The Clark Library is pleased to announce the launch of an online UP Student Newspapers Collection. In October 2019, the library received an Oregon Heritage Grant to digitize and preserve UP’s student newspapers: The Columbiad and The Beacon. It took a year and a half to digitize the print newspapers which are housed in the University Archives. Now, eleven decades (1902-2016) consisting of 2,242 issues and over 26,000 pages are accessible through the Clark Library’s Digital Collections portal. Anyone with an Internet connection can browse the newspapers, try the keyword searching feature to look up specific people and events, or see a selection of highlighted issues including the popular April Fool’s “The Bacon” issues.
For more information, contact Philip Vue, Clark Library, at vue@up.edu.
As we welcome the Class of 2021 and new faculty to the UP campus, here is a brief review of campus and academic life from fifty years ago at the beginning of the 1967 school year. For text and images on the museum blog, follow 
The University Museum and Archives is continuing their election series featuring past presidential candidates who have visited The Bluff with a post about Senator John F. Kennedy and his campaign in the 1960 election. Follow this 
Elections and their outcomes affect whole nations. And even before voting age was lowered to 18 years of age, national politicians touched base at UP to stir up votes and enthusiasm. The University Museum and Archives announce a new election series featuring past presidential candidates who have visited The Bluff. The series begins with the earliest candidate on the list, Harold Stassen, and his campaign in the 1952 election. Follow 
The University has reconfigured space and grown by leaps and bounds to expand its borders crossing the boundary of Portsmouth Avenue to accommodate an ever-vibrant and vital campus community. The University Museum and Archives turn back the clock 20-25 years in their most recent blog post about campus growth and changes: increasing classrooms, labs, residential space, and more. Click on 
While watching the Summer Olympic games follow the University museum and archives blog for daily posts (August 5-21) featuring amateur athletics on The Bluff which are also sports found at the Summer Olympic games. Posts feature a mix of sports memorabilia from the University museum; athletic photographs from the University archives; and early University Olympians.
The University archives and museum have added a new blog post featuring the six UP faculty members who are retiring at the end of this school year. Visit 
The dual 2016 Commencement exercises on Sunday May 1 allow expanded ticket opportunities and seating for friends and family of our distinguished graduates. Thanks are in line, too, for the unsung faculty marshals tasked with helping to maintain order and a brisk pace for commencements through the years. See the latest blog post and photos from past commencements from the University Archives and Museum at 
As the spring semester rushes towards its end and blossoms erupt on the University campus, students seek a variety of respites from a multitude of perceived ills. Read about pub life at the renovated Pilot House, the new on-campus late night hangout for course review and other friendly maintenance activities. Pilot House/Cove incarnations are documented in a new post on the University Archives and Museum blog at