The Garaventa Center welcomes everyone to a free online lecture on Tuesday, October 20 at 5 p.m: “Mother Teresa: A Case Study in Christian Mental Health Stigma.” Here’s the Zoom Webinar link to join the live event, which is open to all. Mother Teresa’s diaries made public the saint’s struggle with intense sadness and sparked […]
10-12-2020
Summer Research Poster Session – Please share details with students
The Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement will host the University’s annual Summer Research Poster Session virtually on Wednesday, November 18 from 9:15am-3:35pm. The goals of the Summer Research Poster Session are twofold: to celebrate undergraduate research conducted by UP students during the summer, and to create awareness of research experiences that other students might be […]
Faith & Intellectual Life Discussion Group, Oct. 23: All Welcome!
The Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will have its only meeting of the fall semester on Friday, October 23, 3:30 to 5 p.m., on Zoom, according to Norah Martin, philosophy. We will be discussing “Sacrifice, Race, and Indifference” from Send Lazarus: Catholicism and the Crisis of Neoliberalism by Matthew Eggemeier and Peter Fritz (Fordham […]
Fifth Annual Operations & Technology Management Symposium: Oct. 20-22
Join the Pamplin School of Business for the 5th Annual OTM (Operations and Technology Management) Symposium, “Risk Management as Exposed by COVID-19,” on October 20 through October 22. This virtual symposium will offer sessions on Risk Management (101) for Everyone, Risk Management in Cyber, and Risk Management in the Physical Site. Questions? Contact Lilia Grundy, […]
UP Internship & Job Expo, Oct. 26
The Career Center invites all business, humanities, and social sciences students to the UP Internship & Job Expo on Monday, October 26 from noon to 3 p.m. This event will take place virtually within the Handshake platform. Faculty who work with students in the Pamplin School of Business, or humanities and social sciences within the […]
A Weekly Moment of Beauty: “Garden of Eden”
For a moment of beauty with one of UP’s great treasures, The Saint John’s Bible, click here for an 85-second video of the Garden of Eden illumination. No words, just quiet music with a lustrous image. Check this space each week for a link to another image, courtesy of the Garaventa Center.
Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Monday Oct. 12
Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a holiday that celebrates and honors the history, cultures, and contributions of indigenous peoples. We acknowledge the land on which we sit and which we occupy at the University of Portland. The Portland Metro area rests on traditional village sites of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin, […]
Follow Sr. Angela’s Example: Keep on Connecting!
The latest UP community member to win the weekly raffle in the Person to Person connections endeavor is Sr. Angela Hoffman, chemistry. She receives a Starbucks gift card, courtesy of a Garaventa Center donor who wants to support all of us in maintaining the personal relationships that make life at UP so special. All staff […]
Reminder: Oct. 16 Deadline for Butine Proposals
The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) is accepting proposals for funding from the Arthur Butine Faculty Development Fund. The deadline is Friday, October 16. Late applications are not accepted. Information about the fund, instructions, and application materials are available on the Butine Moodle site. Faculty are encouraged to submit applications, while understanding that the […]
Invitation To Join Work Of The Title IX Team
As you may have seen recently in The Beacon, all members of the UP community are invited to attend Title IX Advisory Committee meetings. The work of preventing and responding to sexual and gender-based harassment, misconduct, and violence and the barriers to education they create, requires our entire community and cannot be the lone work […]