News: College of Arts and Sciences

Portland-based artist MaryAnn Puls to be featured in Buckley Center Art Gallery, March 16-April 19

Mar 10, 2009 MaryAnn Puls, a Portland-based artist and painter, will display her work at the University of Portland in an exhibit called “Formations.” The exhibit is set for March 16-April 9, with an opening on Thursday, March 16 at 5 p.m. i (more)

Tenure and Promotion Announcements

Jan 30, 2009 The College of Arts & Sciences is pleased to announce that the following faculty have received promotion to full Professor: Sr. Carol Dempsey, OP, Theology Katie O’Reilly, Biology The following faculty have received tenure and promotion (more)

University physics professor and undergraduate student make waves in prestigious science journal

Dec 4, 2008 Patrick Odenthal, a senior at the University of Portland, and Barbara Breen, a professor of physics at the University, are part of a team of researchers making waves in the world of physical science. The researchers developed a mechanical arrangement (more)

Honor society names newly created study abroad scholarships after College of Arts & Sciences associate dean Jim Stemler

Nov 19, 2008 The National Council of Alpha Lambda Delta (ALD) National Honor Society for First Year Students has honored retiring ALD president and University of Portland associate dean Jim Stemler by naming ten new study abroad scholarships in his name. (more)

UP professor and Jewish scholar Matthew Warshawsky to give reading and discussion in 163 Buckley Center - 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 18

Nov 17, 2008 University of Portland foreign languages professor and Jewish scholar Matthew Warshawsky will present a reading and discuss the book Out of Egypt, concluding the Jewish literature series “Between Two Worlds, Stories of Estrangement and Home (more)

Scientists, including UP geophysics professor, unveil their discovery in Ethiopia of female hominid pelvis dating back 1.2 million years

Nov 14, 2008 A team of scientists, including University of Portland geophysics professor Robert Butler, have discovered the first documented complete pelvis of a Homo erectus female dated to around 1.2 million years ago. The discovery, made in 2 (more)

Award-winning author and poet Floyd Skloot to give free talk in Room 163 of Buckley Center on Thursday, Nov. 13

Nov 13, 2008 Portland author and poet Floyd Skloot will give a talk and reading at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13 in Room 163 of Buckley Center on the University of Portland campus, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd. His talk is free and open to the public. Skloot is a creat (more)

Rick Bass, author and environmental activist, to read on Monday, Oct. 20 in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher

Oct 20, 2008 Montana author Rick Bass will speak and give a reading at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20 in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher on the University of Portland campus, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd. His talk, free and open to the public, is part of the (more)

Exhibit titled “The Altered Book Project” set for BC Gallery, Sept. 22-Oct. 16

Sep 2, 2008 What happens when a group of artists gets its hands on old books? The result can be viewed in an art exhibit set for Sept. 22 through Oct. 16 in the Buckley Center Gallery on the University of Portland campus, 5000 N. Willamette Bl (more)

Author Paul Elie to lecture on the struggle and story of American Catholicism; set to speak at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18 in BC Auditorium

Aug 28, 2008 Paul Elie, editor, author and essayist, will lecture on “Catholic Culture in a Critical Age,” at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, in Buckley Center Auditorium on the University of Portland campus, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd. Elie will delive (more)

University of Portland announces another Fulbright winner, Rachel Morenz, who will teach English next year in Venezuela

Jun 10, 2008 Rachel Morenz, who graduated last month with a degree in English and Certificate in Spanish, is the second University of Portland student to receive a Fulbright for next year. Morenz, of Tucson, Ariz., will teach English in Venezuela as part of (more)

Three recent University of Portland graduates earn prestigious post-graduate research and teaching awards for Europe

May 14, 2008 Three University of Portland graduates from the recent class of 2008 have been awarded prestigious scholarships and grants to teach or conduct research in Europe. Jeanie Toscano received a research Fulbright grant to investigate educational (more)