Feast of the Assumption

Feast of the Assumption Mass, August 15

August 9, 2019

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a holy day of obligation for Catholics, will be celebrated in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher on Thursday, August 15, at 12:05 p.m. All are invited. For more information contact Campus Ministry at x7131 or ministry@up.edu.

Feast of the Assumption Mass, August 15

August 10, 2018

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a holy day of obligation for Catholics, will be celebrated in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher on Wednesday, August 15, at 12:05 p.m. All are invited. For more information contact Campus Ministry at x7131 or ministry@up.edu.

Feast of the Assumption Mass, Aug. 15

August 11, 2017

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a holy day of obligation for Catholics, will be celebrated in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher on Tuesday, August 15, at 12:05 p.m. All are invited. For more information contact Campus Ministry at x7131 or ministry@up.edu.

Ami Ahern-Rindell, Biology, participated in onsite campus visits during October 29 – November 1 to review several PUIs (Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions) in Oklahoma who together are recipients of an NIH-INBRE Consortium Award. This multi-million dollar grant provides funding for 5 years to improve biomedical research across the state of Oklahoma collaboratively between research intensive universities, PUIs, and Community Colleges.

Rachel Wheeler, theology, served as facilitator for Day of Reflection, Ascension Catholic Church, Portland, OR, National Pastoral Musicians Portland Chapter, November 2019.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, serves as a reviewer for Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory, November2019-Present.

Nicole Ralston, education, had her piece, titled “Investigating the impacts of a collaborative language teacher professional development”(with Jacqueline Waggoner, Rebecca Smith) published in Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language (TESL-EJ), 24 (2), 1-14, August 2019.

Hannah Highlander, mathematics, presented “My career in biomathematics and mathematical modeling, driven and sustained by my undergraduate research collaborators,” at a special session on Research and Successful Collaborations of Mothers in Mathematical Biology, Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in the Sciences (SACNAS) , Honolulu, Hawaii.

Kevin Jones, social work, had five poems published in the Autumn 2019 issue of The Bamboo Hut, an online and print journal of English language tanshi (short poems). Jones is currently working on a research project exploring the therapeutic effects of poetry writing for youth who have experienced trauma.

Laura Dyer, biology, and her research students Pia Fornell and Cole Malibiran, attended the Murdock College Science Research Conference (November 8-9) where Malibiran gave an oral presentation titled “Coronary artery maturation in response to shear stress.” Fornell received the best poster award for developmental biology/physiology for her poster, “Identifying how sonic hedgehog signaling affects cardiac neural crest migration following fetal alcohol exposure.”

Patricia McDonald and Frances Pimentel, marketing and communications, received awards at the annual UCDA (University and College Designers Association) Design Awards for “Excellence in the Integrated Campaign” category: University of Portland Wonder Admissions Campaign, and honorable mention in the “Campaign Strategy” category for University of Portland Pilots Give Campaign.

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