News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
Join us for Microbial Mind Control, Disgusting Brain-Eating Things, and Other Tiny Forces at Work in Our Lives. This Beckman Humor Project talk dives into biology with UP’s Molly Matty, PhD. Matty’s research is at the intersections of genetics, microbiology and behavioral neuroscience. She aims to inspire everyone to feel empowered to explore biology.
Monday, November 25, Brian Doyle Auditorium, 5:00 p.m.
Free and open to all. Info: up.edu/garaventa or 503-943-7702. ADA compliant event.
Vocalists and instrumentalists of UP’s Music faculty and selected students perform pieces meant to make us smile, chuckle, and sometimes subvert the status quo.
Thursday, April 25, 7:00 p.m., Mago Hunt Recital Hall.
Co-sponsored by the UP Music Department. Info at up.edu/garaventa or 503-943-7702. ADA compliant event.
Join UP professor Amy Ongiri for a Beckman Humor Project event highlighting the television series Derry Girls. Ongiri will discuss the surprising theological wisdom of the global hit series, which is centered around a group of teen friends coming of age in 1990’s Northern Ireland.
When: Wednesday, January 31, 5 p.m.
Where: Brian Doyle Auditorium (Dundon-Berchtold Hall).
Free and open to all. Info at up.edu/garaventa or 503-943-7702. ADA compliant event.
Learn about the dark side of the little creatures who rule the world with Valerie Banschbach, PhD, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. From ant-vampires that feed on the ’blood’ of their own larvae, to ant-pirates that raid other species’ nests, to ant-zombies controlled by a brain-attacking fungus (as in the Last of Us), the lecture will unearth the nefarious activity going on under our feet. October 25, 5 p.m., Franz Hall, Room 120.
This Beckman Humor Project event is free and open to all.
Info: up.edu/garaventa or 503-943-7702. ADA compliant event.
Vocalists and instrumentalists of UP’s Music Faculty and selected students perform pieces meant to make us smile, chuckle, and sometimes subvert the status quo. Bistro-style bites and drinks served after the concert. Thursday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m., Mago Hunt Recital Hall and Lobby. Free and open to all. A Beckman Humor Project event.
Info: up.edu/garaventa or 503-943-7702. ADA compliant event.
Vocalists and instrumentalists of UP’s Music Faculty and selected students perform pieces meant to make us smile, chuckle, and sometimes subvert the status quo. Bistro-style bites and drinks will be served after the concert. Thursday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m., Mago Hunt Recital Hall and Lobby. Free and open to all. A Beckman Humor Project event. Info: up.edu/garaventa or 503-943-7702. ADA compliant event.
Vocalists and instrumentalists of UP’s music faculty and selected students perform pieces meant to bring smiles, chuckles, and sometimes subvert the status quo. Bistro-style bites and drinks served after the concert. Mago Hunt Recital Hall and Lobby, 7 p.m. Free and open to all. A Beckman Humor Project event. Info at up.edu/garaventa or 503-943-7702. ADA compliant event.
Toxic blood and whipping vines, radioactive spider bites, shimmering beings refracting DNA, and all those evil scientists. On October 27 at 5 p.m. in Franz Hall 120, professors Weilhoefer, Kenton, Prestholdt and Wynne, of UP’s department of biology, will explore how nature is portrayed in film and TV, and may even inspire your inner ecological superhero! This event is co-sponsored by the Beckman Humor Project and the Garaventa Center.
For ADA accommodations or further information, please contact the Garaventa Center at 503-943-7702 or garaventa@up.edu.
Take two for this event which has moved to March 2. Like a dash of humor with your theology? Join Karen Eifler, co-director of the Garaventa Center, for “Why Theology Needs Schitt’s Creek,” the next installment in the popular Beckman Humor Project “Why Theology Needs…” series. Eifler will highlight thematic elements of Schitt’s Creek – the series that swept the comedy category in the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards – and propose what we can learn from this Canadian sitcom to deepen our understanding of Catholic faith. Free live Zoom webinar, Tuesday, March 2 at 5 p.m. at this link. Hosted by the Garaventa Center.
For more info: up.edu/beckmanhumor/events or garaventa@up.edu.
The Garaventa Center welcomes everyone to an online Beckman Humor Project event on Wednesday, November 11, at 5 p.m.: “What We Can Learn About ‘Cancel Culture’ from the Index of Forbidden Books (Really!).” Here’s the Zoom Webinar link to join the live event, which is free and open to all.
The Index of Forbidden Books may seem like a relic of pre-Vatican-II Catholicism that we were wise to leave behind. Una Cadegan, University of Dayton professor of history, will take a closer look at its history, and at the habits of mind it reflected, to shed light on the thought and art (and the thinkers and artists) of our own day.
Cadegan’s talk is part of the Beckman Humor Project. For more information, visit up.edu/beckmanhumor/events or email garaventa@up.edu.