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12-19-2016

Parking Permit Alert: Make the Switch, Please

January 13, 2017

In October 2015, in an effort to provide a more flexible parking option for faculty and staff who must negotiate the potential for bringing different cars to campus from day to day, the Public Safety Department instituted a new style for parking permits.  Currently, general faculty/staff parking is now a hangtag rather than a sticker. […]

Filed Under: 01-02-2017, 01-09-2017, 01-16-2017, 12-19-2016, Campus Services, Public Safety Tagged With: Parking permits, public safety

Coming Soon: Office365 Email for Faculty, Staff

January 6, 2017

As part of an ongoing effort to improve services, staff and faculty mailboxes will be migrated from on premise email servers to Office 365 cloud servers. The Advisory Council for Enterprise Services (ACES) approved the migration plan earlier this fall in anticipation of several key benefits including enhanced collaboration and security features. Information services staff have been […]

Filed Under: 01-02-2017, 01-09-2017, 12-12-2016, 12-19-2016, Campus Services, Information Services Tagged With: Information Services, Office 365 Email

Spring 2017 Provost’s Initiative Awards

January 6, 2017

The Provost’s office is pleased to announce recipients of the Spring 2017 Provost’s Initiative on Undergraduate Research awards. These faculty members have been selected to collaborate with and mentor an undergraduate on a co-designed research experience during the 2017 spring semester: Janet Banks, Nursing: “Clinical learning environments manuscript experience” with Cara FitzGerald and Andrea Hernandez-Garibay […]

Filed Under: 01-02-2017, 01-09-2017, 12-12-2016, 12-19-2016, Academics Tagged With: Provost's Initiative on Undergraduate Research, Provost's Office

Popular Books and DVDs: We’ve Got ‘Em

January 2, 2017

Looking forward to some time to read and watch movies over the winter break? The Clark Library has a collection of popular books and DVDs available for checkout. Come and choose your titles for the break, located on shelves right next to the Service Desk.

Filed Under: 01-02-2017, 12-12-2016, 12-19-2016, Academics, Campus Services, Library Tagged With: Clark Library

Portland Leads WCC Commissioner’s Cup After Fall Season


January 2, 2017

The University of Portland sits atop the West Coast Conference Commissioner’s Cup standings after a historic fall season on The Bluff. The Pilots claimed league titles in men’s soccer and women’s cross country and had three WCC Coach of the Year honorees after a spectacular start to the 2016-17 sports season. In addition to earning […]

Filed Under: 01-02-2017, 12-12-2016, 12-19-2016, Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, WCC Commissioner's Cup

Did You Participate in Post-Grad Service? Let Us Know

January 2, 2017

If you or a colleague have ever participated in post-graduate service, the Moreau Center would like to know. Please email us at moreaucenter@up.edu. Why do we want to know? Possibilities: to let students know how many UP faculty and staff have participated in post-graduate service, perhaps to connect a student with you if they have questions about […]

Filed Under: 01-02-2017, 12-12-2016, 12-19-2016, Campus Services, Moreau Center Tagged With: Moreau Center, Post-Graduate Service

In Memory: Rev. Ronald Wasowski, C.S.C., 1946-2016

January 2, 2017

The University remembers Fr. Ron Wasowski, C.S.C., for his years of service to the University community as pastoral minister, professor, and scientist.  A memorial post from the University Archives and Museum about Fr. Wasowski’s work at the University and a gallery of photos are found at this link. To complement the online display, there is a […]

Filed Under: 01-02-2017, 12-19-2016, Academics, Campus Services, University Museum Tagged With: Carolyn Connolly, Fr. Ron Wasowski C.S.C., University museum

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Eugene Urnezius, Chemistry, published “2,5-Dihydroxy-1,4-benzoquinones Appended with −P(═O)(OR)2 (R = Me or Et) Groups and Their Ammonium and Lithium Salts: Structural, Spectroscopic, and Electrochemical Properties.” Co-authors: Claire A. Kearney,  Kailin M. Mooney, Jordan N. Sanders, Kai J. Edison, Milan H. Hague, S. Joseph Lippert, Timothy J. Dobson, and Edward J. Valente. ACS Omega 10(44): 52954-52967.

Ashley Hass, Business, published “Behind the Screens: An Exploration of Social Media Marketer Burnout.” Co-author: Kelley Cours Anderson. Student Co-author: Kiley Pettit. Journal of Marketing Theory & Practice, 1-23. October, 2025. Hass also attended the 2025 Conference of the Society for Marketing Advances (SMA) in Las Vegas, NV, where she sat on the discussion panels for the following sessions: “Digital Parenting Roundtable: Untangling the Marketplace of Children’s Digital Consumption”; “Sustainable Me: The Mental Health Journey of Marketing Graduate Students and Academics: A Discussion”; “Exploring Student’s Creativity with Artificial Intelligence in Marketing Higher Education”; and “Navigating Mental Health in Early Academic Careers.” Hass also presented “Empathy Without Eyes: Perceived Non-Judgment and Empathy from GenAI and Its Elects on Consumer Self-Esteem.” Student Co-presenters: Alex Tran, Danielle Hass. November, 2025.

Andra Davis, Nursing & Health Innovations, published “Chemo chair conversations: A qualitative study of how life and death influence oncology nurses’ well-being and professional care.”  Seminars in Oncology. Available at SSRN 5277000. October, 2025. Davis also published “Towards equity in evaluation: Rethinking grading for nursing students.”  Journal of Nursing Education. August, 2025.

Ian Parkman, Business, was named to the editorial board of the Journal of Design, Business & Society.

Matthew Warshawsky, International Languages and Cultures, presented an invited lecture via Zoom about his book From New Christians to New Jews: Seventeenth-Century Spanish Texts in Defense of Judaism for the Kanter Lecture Series of the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies. November 9, 2025.

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