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Led by All-America individual performances from Emmanuel Roudolff-Levisse, Jeff Thies, and Nick Hauger, the Portland Pilots cross country program added to its remarkable history by finishing second as a team at the 2017 NCAA Cross Country Championships on Saturday. Portland entered the race ranked No. 4 nationally, but trailed only NCAA champion Northern Arizona at the […]

On Tuesday, November 28, the University of Portland will join the global movement to celebrate generosity by launching the second UP Giving Tuesday campaign, according to Amy Eaton, development. Last year’s multi-media event resulted in the largest number of gifts to the University ever given in one day, with 258 gifts secured in 24 hours. […]

University of Portland posted a combined 97 percent student-athlete graduation success rate (GSR) in the latest data released by the NCAA, the highest rate in program history. The GSR and federal graduation rate (FGR) report was publicly released for student-athletes who entered college in 2010 among all Division I institutions as part of the annual […]

The Pamplin School of Business’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) program has been named to the Princeton Review’s list of Best Business Schools 2018. One of 267 on-campus MBA programs included nationally, the Pamplin School was selected based on academic excellence and additional institutional data. The Pamplin School of Business was also one of four Oregon […]

The Open Enrollment period for UP employee benefits takes place from November 1 through Friday, November 17, 2017, closing at 4:30 p.m. All benefited employees will be required to confirm or change their healthcare benefits during this time for coverage that will go into effect January 1, 2018. Healthcare options remain the same as 2017 […]

The University will host its annual Veterans Day commemoration ceremony on Saturday, November 11, at 11 a.m., at the Praying Hands/Broken Wall Memorial. The ceremony will commence at the close of a 24-hour vigil at the Praying Hands, and is sponsored by the University’s Air Force and Army ROTC programs. It will recognize campus members who […]

The University’s annual Advent Concert will take place on Saturday, December 9, at 8 p.m., at Saint Mary’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Tickets will be available starting November 1; admission is free but tickets are required due to limited seating. The Advent Concert will feature the University Singers and Women’s Chorale, with Michael Connolly […]

The University of Portland Speech and Debate Union took full honors in winning the Novice International Public Debate Association debate division at the Northwest Parliamentary Warm-Up Debate Tournament on September 8, 2017, according to Bohn Lattin, communication studies. Kelsy Smith, psychology and Spanish, took first place; Jesse Barrett, social work, took second place; and Joseph Krietzberg, […]

Portland businessman Michael E. Nelson ’76, a member of the University of Portland Board of Regents, and his wife Arlette have made a $10 million gift to enhance the campus infrastructure and support academic programs, the University announced Friday. The $10 million commitment includes a lead gift for the construction of a new physical plant […]

By the time they graduate, our undergraduates will have taken some 40 separate courses at UP.  But do we ever invite them to ponder the linkages? In this week’s Teaching & Learning post, English department chair Lars Larson explores how and why students may come most alive in our curriculum by doing what we in our […]