Amber Vermeesch, nursing, received a grant, “Enhancing Vital Practice in a School of Nursing, Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety,”for $9,722 on September 21, 2020.
Alice Gates, social work, was an invited panelist in a two-part conversation series titled Social Workers 4 Justice in Academia. Co-sponsored by YSocialWork, the Social Justice Initiative at Bryn Mawr College, and University of Maryland, the event featured academics from across the U.S. engaged in social justice pedagogy and practice.
Sr. Carol Dempsey OP, theology, wrote a scripture reflection for the first Sunday of Advent for National Catholic Reporter.
Simon Aihiokhai, theology, presented “The Scares of Coloniality of Imagination: Africa’s Post-Colonial Pandemic,” a lecture given to students registered in POL 376: Politics of Africa. University of Portland. September 14 and 24, 2020. He also presented “Rethinking the Theology of Forgiveness and Reconciliation: A Comparative Analysis of The Sacrament of Reconciliation in The Roman Catholic Church, Using the Lens of African Religion,” a lecture given to students registered in THE 305 and THE 405: Comparing Religions of the World. University of Portland. September 23, 2020.
Jordyn Wolfand, Shiley School of Engineering, contributed “Regionalization of default parameters for urban stormwater quality models” (with Colin Bell, Terri Hogue) in Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 1-15 (September 2020).
Matthew Kuhn and Ali Daouadji authored “Simulation of undrained quasi-saturated soil with pore pressure measurements using a discrete element (DEM) algorithm” in Soils and Foundations, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sandf.2020.05.013.
Jacqueline Van Hoomissen, biology, has been appointed to Portland’s Choral Arts Ensemble board. One of the region’s premiere choral ensembles, CAE continues a tradition of building community by educating, enriching, and entertaining audiences with exceptional performances of unique and diverse programming at the highest artistic level. For more information about the ensemble, including upcoming virtual performances, please contact Van Hoomissen at vanhoomi@up.edu or visit www.portlandschoir.org.