The next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will be Friday, April 1, from 3:30-5 p.m., in the Murphy Room in Franz Hall. The group will be discussing an excerpt from Kathleen Norris’ Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy and “Women’s Work.” The reading can be found on the FIDLG website. All faculty and […]
Norah Martin
Faith And Intellectual Life Discussion Group, Jan. 29
The next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will be Friday, January 29, at 3:30 p.m., in Franz Hall Murphy Conference Room. The group will discuss a chapter from William Deresiewicz’s book Excellent Sheep entitled “Great Books,” an excerpt from Gunartana’s Mindfulness in Plain English, and a reflection by Thicht Nhat Hanh entitled “Washing Dishes” […]
Faith & Intellectual Life Discussion Group, Nov. 6
The next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will be Friday November 6, from 3:30 to 5 p.m., in the Murphy Conference Room in Franz Hall. The group will be discussing Oliver Sack’s essay “Sabbath,” a short excerpt from Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’, titled “The Need to Protect Employment,” […]
Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group, Sept. 25
The Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will have its first meeting of the year on Friday, Sept. 25 from 3:30 – 5 p.m. in the Murphy Room. We will discuss a chapter from Chris Lowney’s Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World and Tim Kreider’s 2012 New York Times […]
2015 Faculty Awards
The University’s 2015 Faculty Awards were presented on Tuesday, May 5, at the Faculty Awards Dinner, with the following results: The James Culligan Award, established in 1953 in memory of a dedicated servant of the University and presented annually to a faculty member in recognition of distinguished service, was presented to Norah Martin, philosophy. She […]
Faith And Intellectual Life Discussion Group, March 27
The next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will be on Friday, March 27, 3:30-5 p.m., in the Franz Hall Murphy Room. The group will be discussing Isak Dinesen’s short story Babette’s Feast, and also will also be celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group with […]
UP Graduates in the Global Community
The Collaborative for International Studies and Global Outreach (CISGO) Executive Committee invites faculty and staff to attend listening sessions to give their thoughts and input into potential global learning outcomes which have been drafted by a CISGO subcommittee. The sessions will take place on Tuesday, March 17, from 4 to 5 p.m., in Franz Hall […]
Faith And Intellectual Life Discussion Group, Feb. 6
The next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will be Friday, February 6, from 3:30 to 5 p.m., in Franz Hall Murphy conference room. The group will discuss “Cultivating ‘Sparks of Divinity:’ Soul-Making as Purpose of Higher Education” by late Ursinus College president Bobby Fong. In the context of this reading, the […]
Free Screening of “Welcome To Unity,” Nov. 13
The McNerney-Hanson Chair in Ethics will host a screening of the award-winning documentary, “Welcome to Unity,” on Thursday, November 13, at 6:15 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The screening is free and open to all. “Welcome to Unity” is a story filmed by a group of exchange students and local American teens. The exchange students […]
Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group, April 4
The next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will be on Friday, April 4, from 3:30 to 5 p.m., in Franz Hall Murphy conference room. The group will be discussing Antonio Spadaro’s “Interview with Pope Frances: A Big Heart Open to God” and the Rothko paining “Orange Red Orange,” which accompanies this […]