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Dr. Molly Hiro and Dr. Jen McDaneld

National Humanities Grant Aims to Connect University of Portland Students With Community Partners

Education

June 23, 2022

Supported by a $35,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, University of Portland professors Dr. Molly Hiro and Dr. Jen McDaneld have embarked on a mission to change the way students connect with the community through engaged study in the humanities.

Alena Romanyuk at the airport with baggage

What One Person Can Do

Portland Magazine

June 1, 2022

Delivering medical supplies to Ukraine renewed her faith in humanity

Labyrinth at The Grotto.

Labyrinths of Oregon

Portland Magazine

June 1, 2022

Plus, an insight at Porland's Grotto

Labyrinth

At the Center is Joy

Portland Magazine

June 1, 2022

On the surprising places you can find yourself while walking a labyrinth.

Kunal Nayyar addresses students at commencement

Our Corner of the Cosmos

Commencement

Portland Magazine

Alumni

June 1, 2022

At this year’s Commencement, Kunal Nayyar—UP alum from the class of 2003 and professional actor known best for his role in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory—addressed the graduates of 2022. He told them that anything is possible, and he was so funny, warm, and charming that it was hard not to believe him. What follows is a lightly edited excerpt of his speech.

Tara Prestholdt among the mussels

How to Tide Pool

Portland Magazine

Environmental Studies

Biology

June 1, 2022

Tips from a marine biologist on how best to enjoy, protect, and explore Oregon's coast.

Tide pool coastal map

Where to Tide Pool

Portland Magazine

Biology

Environmental Studies

June 1, 2022

The Oregon coast offers an of embarrassment of marine-life riches. 

Portland magazine summer 2022 issue cover

On Beauty, Work, and Hope

Portland Magazine

June 1, 2022

I like to imagine you holding this little magazine—the University’s message in a bottle—and wondering over the cover. What in the world is this magical creature? 

Sarah Mooney ’96

Committed to Her Students

Portland Magazine

Alumni

June 1, 2022

While scrambling to find toilet paper during the first March of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sarah Mooney ’96 received a call from her program director. He gave her the classic, anxiety-inducing phrase: “I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news.” The good news was that she won the 2019 Correctional Services Contractor of the Year award for the GED tutoring program she manages. The bad news was that she could no longer go to work. Columbia River Correctional Facility was on lockdown.

Blackonteurs on stage

Blackonteurs Brings Black Joy to Life on Stage

Portland Magazine

June 1, 2022

(Re)claiming Black joy was the theme of UP’s 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance, but what does it mean to reclaim Black joy? What does it look like? How do we create spaces for Black joy to thrive?

Walter E. Nelson Facilities Services Building

In Honor of Hard Work

Portland Magazine

June 1, 2022

A new building dedicated to the memory of a father and in service of UP’s talented Facilities Services Department.

map of portland

A Map of Home

Portland Magazine

June 1, 2022

For years Brad Franco, chair of UP’s history department, had wanted to make a map of Portland. How fortuitous, then, that the Admissions team asked him to jump in and give it a try. They wanted a map to send to prospective students, one that highlighted the city’s neighborhoods, its parks, its famous food scene, and other cultural institutions—all the fun things that were waiting for them here.