A collage of vintage photographs and ephemera featuring the KDUP radio station.

SUMMER 2024

Now Live! from KDUP

After a tumultuous few years, UP’s beloved radio station is back on the air. The joyous occasion sent us to the archives in search of its compelling history.

  • Rachel Rippetoe

Feature

A Holy Calling

A UP professor looks at her career (and beyond) through the eyes and inspiration of Saint Hildegard of Bingen.

  • Karen Eifler

The Empire of the Ants

They might make you wriggle and squirm, but three UP scientists are here to tell you that these remarkable critters are worth looking at under a microscope.

  • Cheston Knapp

An Inventor’s Paradise

The Shiley-Marcos Center for Design & Innovation has only been open and operational for one semester, but this awe-inspiring space, along with the awe-inspiring minds inside it, have already made new things possible on The Bluff.

  • Jessica Murphy Moo

Let’s Play

Director of Student Activities Jeromy Koffler never grows bored of board games.

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Alumni

Joy at Work

Kayla Garchar ’19 returns to The Bluff as Campus Minister for Faith Formation.

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The Dancing Engineer

A UP alum found she could pursue both of her passions beyond The Bluff.

  • Emily Nelson

Welcome Back, Molly

‎ Meet your new National Alumni Board President.

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On the Bluff

The World Will Benefit

The fruits of a global partnership between University of Portland and an all-girls school in Malawi.

  • Jessica Murphy Moo

Unstoppable

As the top hitter in Pilots’ baseball history, Jake Holcroft ’22 ’24 is a leader on and off the diamond.

  • ‎Corey Brock

The AI Challenge to Student Writing

In February, leaders at University of Portland hosted a panel discussion “The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence & Ethics” and heard from UP faculty and industry experts from the region.

  • Sarah Weiger

Hoops History

For Doug Edwards ’67, Pilots women's basketball and family go hand in hand.

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