Please join the Department of History’s Class of 2025 as they present the findings of their senior capstone group project, which explores the history of a large Bronze monument, commissioned by UP in 1988, to celebrate the Lewis and Clark expedition and its connection to our campus. (Read More)
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences NEW Major: Media, BS
The Communication and Media department is excited to announce our new Bachelor’s of Science (BS) in Media undergraduate degree program. The degree is housed in the COM department and weaves in upper-division courses from Performing and Fine Arts, Public Health, Ethnic Studies, and the School of Business. (Read More)
Faculty Book Launch: “Unmentionable Madness”(Jan. 23)
The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to share a launch event for Unmentionable Madness: Gender, Disability, and Shame in the Malaria Treatment of Neurosyphilis. Christin L. Hancock, PhD, employs feminist disability history to uncover the history of a radical and experimental medical treatment and its impact on the women and men who received it in the 1920s and 1930s. (Read More).
January Book Club: “Mind Over Monsters” (Jan. 8)
The College of Arts and Sciences in collaboration with the Center for Teaching and Learning invite you to join your colleagues for a discussion of Sarah Rose Cavanaugh’s book Mind over Monsters: Supporting Youth Mental Health with Compassionate Challenge. Cavanagh, a professor and psychologist, employs pedagogical, neuroscientific, and psychological research to frame an approach we can use in the classroom: compassionate challenge. (Read More).
Open Call: Faculty Interested in AI and Ethics (Sept. 23)
Building on several successful College of Arts and Sciences initiatives that bring together Artificial Intelligence and Ethics in conversation, CAS is hosting the AI and Ethics Working Group on September, 23 from 1-2:30 p.m. in BC 215. We will continue conversations that began this summer regarding faculty research, grant planning, and curricular innovation related to AI and Ethics. All interested faculty are invited to join. (Read More).
Seeking Faculty Contributions: “Portland and the Public Imagination” (Sept. 30)
We are creating a new Core Exploration “Big Ideas” course for Spring 2025 titled “Portland and the Public Imagination” and are seeking faculty from across UP to contribute modules in their disciplines/areas of interest. If your expertise or experiences offer new ways of representing the city, or questioning stereotypes about it, we would welcome your input. (Read More).
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS—Teaching to Transgress: A Book Discussion on the Liberatory Power of Education
The College of Arts and Sciences and the Center for Teaching and Learning invite full- and part-time faculty across the University to participate in a book discussion of Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks. Each participant will receive a copy of the book and is expected to attend a group discussion. (Read More)
Join the UP Grading Collaborative
If you have ever wondered if grading truly reflects student learning or if there is a better way, join us to explore the answers to these questions in a supportive community dedicated to “Grading for Growth.” (Read More)
You’re Invited to the First Faculty Colleagues Event of the Year! (Nov. 2)
We invite the campus community to the first Faculty Colleagues event of the year, sponsored by the College of Arts and Science! Please mark your calendars for November 2, 4–5:30 p.m. in Franz 120. Come mingle, sip, chat, and take a moment to immerse yourself in the scholarly worlds of Kristin Sweeney (Environmental Studies) and […]
Come and Chat with the CAS Dean Team
The Dean and Associate Deans of the College of Arts and Sciences are holding rotating drop-in hours in the Pilot House this fall semester. Have any questions or ideas to share? Want to get to know us better, or for us to get to know you? Stop by to chat—the coffee’s on us! The drop-in […]