News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
Ami Ahern-Rindell, biology, attended the January 2016 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities in Washington, DC. She presented with colleagues from the Council on Undergrad-uate Research (CUR) on “Achieving an Institution-Wide Culture and Practice in Undergraduate Research.” Rich Gritta, business, had his article, “The History of Air Carrier Bankruptcy Forecasting and […]
Carol Dempsey, OP, theology, wrote “Harrowing Woes and Comforting Promisers in the Book of the Twelve” in The Book of the Twelve and the New Form Criticism, eds. Mark J. Boda, Michael Floyd, and Colin M. Toffelmite, in the Ancient Near Eastern Monographs series. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2015, pp. 97-117. She also wrote “Poems, Prayers, […]
Sam Holloway, business, was quoted in a Portland Tribune article on the retirement of Portland microbrewing pioneer Kurt Widmer at the following link: http://tinyurl.com/zzz5d5o. Hannah Callender, mathematics, presented her paper, “Biocalculus: Changing Minds One Derivative at a Time,” at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Seattle, Wash. Two of her research students, math major Parkes Kendrick […]
Pamela Potter, nursing, was recently awarded a continuing education certificate of completion in Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) from Portland State University. This course of study was partially funded by a Butine grant. Aziz Inan, engineering, had his article, “Happy 75th Birthday, Joan Baez,” published by The Beacon on January 7, 2016. See the article at http://tinyurl.com/znfktm6.
Peter Pappas, education, and his students have released a new iBook, Exploring History: Vol III, available free at iTunes in 51 countries (also as a static pdf). It joins volumes I and II, which have more than 13,000 downloads from around the world. Aziz Inan, engineering, and Trudie Booth, international languages and cultures, wrote an […]
Aziz Inan, engineering, wrote an article on Frank Sinatra’s centennial birthday of December 12, 2015, titled “In search of the number 12 on Frank Sinatra’s centennial birthday.” It was published in The Beacon on Thursday, December 10. See the article at http://tinyurl.com/ocbp6xn. Alexandra Merley Hill, international languages & cultures, German, has published the article “Homesick: […]
Barb Braband and Kaye Wilson-Anderson, nursing, presented “Evaluation of Memory Book Interventions with Orphaned Children in India, Kenya and South Africa” at the 43rd Sigma Theta Tau International Biennial Convention on Nov. 9 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Braband also attended the workshop, “Integrating Education in the Arts and Humanities with Education in Science, Engineering, Technology […]
The new book by Christina Astorga, theology, titled Catholic Moral Theology and Social Ethics: A New Method, won third place in the Catholic Press Association of America and Canada Book Awards for 2015. Her book also won the College Theology Society Best Book Award of 2014. Barbara Braband, nursing, Rebecca Gaudino, theology, and Anissa Rogers, […]
Jeffrey Meiser, political science, delivered the keynote address, “American Exceptionalism: Historical Anomaly or Enduring Reality,” at American Exceptionalism Revisited: the Annual Meeting of the Political Science Section of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS), Friday, November 13-14, PfalzAkademie, Franz-Hartmann-Straße 9, 67466 Lambrecht, Germany. Casey Shillam, nursing, presented “Creating a palliative community: A Blueprint for […]
Seniors Gisela Gonzalez-Montiel and Ryan Bergio won second prize in the Analytical Chemistry Division for their poster presentation, “XRF and Raman Analysis of a 15th-Century Painting in Mallorca, Spain,” at the Second Annual Undergraduate Poster Symposium, sponsored by the Portland section of the American Chemical Society, held at Portland State University on Sunday, October 25. […]