.m. in the Board Room, and requires tickets from http://tinyurl.com/kbth2ho, $30 for regular admission and $15 for students.

For more information or to reserve tickets, go to http://tinyurl.com/lvnspf9, or call the chemistry department at 7123.

Native American Influences: Northwest

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show images for patNative Americans have lived in the Northwest for at least 11,000 years and that date is being pushed back in time constantly as new archeological and genetic discoveries are made. Despite all efforts to abolish them, the descendants of the First Nations remain.  Their culture and their influence are abiding. They are the conscience of this land and they continue to be its advocates.

The goal of this exhibit is to present the work of a group of contemporary Northwest Native American artists and to show how regional non-native artist have been influenced by their traditions, culture and spirit.

When one encounters art, its effect travels to the viewer and back, somewhat in the manner of the Modoc saying, “Now that we have met, we have changed.”

SHOW ARTISTS:  Kathryn Cotnoir, Kate Courtney, Charles Funk, Pat Courtney Gold, Tony Johnson, Lillian Pitt, Michael Raynham, Greg Robinson, Erik Sandgren, Andrea Wilbur Sigo, Tsungani, Dee Vadnais, Toma Villa

Yvette O’Neill Raynham, curator