The interior of the Sistine Chapel at dawn, rays of sunlight stream onto renaissance frescoes and terrazzo floors.

FALL 2023

Night at the Vatican

After the tourists go home, a museum’s collection tells its own story.

  • Cullen Murphy

Feature

Our Lady

Where Mary shows up—two centuries, two stories.

  • Diana Salgado Huicochea

Elegy for a Glacier

A team of UP researchers is measuring Eliot Glacier on Mt. Hood. Understanding how fast it’s melting will help agriculture in the valley below prepare for the future.

  • Cheston Knapp

Home Court

Rip City Remix brings a beloved Pilot—Pooh Jeter—back to The Bluff. His return to Chiles comes with a treasure trove of memories.

  • Joe Freeman

On the Bluff

Foraging Her Way To France

For Fulbright Scholar Lauren Banks ’23, the love of Mycology is in her roots.

  • Jessica Murphy Moo

Hope in a Broken World

In September, Gloria Purvis spoke about racial justice as the 2023 Zahm Lecturer. She was last on The Bluff in 2022, when she was awarded an honorary doctorate from UP.

Investigating AI

UP explores the impact of AI tools on education and beyond.

UP Actors Perform Shakespeare in the Parks

Alums and current students traveled all over Portland with the Original Practice Shakespeare Festival.

  • Marty Hughley

Higby Came Home

The story of an antique car and its ties to The Bluff continues to be written.

Video

Learn from UP's Glaciologists Atop Mt. Hood

Like most of the world's glaciers, the largest one on Mount Hood is shrinking. Researchers from UP are trying to figure out how fast.

  • Chris Brecht