News - December 2022

Paige Hall

University of Portland Chemistry and Physics Students Team Up to Explore Energy Conversion and Storage

Chemistry

Awards and Rankings

Physics

December 20, 2022

National Science Foundation grant aims to strengthen STEM identities through scientific research.

Anaís Larios-Maldonado

She Persisted

Portland Magazine

December 1, 2022

Through the Moreau Center's Interns for Justice program, Anaís Larios-Maldonado '24 returned to the Oregon Child Development Coalition, a program she'd attended as a child.

Jesi Robison

From Puppets to Props

Portland Magazine

December 1, 2022

Jesi Robison ’21 nabbed a dream job before she even graduated—working on Guillermo Del Toro’s stop motion animated film of the beloved children’s story Pinocchio.

Inside Dean's Beauty Salon

A Sacred & Historic Space

Portland Magazine

December 1, 2022

Dean’s Beauty Salon and Barber Shop was recently placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Founded by the parents of UP Regent and alum Kay Dean Toran, this business and its staying power tell a story about Black history—and Black success—in Portland.