The culmination of this year’s Read UP series on How To Be An Anti-Racist was a wide-ranging conversation between author Dr. Kendi and the UP community, deftly facilitated by student Grace Adams and Dr. Eduardo Contreras on March 31. Their questions and Dr. Kendi’s responses were recorded in this 1 hour video now available for viewing, which will be available for just two weeks on the ReadUP website (link will be removed April 16). DVDs of the conversation are also available for checkout from Clark Library, and will remain a permanent part of the collection there.
Shortly after his untimely death in 1989, University president Rev. Thomas Oddo, C.S.C., was memorialized by faculty, staff, students, and friends with the establishment of an endowed scholarship fund named after him. Every year the University awards scholarship funds in Fr. Oddo’s name to one or more students who meet a set of criteria which includes demonstrated commitment to service and to service learning. Criteria for the Father Thomas C. Oddo, C.S.C. Memorial Scholarship are:
The UP Active Minds chapter was awarded the Health Equity Award at the organization’s national conference in Washington, D.C. Active Minds is a national nonprofit organization that supports mental health awareness and education for young adults with over 600 chapters across the country. The University of Portland Active Minds chapter, which was started in 2015, hosts events and discussions to create awareness and elevate voices among the UP community.
This week we offer you a seasonal glimpse into The Saint John’s Bible’s “
The upcoming Earth Day on April 22 is the impetus for the library’s most recent guide to resources. Earth Day is an annual event to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First celebrated in 1970 and focused on the United States, it now includes events coordinated globally by 
As we get ready for Spring registration, there are a few curricular changes associated with the implementation of the revitalized University Core Curriculum that may be helpful for faculty and staff to keep in mind during the upcoming advising period. Note that general information about the revitalized Core is available at 
As we approach the end of spring semester, your students may be working on major research projects. (Or, looking ahead to summer, you may have some research and writing projects of your own planned). Citing sources is often a less-favored aspect of the research process; the library’s 
This Wednesday and Thursday (April 7-8, noon to noon) get ready for 
What are the “Public Humanities”? How have UP faculty and students participated in Public Humanities work? And how might the Public Humanities enable or inspire your own thinking, learning, and teaching—and be mutually enriching for you and for the public? 
As we approach finals, the ATSI team would like to remind you that Proctorio, an online proctoring solution, is available for use with exams given via Moodle. This solution will allow you to flag certain behaviors for observation by the plugin, which will submit reports to you following your exam to review any questionable activity which it observes based on criteria you set. Use of this program makes proctoring and administering of online exams more flexible since you do not need to sit online with your students to observe via Zoom or Teams.