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Please Load Scholarly Activity On The Portal

April 16, 2021

Faculty members are reminded to load their scholarly activity on the portal in PilotsUP by May 31, 2021. Data obtained through the portal will be used to populate A Community of Scholars, published by the provost’s office. Faculty members use their school’s report on the home tab of the Scholarly Activity Portal to send the data […]

Filed Under: 04-19-2021, 04-26-2021, 05-03-2021, 05-10-2021, 05-17-2021, 05-24-2021, Academics, John Orr, Provost's Office Tagged With: Scholarly Activity Portal

Summer Provost’s Initiative for Undergrad Research Awards

May 3, 2019

The Summer Provost’s Initiative for Undergraduate Research has been awarded to the following faculty members and their student collaborators: Martin Cenek, computer science Laurie Dizney, biology Andrew Eshleman, philosophy Nicole Ralston, education Giannina Reyes-Giardiello, Spanish Sarina Saturn, psychological sciences For more information about future Provost Initiative applications, please contact John Orr at orr@up.edu.

Filed Under: 05-06-2019, Academics, John Orr, Provost's Office, Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement Tagged With: John Orr, Provost's Initiative on Undergraduate Research

Scholarly Activity Portal Always Ready For Faculty Input

October 20, 2017

The Scholarly Activity Portal is always ready for faculty input on PilotsUP under the “Academics” tab. Faculty members are encouraged to update their scholarly activity as it occurs; the portal offers a one-stop opportunity to update recent activity. Faculty members will download the report for their school and send the PDF copy of the report […]

Filed Under: 10-23-2017, Academics, Honors Program, John Orr, Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement Tagged With: John Orr, Michele Leasor, Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

Undergraduate Research Protocol

August 18, 2017

The Provost’s office would like to remind all faculty members conducting collaborative research with undergraduates fall semester that the Deans Council approved a uniform, University-wide protocol for all undergraduate research projects. A list of the items required each semester as part of the protocol can always be found in the Undergraduate Research section of the […]

Filed Under: 08-21-2017, 08-28-2017, Academics, John Orr, Provost's Office, Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

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Jeff Kerssen-Griep, Communication and Media, presented “Teaching with Transformative International Conflict Partners” on the panel, “Healing Divides and Elevating Connections within Conflict & Peacebuilding.” National Communication Association Convention. November, 2025.

Christi Richardson-Zboralski, Director of Marketing – Graduate Programs, published a short story under pen name, Christi R. Suzanne, entitled “Outlaw’s Dust.” In Lisa Diane Kastner (Ed.) 27 Stories: An LA Wildfire Anthology. Running Wild Press. January 7, 2026. All proceeds from this anthology go toward Habitat for Humanity LA. Find it on the Broadway Books website or on Bookshop.org.

Fr. Pat Hannon, CSC, published From Glory to Glory: A Pilgrim’s Notes From the Badlands of Grace. Occasioned by the author’s walking, with siblings, the famous Camino de Santiago in the fall of 2024, the book traces all manner of other pilgrimages—to and from home, family, love, self, and God. One Subject Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota. November, 2025.

Jessica Murphy Moo, editor of Portland Magazine and director of storytelling, wrote the lyrics to two songs in “We Go On, Oswego,” a song cycle honoring female refugees who lived at Camp Ontario in upstate New York. From 1944-1946, Camp Ontario provided emergency shelter to refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe. “We Go On, Oswego” was performed at Nazareth College, in collaboration with Finger Lakes Opera, on December 4, 2025. It was commissioned by Katie Hannigan, PhD. The song “There Is No Underground,” was written in collaboration with composer Maria Thompson Corley, and the song “My Table,” was written in collaboration with composer Kurt Erickson.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published “A Spirituality of Desert Discipleship for Our Times. Reflections on the Readings of the Third Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. December 13, 2025.

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