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05-16-2022

Columbia Sportswear Employee Store Pass (Nov. 24-December 17)

November 20, 2023

All UP faculty and staff have exclusive access to the Columbia Sportswear Employee Store from August 04 – 27.

Filed Under: 05-16-2022, 05-31-2022, 11-20-2023, 12-04-2023, 2023-07-31, Issues Tagged With: Columbia Sportswear Employee Store

Reminder: Learning Archive Retirement is Approaching!

June 27, 2022

Student typing on laptop

Information Services will be retiring the LearningArchive Moodle site on June 30. The LearningArchive houses Moodle course pages from Fall of 2011 through Summer of 2015. If you have course materials on this site that you haven’t already saved, please download copies of any items you wish to keep. To visit the LearningArchive Moodle site please go to learningarchive.up.edu and […]

Filed Under: 05-16-2022, 05-31-2022, 06-13-2022, 06-27-2022 Tagged With: Moodle

Music Program Piano Sale

May 31, 2022

We are pleased to notify you that many fine pianos loaned to the UP Music Program are now available for purchase. The selection includes baby grands, music room grands, uprights, hybrids and performance quality digital pianos. The Music Program has a special arrangement with Kawai America Corporation and Portland Piano Company that directly benefits our […]

Filed Under: 05-16-2022, 05-31-2022 Tagged With: Music Program, Performing and Fine Arts

Tired of Changing Your Network Password Every 4 Months?

May 31, 2022

Information Services is pleased to announce all faculty and staff will be moved to a two-year password expiration with the completion of the 2022 Cyber Security Training and registration into the Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) program.  2022 Cyber Security Training is now available for all Faculty and Staff through Moodle (https://learning.up.edu). This is a required annual training program focused […]

Filed Under: 03-21-2022, 05-02-2022, 05-16-2022, 05-31-2022, Information Services Tagged With: Help Desk

Apply For Sabbaticals (by Jun. 15)

May 31, 2022

Applications for sabbaticals for the 2023 – 2024 academic year are due along with faculty development plans to faculty members’ respective deans by June 15, 2022. All materials including letter from the Dean to the Provost are due to the Provost by September 1, 2022. Faculty eligible to apply for a sabbatical must have completed […]

Filed Under: 04-18-2022, 05-02-2022, 05-16-2022, 05-31-2022, Academics, Provost's Office Tagged With: Provost's Office, Sabbaticals

UP String Quartet Pop-up Performance at the Pilot House, Wednesday, May 25 at 12:30 p.m.

May 16, 2022

Join the UP SURE String Quartet at the Pilot House for a casual concert of works by female composers. During the 2019–2020 performance season, only 3.6% of works performed by professional orchestras around the world were composed by women. We hope you’ll join us! Contact hansonr@up.edu with questions.

Filed Under: 05-16-2022 Tagged With: Pilot House

2022 Retiring Faculty

May 16, 2022

Congratulations to our retiring faculty! The University Archives and Museum announces a new post on PortLog recognizing these eight members of the University faculty for their many years of service. Visit this site for a slideshow of the honored retirees and see how they’ve changed over the years: https://sites-dev.up.edu/museum/2022-retiring-faculty/ For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu.

Filed Under: 05-16-2022 Tagged With: Academics, University Archives and Museum

Civil Engineering Students Receive Honorable Mention in the EPA Rainworks Challenge

May 16, 2022

Civil Engineering students Elizabeth Diaz-Gunning, Sean Yoshishige, Melissa Hamling, and Bryson Tamaye, with advisors Jordy Wolfand, CJ Poor, and industry advisor Nate Buddress received honorable mention in the EPA Rainworks challenge for “extending the useful life of existing green infrastructure practices.” The UP Team competed against 42 student teams from 24 states and 35 different […]

Filed Under: 05-16-2022 Tagged With: engineering

New Diversity Center Construction in Buckley This Summer

May 16, 2022

The new Diversity Center started construction on May 9. The current space in 102 Buckley is expanding into the classroom next door, tripling the amount of program space available. New offices as well as flexible studying, meeting and gathering space will greet students when they return in Fall 2022. For questions about the design, please […]

Filed Under: 05-16-2022 Tagged With: David Hobbs, Diversity Center, Jennie Cambier

Health and Counseling Center—Summer Hours

May 16, 2022

As we head into summer, the Health and Counseling Center (HCC) will be open on a limited schedule. Most appointments will be in person over the summer, although telehealth is still available when appropriate.  May 2022—Students should call to make appointments Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Primary care appointments will be available four days per week. […]

Filed Under: 05-16-2022 Tagged With: Health and Counseling Center

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Susan Mcdaniel and Nicole Hanig, Music, will be performing on the concert series “Chatter PDX” on June 1 at 10:30 a.m. at the Pacific Center with Hilary Oseas, viola and James Shields, clarinet, both of the Oregon Symphony. There will also be spoken word from former professional football player and writer, Marcus Lattimore, in the hour-long concert. Tickets and information at ChatterPDX.

Maureen Briare, Nursing & Health Innovations, published Fountain of Life Mass Setting, with a special dedication to the priests and brothers of the Congregation of Holy Cross at the University of Portland. GIA Publications. Released April, 2025 

Mohammadhadi Hajilou, Engineering, presented “Effect of fuel size, ignition energy, and wind speed on smoldering to flaming transition of Douglas fir lumber.” Co-presenters: R. Spring, N. Bolden, A. Henry, T. Rowley, A. Burton. 14th US Combustion Meeting, Boston, MA. March 16-19, 2025. Hajilou also published “Fire Whirl Emissions and Burning Rates for Crude Oil Slicks of Varying Thickness.” Co-authors: J. Dowling, W. Cui, M. Gollner. Fuel, 393 138482 (2025).

Kiya Riverman, Environmental Science, was awarded a grant for $489,935.00 on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense, for her research “Impacts of spatial-temporal precipitation, snowpack properties, and snowmelt variability on alpine landscapes and runoff.” February 15, 2025.

Christina Astorga, Theology, served as a Member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Moral Theology. February 26 – July 7, 2019. Astorga also served as the Head of the Local Arrangement Committee for the Catholic Theological Society of America. June 13, 2024 – June 15, 2025

Mohammad Arbabian, Business, published “Optimal Inventory Management Policies When Supply Is Bundled.” 9th North American Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Washington D.C. June, 2024. Arbabian also published “Evaluating the Role of 3D Printing in Decentralized Supply Chains: A Stackelberg Framework for Optimal Manufacturing Decisions.” 15th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. February, 2025.

Aziz Inan, Engineering, has been credited for his research on palindrome dates in multiple news outlets including: USA Today, NDTV, NBC New York, News9live, Courier Journal, 13newsnow.com, Ozarksfirst.com, Inquirer.net, Austin American-Statesman, and The News of Israel.

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