The next Theology Thursday lecture will be “Kids, Persistent Toxins, and Catholic Social Teaching,” by Russ Butkus, theology, and Steve Kolmes, environmental studies, on Thursday, February 21, 7:15 p.m., in Shiley Hall room 319. Recently there have been some disturbing developments at the Environmental Protection Agency regarding public health and in particular the health of […]
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Bon Appétit: Say Goodbye To Plastic Straws
The University of Portland’s food service provider, Bon Appétit, will no longer provide plastic drinking straws in the Bauccio Commons or Cove, or any other food or beverage outlet on campus, effective April 18, 2018. Biology professor Tara Prestholdt and Bon Appétit’s Kirk Mustain point out that UP uses approximately 9,000 straws a month, which would stretch […]
Integrative Conversations Event, Nov. 4
The second “Integrative Conversations” event will take place on Wednesday, November 4, from 7-9 p.m., in the Pilot House bookstore. Titled “A Call to Action: Pope Francis and the Integrity of Creation: The Encyclical on the Environment,” the program will be moderated by College of Arts and Sciences dean Michael Andrews and will include presentations by Christina […]
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 […]
Oregon Academy of Sciences Meeting, Feb. 28
The University will host the 2015 Oregon Academy of Sciences Meeting on Saturday, February 28, according to Steve Kolmes, environmental science. Kolmes serves as president of the OAS. Faculty, staff, students, and the public are welcome to attend a talk by Bob Butler, environmental science, “Animating Cascadia Earthquake Risk,” at 1 p.m., in Buckley Center […]
Teaching & Scholarship Faculty Award Winner Presentations, March 4
The Teaching and Scholarship Committee invites all faculty and staff to presentations offered by the University’s 2013 teaching and scholarship faculty award winners. Lars Larson, winner of the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, will present “Dialectical Teaching in a Righteous Age,” and Russ Butkus and Steve Kolmes (pictured), winners of the Faculty Award for […]
Sr. Angela Hoffman, O.S.B., Outstanding Higher Education Teacher in Science and Mathematics
Sr. Angela Hoffman, O.S.B., chemistry, has been named the Oregon Academy of Science 2014 Outstanding Higher Education Teacher in Science and Mathematics. Hoffman has helped undergraduate students with more than 150 projects involving the ingredient Paclitaxel and the anti-cancer drug Taxol (marketed by Bristol-Myers Squibb). University of Portland environmental science professor Bob Butler was the […]
Environmental Studies Public Screening of “Backyard,” Feb. 25, Clinton Street Theater
In cooperation with PCC Sylvania, the University’s environmental studies program will host a public screening of Deia Schlosberg’s 27-minute film, “Backyard,” on Tuesday, February 25, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the Clinton Street Theatre (2522 SE Clinton St, Portland, OR 97202). Schlosberg’s film is a documentary about fracking (fracturing of rock by pressurized liquid […]
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 […]
University Goes For The Green
The University of Portland was featured prominently in an article titled “Go Big Green” in the September 2013 issue of U.S. Catholic magazine, according to Steve Kolmes, environmental science. The article focuses on sustainability at Catholic colleges and universities. An online photo gallery and slide show (which includes this photo from the infamous SLUG garden) […]