News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
Garaventa Center co-directors Fr. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C., and Karen Eifler, education, recently published “Imagining How to Be Christ-Like Together” in Expositions 9:1, pages 69-77. See the article at http://expositions.journals.villanova.edu. Heather Dillon, engineering, presented “Analyzing a Photovoltaic System in Portland Oregon” with student coauthors Jordan Lum and Elliott Jackson, at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers […]
Tina Astorga, theology, won third place in the 2015 Catholic Press Association Book Awards for Catholic Moral Theology and Social Ethics: A New Method. Her book also won the College Theology Society Best Book Award of 2014. At their recent gathering in New York, the Catholic Press Association of the US and Canada awarded Becoming […]
Brandon McNeil, athletics, was quoted in an article titled “Far West soccer a recruiter’s paradise” in the June 24 edition of the Idaho Statesman. See the article at http://tinyurl.com/qek84mw. Sr. Angela Hoffman, chemistry, attended the Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (NORM 2015) in Pocatello, ID June 21-24 as the elected Portland Section […]
Phyllis Egby, education, wrote “Teacher attitudes and understanding about their preparation to work with special needs and diverse learners,” a dissertation for Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore., August 2011. Sharon Jones, engineering, presented “From Caring About Sustainability to Developing Care-ful Engineers,” at EESD15 – The 7th Conference on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development, Vancouver, June […]
Alice Gates, social work, presented “‘We have to speak up’: Exploring the meaning of policy advocacy for undocumented immigrant women” at Policy 2.0: Social work as action: Confronting Injustice, in Austin, Texas, on May 30, 2015. Amber Vermeesch, nursing, wrote “Biological and Sociocultural Differences in Perceived Barriers to Physical Activity among 5th– 7th Grade Urban […]
Jacqueline Waggoner, education, and Suzanne Burke, a PACE M.A.T. student, presented their paper titled “Flipping the Chemistry Classroom and Its Effect on Student Achievement” at the Hawaii International Conference on Education in Honolulu, Hawaii, January 5-9, 2013. Carol J. Dempsey, OP, theology, has edited and published a new volume of essays with colleagues Mark J. […]
Susan Stillwell, nursing, was invited by the Nursing Quality Network, American Nurses Association to speak on “Evidence Based Practice, Research, or Quality Improvement: What’s the Difference?” The webinar was held November 29, 2012.
Bonnie Parks, library, published“Books at JSTOR: An Interview with Bruce Heterick” in v. 38:4 (2012) of Serials Review: http://tinyurl.com/cbtapln. Eugenijus Urnezius, chemistry, presented a seminar, “Binucleating ligands based on phosphineappended hydroquinones: A rewarding challenge“ at Vilnius University in Lithuania’s Neorganic Chemistry Auditorium on December 19, 2012.
Steven Kolmes, environmental studies, and Russell Butkus, theology, wrote “Water Quality Standards: A Scientific and Theological-Ethical Analysis,” an ethical analysis of environmental issues using Catholic social teaching, in the November/December 2012 issue of Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development. Environment is a major environmental magazine which is now in its 54th year (http://tinyurl.com/bcxc2m2). Larry […]