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12-12-2022

New Faculty and Staff Photos (Jan. 25) 

January 21, 2023

Are you a new faculty or staff member who has not yet had their professional photo taken for the UP directory? The Office of Marketing and Communications has scheduled a professional photographer for photos, Wednesday, January 25. Please email Suzanne Frey at freys@up.edu to schedule a five-minute headshot session. 

Filed Under: 12-12-2022, 2023-01-09, 2023-01-23 Tagged With: Marketing & Communications

Nominations for the 2023 Teaching Award and Scholarship Award (Due Jan. 23)

January 7, 2023

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) is enthusiastically accepting nominations for the 2023 Teaching Award and Scholarship Award. Self-nominate or nominate someone by sending a simple “I nominate X person” to tas@up.edu by January 23. Nominees will be contacted, and their supporting materials will be due March 20. Visit the Teaching and Scholarship Awards […]

Filed Under: 11-28-2022, 12-12-2022, 2023-01-09, Academics Tagged With: Teaching and Scholarship Committee

Work Life Integration—Designing a Meaningful Career

December 26, 2022

The Center for Teaching and Learning and the Faculty Welfare Committee invite all faculty and staff to participate in an interactive workshop on work-life integration on Wednesday, January 11, from 10:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Franz 120. Faculty and staff are the most prized and creative assets of any higher education institution. Yet over […]

Filed Under: 12-12-2022 Tagged With: Terry Favero

Spring 2023 Provost’s Initiative for Undergraduate Research Recipients; Summer Applications (Due Feb. 15) 

December 26, 2022

The Office of the Provost is pleased to announce recipients of the Spring 2023 Provost’s Initiative for Undergraduate Research awards, representing all five schools at UP! These faculty members have been selected to collaborate with and mentor an undergraduate on a co-designed research experience during the 2023 spring semester:  Application for summer 2023 Provost’s Initiative […]

Filed Under: 12-12-2022 Tagged With: Provost's Initiative on Undergraduate Research

New to The Bluff: Introducing 2022-2023 New Faculty Members

December 10, 2022

This week, the Office of the Provost is pleased to introduce the following new faculty members:  Mihail Iordanov, Visiting Instructor, Biology  Major Robert Murphy, Assistant Professor of Military Science, Army ROTC  Gilna Samuel, Assistant Professor of Finance, Pamplin School of Business  Kim Vermilya, Visiting Clinical Teaching Associate, School of Nursing and Health Innovations  Visit the […]

Filed Under: 12-12-2022 Tagged With: New to The Bluff, Provost's Office

Prepping for Spring! Library Course Reserves and Instruction

December 10, 2022

Get some of your spring semester prep out of the way! Library staff are ready to set up course reserves for your spring classes. Course reserves can be online or print items and films you wish to make available to your students. We also help you with copyright screening and scan materials to meet accessibility standards. […]

Filed Under: 12-12-2022 Tagged With: Clark Library

Fall 2022 Butine Faculty Development Fund Award Recipients 

December 10, 2022

On behalf of the Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS), committee chair Patrick Murphy announces the recipients of the Fall 2022 Butine Faculty Development Fund Awards.  Sherry Abbasi, Engineering, 11th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, $2,000.00  Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, Black Catholic Theological Symposium, $1,980.86  Mohammad Arbabian, Business, 2022 DSI Annual Conference, $1,750.00  Christina […]

Filed Under: 12-12-2022

The Fall Edition of Writers Magazine is Available 

December 10, 2022

The fall edition of UP’s student-run creative writing journal Writers can be accessed at this link. Undergraduates from across campus have contributed their written and visual work to this edition, built around the theme of Eroticism. Writers magazine comes out every semester, with an online edition in fall and a print edition in spring (launched […]

Filed Under: 12-12-2022 Tagged With: Lars Larson, Writers Magazine

REMINDER: Please Unplug Holiday Lighting Before Break

December 10, 2022

Please make sure to unplug your holiday lighting, decorations, and space heaters before you leave campus for winter break. 

Filed Under: 12-12-2022

Just In Time Leadership–New Leadership Program Offered for Faculty and Staff this Spring! 

December 10, 2022

The Leadership Program within the Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation is offering a new program during the Spring Semester called Just In Time Leadership, which provides opportunities for UP faculty and staff to deepen their learning on contemporary leadership issues and build community through facilitated small group conversations. Space is limited to 15 […]

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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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