University of Portland is proud to welcome Emily Ma as the 2018 Bauccio Lecture Speaker on Tuesday, October 2, at 7 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons. The lecture is free and open to all.
Ma is the head of special projects, business innovation for X, a research and development facility founded by Google. X was built on the simple premise of making the world a better place through solutions that would have a 10x impact. Any project that X takes on must solve a problem that affects millions or even billions of people and there must be some hope that the solution can be achievable in 5-10 years.
For questions or information on ADA accommodations, contact Aimee Fookes, development, at x8607 or fookes@up.edu.
All faculty are requested to encourage their students who had on- or off-campus research experiences this past summer to apply to participate the fifth annual Summer Research Poster Session by Tuesday, October 2. The application is available 
Do you know a Pilot who deserves to be recognized for his or her work? Through the annual 
The first meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Discussion Group for the 2018-19 year will be Friday, September 28, at 3:30 p.m., in the Murphy Room of Franz Hall. The group will discuss the article “A Burnt-Out Case: Aquinas and the Way We Work Now” by Jonathan Malesic, and Chapter 1 from Mary Rose O’Reilley’s The Garden at Night: Burnout & Breakdown in the Teaching Life, “Practicing the Koans of Professional Life.” Readings can be found on the Garaventa Center 
Information services will fully transition to Banner 9 effective Monday October 1. Access to Banner INB will be turned off on that date. Those who use Banner are encouraged to start using Banner 9 as soon as possible so that any potential issues can be discovered and dealt with prior to the end of September. Please note, access to Self Serve Banner (SSB) for grades, timesheets, etc. will not be impacted by this change.
Thomas Landy will present the 2018 Zahm Lecture, “A Guide to College in 8 Contradictions,” on Wednesday, September 12, at 7:15 p.m. in Buckley Center Auditorium. The talk is sponsored by the Garaventa Center, and is free and open to the public. In his talk Landy asks, at a time when people have extraordinary access to information at their fingertips, and vacillate between polarized, ideological certainties and relativistic uncertainty whether there is any such thing as truth worth seeking, and critics left and right question the value of a university education, what’s a student to do? Landy, who is congenitally wary of canned advice, shares why, from his experience, this a better time to be a learner than you might think. So how do you take advantage of the opportunity?
In the midst of continued revelations of sexual abuse and abuse of power in the Catholic Church, Campus Ministry would like to offer a few resources for addressing and processing these revelations:
The Clark Library’s Digital Lab is offering a variety of introductory workshops over a two week period from September 11 to 21. These are free and open to current students, faculty, and staff. Offerings include 3D Printing, iMovie, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Photo Restoration 101, Creating Electronic Music, and Virtual Reality & 360o Video. Visit the Digital Lab’s site to see the detailed schedule and to 
The Moreau Center Bike Sale fundraiser will benefit the new Tanzania Immersion service trip, and will take place on Wednesday, September 5, from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., in front of the Clark Library. Cash, checks, and cards will be accepted. Please come help our student realize their dream of helping communities abroad.