News - April 2023

Chiles Center

Portland Trail Blazers Launch NBA G League Team to Play at Chiles Center on the University of Portland Campus

Athletics

April 26, 2023

The Portland Trail Blazers and the NBA G League today announced that the Trail Blazers have acquired the right to own and operate an NBA G League team that will launch in the Chiles Center on the University of Portland's campus.

Lauren Banks

University of Portland Senior Lauren Banks Receives Fulbright U.S. Student Award to Study Abroad

Awards and Rankings

April 25, 2023

University of Portland Senior Lauren Banks has been selected to receive a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to advance her Environmental Sciences studies in France for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 academic years.

Ari Shapiro

University of Portland 2023 Commencement Ceremonies Set for Sunday, May 7 at Chiles Center

Commencement

April 5, 2023

Ari Shapiro, weekday co-host of NPR’s award-winning All Things Considered, returns to Portland as UP Commencement Speaker, Honorary Degree recipient

Jim Berchtold

Expanding the Dundon-Berchtold ‘Ripple Effect’ — Multi-Million Dollar Estate Gift Will Fund University of Portland Student Scholarships

Development

Alumni

April 4, 2023

Advancing the legacy and the enduring impact he created alongside his late wife, Amy Dundon-Berchtold, University of Portland (UP) alumnus Jim Berchtold ’63 has announced an $18 million dollar estate gift that will primarily fund scholarships and tuition assistance for future UP students.

Major Maribel Ortega de Pacheco and her children

Always Ready, Always There

Portland Magazine

April 1, 2023

During the early days of Covid, Major Maribel Ortega de Pacheco’s eldest son asked why she couldn’t stay home with him for online kindergarten. Maribel told him that she was “a boss” at work and had to go in.

Angela Hoffman

On Faith

Portland Magazine

April 1, 2023

With characteristic humility and trust, Sr. Angela Hoffman, PhD, leaves UP for a new chapter as prioress of her Benedictine community.

Horse walking down a path

Astride

Portland Magazine

April 1, 2023

A pair of silver ears frame the path, and my gloved hands grip nubbled reins. Beams of autumn sun slant through golden leaves. A click and a nudge and we are trotting.

Library entrance sign

We ❤️ Libraries

Portland Magazine

April 1, 2023

We don't think it's a stretch to say our libraries—and the librarians who run them—are the backbone of a free and functioning democracy.