All candidates running to replace the congressional seat currently held by Rep. Earl Blumenauer have been invited to participate in a candidate’s forum cosponsored by Portland Harbor Community Coalition, University of Portland (UP), 350PDX, NAYA Family Center, Unite Oregon, and many other partners. All students, staff, faculty, and community members are invited to attend. (Read More).
Environmental Studies
Kate Regan Faculty Development Fund Awarded to Two Environmental Studies Professors
CISGO’s Executive Committee is pleased to announce the 2022 Kate Regan Faculty Development Fund will be awarded to two professors in the Environmental Studies Department. Neil Oculi was invited to participate in COP 27 in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt, as a representative of the Association of Small Island States. The award of $5,500 will cover […]
Kristina Walowski Lecture, Nov. 8
Kristina Walowski will present “Before It Blows: The Science Behind Volcanic Eruptions in the Cascade Arc,” on Thursday, November 8, at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall room 034. The lecture is free and open to all. Kristina Walowski is an assistant professor of geology at Middlebury College with a specialty in volcanic geochemistry. Her dissertation work focused […]
Science Students Shine at Sigma Xi Conference
University of Portland science students swept the undergraduate awards in the “Earth & Environmental Sciences” category at the Thirteenth Annual Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium, held on Friday, November 4 at Portland State University, according to faculty advisor Ted Eckmann, environmental studies. Summer Grandy won 1st place for her coauthored paper, “Developing New Soils to […]
Butler Wins National Award for Educational Outreach to Schools
Environmental studies professor Bob Butler has won a national award in “Educational Outreach to Schools” from the Western States Seismic Policy Council for his work on the Cascadia Earthscope Earthquake and Tsunami Education Program (CEETEP). Butler serves as principal investigator for the University’s collaboration with OSU and Central Washington University through a grant from the National […]
Columbia River Treaty Conference, Oct. 24
The University will host a one-day conference, “Ethics and the Columbia River Treaty: Righting Historic Wrongs,” on Saturday, October 24, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. Attendees will reflect on the impact of the dam-building era on the Columbia Basin. Discussion will take place on ways to modernize the Columbia River […]
UP, Portland Join Worldwide Sustainable Education Network
Greater Portland has been recognized as a formal Regional Center of Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) by the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Studies of Sustainability. Our region joins 127 RCEs around the world (now numbering three in the U.S.: Grand Rapids, Mich., Shenandoah Valley, Va., and Portland). The University […]