Commencement
February 26, 2016
Allen and Kathleen Lund head the list of honors at the 2016 Commencement ceremonies. The Lunds will receive the University's highest honor, the Christus Magister Medal.
English
Awards and Rankings
Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement
Sociology
February 23, 2016
University of Portland ranks fourth among peer institutions for number of student Fulbrights and ties for second among peers for faculty Fulbrights.
Engineering
Development
February 23, 2016
University of Portland has received a gift from engineering alumnus Dick VanGrunsven '61, for $30,000 to establish a new term professorship in the Shiley School of Engineering. Over the three-year term of the project, mechanical engineering professor Timothy Doughty will have the title “The Richard and Diane VanGrunsven Professor of Engineering.”
February 5, 2016
Some 160 high school and college students competed in the regional competition. Seven UP students qualified for the regional finals, including three students who placed first.
Awards and Rankings
February 1, 2016
For the sixth consecutive year, University of Portland was the top Oregon school in Kiplinger's Personal Finance annual ranking of best values in its private universities category. University of Portland was ranked 51st nationwide among all private universities, up from 65th in 2014-2015.
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