The University’s digital student run news source, The Beacon, is among twenty-five digital publications chosen as finalists for the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) Crown Awards, to be presented in March 2019 at ceremonies in New York City. The digital publications were published during the 2017-18 academic year. The Crown Awards honor top student publications […]
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Heather Dillon, engineering, presented “The REFLECT Project: Spreading Evidence-based Teaching in STEM” (with Carolyn James, Tara Prestholdt, Valerie Peterson, Eric Anctil, and Stephanie Salomone) at the 43rd Annual Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education Conference, Portland Ore., November 2018. Aitana Shough ’19 represented UP on Friday, November 16, at the regional Sigma Xi Research Conference […]
Dr. Rami Nashashibi Wins 2018 Opus Prize
Dr. Rami Nashashibi has been awarded the prestigious 2018 Opus Prize for his inspirational work as founder and director of the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) in Chicago, Illinois. The award was announced on Thursday, November 15 during a ceremony hosted by the University of Portland and the Opus Prize Foundation at the Chiles Center. […]
Pilot Athletics Records 97 Percent Graduation Success Rate
The University of Portland posted a 97 percent student-athlete Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for the second consecutive year, according to the latest data released by the NCAA on November 14. UP’s baseball, men’s cross country and track and field, men’s tennis, men’s soccer, women’s basketball, women’s cross country and track and field, and rowing teams each posted perfect scores. […]
Portland Classic Basketball Tourney Coming Next Week
Basketball season is officially here, and while there are no games this week, next week is the annual Portland Classic basketball tournament. The men’s team will play the following games: Monday, Nov. 19: Pilots vs. Lewis & Clark, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21: Pilots vs. USC Upstate, 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23: Pilots vs. Cal […]
Opus Prize Week, Nov. 12-15: All Welcome
All faculty, staff, students, and guests are welcome to take part in activities planned for this week in celebration of the 2018 Opus Prize, one of the world’s largest faith-based awards for social entrepreneurship. Each year the Opus Prize Foundation selects one Catholic university to help nominate, select, and celebrate three faith-based unsung heroes who […]
Honors Reading Course Solicitation
Faculty members interested in offering an Honors Program reading course during the 2019-2020 academic year are invited to send a course proposal to program director John Orr by Wednesday, November 14. Honors students, in their junior and senior years, take two one-credit readings courses. Courses are limited to 15 students and are offered pass/no pass. Team-taught courses […]
Constitution Day Presentation, Sept. 17
William Curtis and Gary Malecha, political science, will present the 2018 Constitution Day Lecture, “Supreme Court Nominations in a New Political Order,” on Monday, September 17, at 7 p.m., in Franz Hall room 120. The lecture is free and open to all. For more information contact political science at x7274 or mackinno@up.edu.
2018 Red Mass, September 19
The Garaventa Center invites all faculty and staff to this year’s Red Mass, which invokes the gifts of the Holy Spirit upon those entrusted with the law in our nation, on Wednesday, September 19, at 5:30 p.m., in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. The Mass is also open to the public. Archbishop Alexander K. […]
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Jeffrey Gauthier, philosophy, presented “The Basic Argument for Feminist Abolitionism” at the 35th Annual International Social Philosophy Conference, Oakland University, Rochester Hills, Michigan, July 20, 2018. Kimberly Ilosvay, education,, presented “Understanding the Complexities of Literacy: Developing Effective Practices within Different School Systems,” a poster presented at the International Literacy Association annual conference with student co-presenter Elise […]