News - April

Headshot images of the six Fulbright recipients.

Six University of Portland Graduates Honored with Fulbright U.S. Student Awards for 2024-2025

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

Awards and Rankings

April 30, 2024

Four University of Portland graduates in the Class of 2024 join two recent UP alumni as recipients of Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards to serve as Fulbright English Teaching Assistants for the 2024-2025 academic year.

An illustration of a factory with a network of conveyor belts lined with books that all look the same with a central funnel feeding the belts with an outpouring of myriad different books from above.

Beware the AI Shortcut

Portland Magazine

April 25, 2024

Advice from a national best-selling author on artificial intelligence in education and literature.

Caryn Anderson

At the Heart of Education

Portland Magazine

April 25, 2024

Caryn Anderson ’97 won recognition as a 2023 Educator of the Year.

Steve and Michele Waters

Backwoods Comes Back Home

Portland Magazine

April 25, 2024

Steve Waters ’10 is back on The Bluff brewing beer and business.

Julianna Pedone

Junior Julianna Pedone Becomes Second UP Appointee to Oregon’s Sexual Misconduct Survey Council

April 12, 2024

One month after the University’s Assistant Director of Institutional Research Adeya Powell, PhD, joined the State of Oregon’s Sexual Misconduct Survey Council, UP junior Julianna Pedone has accepted an appointment to the 23-member Council as a student representative.

Cade McDonald, Katie Newton and Anna Singley

UP Boasts a Trio of Goldwater Scholars for Excellence in STEM Research

Awards and Rankings

April 4, 2024

Three University of Portland students—Cade McDonald, Katie Newton and Anna Singley—are among 508 college students nationwide chosen to receive a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for their achievements and future promise in STEM research fields.