Winter 2021

Healer, Hunter, Mentor, Mom

Chelsea Cassens ’08 wants her eastern Oregon community to stay healthy. She works toward that goal as a nurse and advocate for the protection of public lands.

• Tracy Ross

Light in a Pandemic

A poem

• Alicia Jo Rabins

Oxtail on My Mind

What the writer remembers about the Filipino food of his youth, what he forgets.

• Armin Tolentino

The Cleanup

By purchasing land along Portland Harbor—known for its industrial pollution—University of Portland committed to a new level of environmental stewardship.

• Rachel Ramirez ’18

Pilot’s Pilot

Anderson Johnson III ’90 has seen it all from the cockpit of his 747. From meteor showers, space shuttle launches, to watching the sun chase down the horizon.

• Roya Ghorbani-Elizeh ’11

On Curiosity and Chemistry

On a crab processor boat, in 1988, in the middle of a storm off the coast of Alaska, Kara Breuer ’95, MAT ’06 made a promise that if she survived, she’d go to college. It took the crew about 17 hours to make it home.

The World Is the Classroom

Four University of Portland professors create a massive online interdisciplinary course with nearly two dozen faculty from four of UP's five schools.

• Danielle Centoni

Studying Abroad from Portland

Three Cambodian UP students reflect on distance learning.

COVID Investigator, Columbia County

UP's resident epidemiologist—Andrew Lafrenz ’02—has been working seven days a week since April. Not only is he directing the School of Nursing’s newest major in integrative health and wellness studies, but he has also been offering his expertise to local entities during the pandemic.

Environmental Justice in Oregon

University of Portland students immerse themselves in regional environmental justice issues, from industrial waste to Native American conservation efforts.

• Adam Guggenheim