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The basketball season is nearly upon us! Don’t miss the 2016-2017 season home opener for men’s basketball on Friday, November 11. The Pilots take on UC Riverside at 7 p.m. that day as Terry Porter coaches his first regular season game as the Pilots head coach. We hope you make plans to be there and support the […]

The Garaventa Center has received many requests for access to the recent Zahm Lecture by Sister Ilia Delio OSF, “Cosmology, Catholicity and Consciousness: Why Wholeness Matters.” A downloadable podcast of that talk, as well as most of the other talks from recent years, is available in the Archives section of the  Center’s website at www.up.edu/garaventa. Follow […]

Sr. Sue Bruno, OSF, resident director of Fields Hall, has received a 2016 Spirit of Holy Cross Award, given annually to lay collaborators of the Congregation of Holy Cross, United States Province of Priests and Brothers. The award recognizes those who devotedly work to fulfill Blessed Basil Moreau’s vision and mission to “make God known, loved, […]

It’s time once again to put a smile on a Pilot’s face, especially new students who may be feeling the pangs of homesickness now that Fall semester is well underway. Bluff Boxes brighten up a student’s day, and funds raised will update that dusty old couch you used to study on, help the dorms host […]

NursingSchoolsAlmanac.com, a web-based resource providing rankings of nursing schools in the U.S., recently selected University of Portland as one of the top 50 nursing schools in the Western United States. The nursing program at UP is ranked at no. 4 in Nursing School Almanac’s inaugural national rankings. The University was also ranked at no. 46 […]

The 2016 Zahm Lecture in American Catholic Education will take place on Thursday, September 22, at 7:15 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. Sr. Ilia Delio, OSF, a Franciscan Sister and American theologian specializing in the area of science and religion, will present “Cosmology, Catholicity and Consciousness: Why Wholeness Matters.” The Zahm Lecture is free and […]

Please join the physical plant staff as they say goodbye to their much loved assistant director, Fay Beeler, on the occasion of her retirement. Fay has been a University staff member for over 27 years and will be greatly missed by all. Fay will be honored for her contributions to the University of Portland in […]

The CISGO Executive Committee has announced Blair Woodard, history, as the first recipient of the Kate Regan Faculty Development Fund for Junior Faculty in the Humanities. Woodard’s proposal is a compelling embodiment of Kate’s vision for supporting junior faculty members in their efforts to internationalize scholarship and teaching at the University of Portland. His research will […]

University of Portland will welcome the second largest class in school history this week when the Class of 2020 arrives on campus for Orientation. Approximately 960 new freshmen are expected to begin classes this fall. The UP Class of 2020 is highly academically accomplished, with an approximate average SAT score of  1192 and average high school GPA […]

The University of Portland welcomes 36 new faculty members this week when they begin new faculty orientation on Tuesday, August 23. The day-long program will introduce the new faculty to the University’s resources, traditions, and culture with sessions on teaching and learning, scholarship, faith and formation, and service and leadership. Faculty Academy sessions will continue throughout […]