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School of Nursing & Health Innovations

School of Nursing & Health Innovations Pinning Ceremony (May 2)

April 14, 2025

The Pinning ceremony is a special ceremony that commemorates the nursing graduates’ educational accomplishments and their formal entry into the nursing profession. We welcome your attendance to come and celebrate with us! (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-04-14, 2025-04-28, Events, Issues Tagged With: School of Nursing & Health Innovations

Fall Elective for All Majors! 

March 31, 2025

Whether you’re in PHW, Social Work, Nursing, Psychology, Theology, Business, Communications, Ethnic Studies, or even Computer Science, palliative care connects us all. This new Fall 25 course (NRS392) will explore Humanities, Communication, Spirituality, Grief, and more. (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-03-17, 2025-03-31, Academics, Issues Tagged With: School of Nursing & Health Innovations

Film Screening and Discussion: “Everybody’s Work: Healing What Hurts Us All” (Sept. 19)

September 13, 2024

The School of Nursing & Health Innovations, along with Nurses of Color Collective and the Oregon State Board of Nursing, will host a documentary film screening and panel discussion of Everybody’s Work: Healing What Hurts Us All,  Examining What is Being Done to Address Racism in Nursing and Healthcare by SHIFT Films. (Read More).

Filed Under: 2024-09-16, Events, Issues Tagged With: School of Nursing & Health Innovations

Professional Development Topic: Understanding Trauma-Informed Educational Practice with Dr. Rana Halabi Najjar (Mar. 11)

March 4, 2024

We invite you to a School of Nursing & Health Innovations Professional Development Committee Event with Dr. Rana Halabi Najjar, PhD, RN, CPNP, Associate Professor OHSU School of Nursing. Dr. Najjar will speak on trauma-informed educational practice: relationship-centered pedagogy as the first layer into brave spaces. Dr. Najjar teaches across programs at OHSU and her scholarship focuses on bias, discrimination, and equitable and inclusive practices in healthcare education (Read More).

Filed Under: 03-04-2024, Issues Tagged With: School of Nursing & Health Innovations

Library Guide Lunch and Learn (Mar. 25)

March 4, 2024

We invite you to a Lunch and Learn on March 25, 12-1 p.m. in the Teske room for a discussion on Trauma Informed Educational Practices (TIEP) and Inclusive Leadership Library Guides. All faculty and staff on campus are invited to explore the LibGuides with us! (Read More).

Filed Under: 03-04-2024, 2024-03-18, Issues Tagged With: Clark Library, School of Education, School of Nursing & Health Innovations

Announcing “Possibilities in Palliative Care” A Fall Elective for All Majors

March 4, 2024

“Possibilities in Palliative Care: Interprofessional Perspectives” is a 2-credit course introducing students across disciplines to care within the context of serious illness and end-of-life. Students will develop skills in interdisciplinary coordination and communication using diverse learning strategies while exploring concepts surrounding humanities, spirituality, grief, and more. (Read More).

Filed Under: 03-04-2024, 2024-03-18, 2024-04-15, Issues Tagged With: School of Nursing & Health Innovations

The Flickering Universe: An Evening with Pattiann Rogers, Robert Michael Pyle, and University of Portland Scholars

February 5, 2024

In her most recent book, poet Pattiann Rogers offers a fresh metaphor for the ephemeral nature of experience, time, and the human soul—flickering. Join Rogers and fellow naturalist and writer Robert Michael Pyle for a live online panel discussion about flickering and being. The panel will be moderated by University of Portland scholar Corey S. Pressman (Integrative Health and Wellness) and rounded out by Rachel Wheeler (Theology), and Shannon Mayer (Physics). (Read More).

Filed Under: 02-05-2024, 02-19-2024, Issues Tagged With: Core Curriculum, Garaventa Center, Public Research Fellows, School of Nursing & Health Innovations

Join the SONHI Healing Circle (Dec. 15)

November 20, 2023

Healing Circles is a growing learning community of people who enjoy the sense of belonging and meaning that comes from being of service to others. The School of Nursing & Health Innovations will offer three Healing Circle opportunities this Fall. (Read More)

Filed Under: 11-20-2023, 12-04-2023, 2023-09-25, Issues Tagged With: School of Nursing & Health Innovations

Death Café (Nov. 1)

October 23, 2023

The Nursing 492 class invites you to join us on the quiet side of Commons for a Death Café. The UP Death Café will serve as a place where our community can freely and willingly discuss their thoughts, dreams, and fears about grief and dying, while recognizing the diverse ways in which members of our campus have encountered death in their own lives. (Read More)

Filed Under: 10-23-2023, Issues Tagged With: School of Nursing & Health Innovations

Baby Models Needed (Jun. 24)

June 12, 2023

The School of Nursing & Health Innovations is looking for baby models to spend an hour with our DNP-FNP students who are learning about baby development and milestones. This will take place on Saturday, June 24 from 10–11 a.m. We are especially interested in babies from newborn to 9 months of age. Parents will be […]

Filed Under: 2023-06-05, 2023-06-20 Tagged With: School of Nursing & Health Innovations

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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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