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Hans Nordstrom

UP Shamrock Run Team 2020: Get Fit, Run or Walk For A Cause!

January 10, 2020

The Portland Shamrock Run is one of the city’s largest events and the University of Portland team is back. Participants can sign up for any distance (5k, 8k, 15k and half-marathon runs, as well as the 4k Stride and 1k Leprechaun Lap for kiddos).
To sign up, go to this link.  The “Join a Team” option is near the T-shirt selection stage of registration; search for and select “University of Portland.”  Save $5 per registrant for a limited time with the code “fit2020”.
All racers are helping support Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.  The last day to register with the team is January 31, 2020. Team registrants may have their race packets mailed to them; other registrants must pick up their packets at the Expo Center on Friday or Saturday before the race. Take advantage of this convenience and joint the UP team!

For more information contact Kaitlin Bourne, recreational services, at bourne@up.edu or the UP team captain, Hans Nordstrom, mathematics, at x7295 or nordstro@up.edu.

Filed Under: 01-13-2020, Campus Services, Recreational Services Tagged With: Hans Nordstrom, Kaitlin Bourne, Shamrock Run

Plenary Lecture Open to All: Carlos Castilo-Chavez, April 12

April 5, 2019

The mathematics department is hosting the 2019 Pacific Northwest Section of the Mathematical Association of America (PNW MAA) conference on Friday and Saturday, April 12-13. Friday’s plenary lecture is open to the UP community and will feature Carlos Castillo-Chavez of Arizona State University. He will present the Distingushed MAA Pólya Lecture, “Role of social dynamics and individual decisions on the spread of infectious disease” at 8 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium.
For more information contact Hans Nordstrom, mathematics, at x7295 or nordstro@up.edu.

Filed Under: 04-08-2019, Academics, Mathematics Tagged With: Hans Nordstrom, Mathematics

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Katie Danielson, education, had her piece, “Effectiveness of scaling up a vocabulary intervention for low-income children, pre-K through first grade” (with coauthors Susan B. Neuman and Preeti Samudra) published in The Elementary School Journal, 121(3), 385-409. https://doi.org/10.1086/712492

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Cara Hersh, English, was mentioned in a piece on crafting and presenting effective syllabi in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Teaching newsletter.

 

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