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Tim Doughty

Engineering Alumnus Establishes VanGrunsven Professorship

February 26, 2016

Dick VanGrunsven, a 1961 engineering graduate of the University of Portland, has pledged $30,000 to establish a new term professorship in the Shiley School of Engineering. Over the three-year term of the project, mechanical engineering professor Timothy Doughty will have the title “The Richard and Diane VanGrunsven Professor of Engineering.” With the VanGrunsven gift, Doughty […]

Filed Under: 02-29-2016, Academics, Development, Shiley School of Engineering, University Relations Tagged With: Dick VanGrunsven, Shiley School of Engineering, Tim Doughty

$250,000 Keck Foundation Grant

July 21, 2014

The University of Portland has received a $250,000 grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to enhance the laboratory experiences of undergraduate students in the Shiley School of Engineering. The grant will allow the Shiley School of Engineering to develop 10 new laboratory modules that support developmental and technical learning objectives. Engineering professor Heather Dillon is […]

Filed Under: Academics, Development, Shiley School of Engineering, University Relations Tagged With: Heather Dillon, Karen Eifler, Ken Lulay, Shiley School of Engineering, Tim Doughty, W. M. Keck Foundation

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Eugene Urnezius, Chemistry, published “2,5-Dihydroxy-1,4-benzoquinones Appended with −P(═O)(OR)2 (R = Me or Et) Groups and Their Ammonium and Lithium Salts: Structural, Spectroscopic, and Electrochemical Properties.” Co-authors: Claire A. Kearney,  Kailin M. Mooney, Jordan N. Sanders, Kai J. Edison, Milan H. Hague, S. Joseph Lippert, Timothy J. Dobson, and Edward J. Valente. ACS Omega 10(44): 52954-52967.

Ashley Hass, Business, published “Behind the Screens: An Exploration of Social Media Marketer Burnout.” Co-author: Kelley Cours Anderson. Student Co-author: Kiley Pettit. Journal of Marketing Theory & Practice, 1-23. October, 2025. Hass also attended the 2025 Conference of the Society for Marketing Advances (SMA) in Las Vegas, NV, where she sat on the discussion panels for the following sessions: “Digital Parenting Roundtable: Untangling the Marketplace of Children’s Digital Consumption”; “Sustainable Me: The Mental Health Journey of Marketing Graduate Students and Academics: A Discussion”; “Exploring Student’s Creativity with Artificial Intelligence in Marketing Higher Education”; and “Navigating Mental Health in Early Academic Careers.” Hass also presented “Empathy Without Eyes: Perceived Non-Judgment and Empathy from GenAI and Its Elects on Consumer Self-Esteem.” Student Co-presenters: Alex Tran, Danielle Hass. November, 2025.

Andra Davis, Nursing & Health Innovations, published “Chemo chair conversations: A qualitative study of how life and death influence oncology nurses’ well-being and professional care.”  Seminars in Oncology. Available at SSRN 5277000. October, 2025. Davis also published “Towards equity in evaluation: Rethinking grading for nursing students.”  Journal of Nursing Education. August, 2025.

Ian Parkman, Business, was named to the editorial board of the Journal of Design, Business & Society.

Matthew Warshawsky, International Languages and Cultures, presented an invited lecture via Zoom about his book From New Christians to New Jews: Seventeenth-Century Spanish Texts in Defense of Judaism for the Kanter Lecture Series of the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies. November 9, 2025.

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