The next Math Colloquium will be held on Wednesday, April 2, from 4-5 p.m., in Buckley Center room 209. The speaker will be math professor David R. Dorman from Middlebury College, who will present “Yet Another Good Reason for Calculus: A First Look at Dirichlet’s Theorem.” Refreshments will be provided. For more information contact Carol […]
Academics
Time To Order Fall 2014 Software
Information services will begin creating the computer classroom and lab software builds for the 2014 fall semester in April. A software build is applied to all computers in the requested location and contains a set of applications that the students require access to in order to complete their coursework. The computer classroom and lab software […]
Bauccio Lecture in Entrepreneurship, March 27
The 2014 Bauccio Lecture in Entrepreneurship will be delivered by Whole Foods Market co-CEO Walter Robb III on Thursday, March 27, at 4:15 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to all faculty, staff, students, alumni, and the public. Robb joined Whole Foods in 1991, operating the Mill Valley, Calif., store […]
Larson, Hiro Receive Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grants for 2014-2015
University professors Lars Erik Larson and Molly Hiro have been selected to receive Fulbright U.S. Scholar Teaching Grants to India for the 2014-2015 academic year. Larson and Hiro are both English professors at the University, and a married couple as well. They joined the faculty in 2005. Larson and Hiro anticipate that they will serve […]
2013-2014 Butine Recipients
The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) has determined the award recipients of the 2013-2014 Butine Faculty Development Fund spring cycle, according to committee chair Lauretta Frederking, political science. Due to the large number of proposals received and the limited amount of funds available ($17,730), the committee was unable to fund all qualified proposals. This […]
DJ Wilson Leadership Speaker Series Lecture, March 24
DJ Wilson, president and general manager of KGW Media Group Portland since 2007, will be the guest speaker for the University of Portland’s Leadership Speaker Series at 7:10 p.m. on Monday, March 24, in Buckley Center Auditorium. Her talk is free and open to faculty, staff, students, alumni, and the public. Wilson is president of […]
Andrew Cohen Lecture on Using Language, Culture Learning, March 26
Andrew D. Cohen will present a lecture on using language and culture learning strategies to develop higher levels of proficiency and intercultural competency on Wednesday, March 26, at 4:15 p.m., in Shiley Hall room 123, according to Jeffrey White, international languages and cultures. The lecture is free and open to all students, faculty, staff, alumni, […]
Bringing Eyes of Faith To Film: “Thor,” March 25
The Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film Series will present “Thor: The Dark World” on Tuesday, March 25, at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall room 006. Hosts Karen Eifler and Fr. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C. use the series to illuminate unexpected themes of grace and redemption in popular contemporary movies. In “Thor: The Dark World,” when […]
Beacon Staffers Win Ethics-Focused Journalism Internships
The Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism has chosen three Beacon staffers for its paid summer internship program, which places student journalists at media outlets around the state of Oregon. Beacon “Living” editor Kate Stringer will divide her time reporting for the Portland Tribune and Forest Grove News-TImes; editor-in-chief Kelsey Thomas will report for […]
RefWorks Workshops Available Now
The Clark Library is offering introductory RefWorks workshops, according to Diane Sotak, library. RefWorks can be used to manage information sources and used with Word to create footnotes, in-text citations, and bibliographies in many citation styles. Faculty, students, and staff are welcome to attend. More details available here: http://tinyurl.com/mmalkev.