All staff and faculty are invited to gather in the Murphy Room (4th floor, Franz Hall) on Friday, November 5, 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. for the next Faith & Intellectual Life Discussion Group. We’ll be unpacking Brian Bilston’s poem “Refugees” and George Packer’s Atlantic essay “How America Fractured Into Four Parts.” As with any Garaventa Center […]
10-11-2021
Printing and Mailing Services Announcement
Printing and Mailing Services will be closed on Friday, October 15, for Staff Appreciation day. We will resume regular business hours on Monday, October 18.
New to The Bluff: Naga Vemprala, Assistant Professor, Pamplin School of Business
Naga Vemprala recently received his doctorate in information technology at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He graduated from Andhra University with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. Prior to his Ph.D. studies, he worked as a software developer, consultant, and data analyst for multinational companies in the IT services industry and has extensive experience developing applications for legacy systems using mainframe […]
New to The Bluff: Katherine (Kate) Trumbo, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Kate Trumbo has been a family nurse practitioner since 2013. She has significant clinical experience in internal medicine, with a special interest in oncology and palliative care. Her doctoral work focused on the sustainability of independent public health programs that provide resources for underserved populations. Interprofessional communication is at the core of her clinical practice and translational […]
New to The Bluff: Kali Abel, Visiting Instructor, Environmental Studies
Kali Abel is geographer, glaciologist, climate scientist, and educator and has been at University of Portland as an adjunct instructor since 2017. Kali completed a bachelor’s degree in environmental science at Colby College, a master’s degree in geological sciences at University of Colorado, and the coursework for a Ph.D. in geography at Oregon State University. In between academic endeavors, Kali worked as a mountaineering guide, environmental consultant, journalist, […]
New to The Bluff: Amy Long, Instructor, School of Nursing
A native of the Pacific Northwest, Amy Long received her master of science in nursing from Case Western Reserve University in 2010 and immediately began her 11-year career at Housecall Providers providing primary, palliative, and hospice care to medically fragile individuals in their homes. While lead clinician at Housecall, she was able to develop a structured one-year mentorship program for […]
6th Annual OTM Symposium, October 19-21
Join us for the 6th Annual OTM Symposium as we hear from Portland’s thought leaders in operations and technology management. The Symposium will offer virtual sessions presented by professionals across Portland (including Nike, Intel, Portland Timbers, and more!) discussing the Future of Work in this World of Technology. Register >> https://bit.ly/2WyjvXK
This Week in the Anchor Seminar: Aesthetic Inquiry, Imagination and the Creative Process
Most recently, all first-year students spent some time considering the role of imagination and beauty in a full life, and creativity in their work as thinkers and doers. They watched Gregory Pulver’s talk on The Meaning of Color, and pondered living in a world without attention to beauty. Of special note to instructors in all […]
Beckman Humor Project Call for Proposals
John Beckman, inventor of the photo finish, provided an endowment to help UP faculty and students “use or explore humor as a gentle sideways weapon against the forces of darkness.” Proposals are being accepted now for projects to be created over the next two years: scholarship and creative works of any kind are encouraged. Recent […]
Schoenfeldt Writer Mitchell S. Jackson on campus Nov. 10
Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Mitchell Jackson joins our campus as a Schoenfeldt Writer joins us for a talk “Prison to the Pen: Mitchell S. Jackson’s Extraordinary Journey.” A native of Portland (now a professor at Arizona State U.), Jackson’s work explores his hometown, including the systemic forces that shaped his community, his family, and his early life. […]