The city of Portland has an eccentric coffee scene, being ranked the No. 4 coffee city in the United States. With coffee shops on seemingly every corner, the options for coffee feel infinite. In 2022, ...

As President of the Society for Mexican American Philosophy (SMAP), Associate Professor Alejandro Santana and his fellow board members felt a need to bring SMAP members together. With the last ...

Pilots baseball celebrates the program's first perfect game. Photo courtesy of Pilot Athletics. The 2024-25 athletic year has been undoubtedly historic for sports at the University of Portland, and ...

On the north side of the Franz River Campus, in an area that was expected to house a competition-ready track complex complete with a Pilots-purple race track, is now a construction site covered in ...

A college education contributes to a profound expansion of mind. In as little as three to five years, many undergraduates’ worldviews — among them intellectual, political, ethical and spiritual — ...

I started the year by asking students a question: What will you make of your power? As I reflect on the year, I am humbled by the perseverance, resilience and power the UP community showed through ...

When Nancy Copic was young, she and her mom would climb onto the couch to watch the eleven o’clock news. It was their nightly ritual — one that quietly lit a spark. Years later, that spark grew into a ...

On any weekday, a student might walk into a professor’s office to improve their grade or ask for exam help. But instead of walking into bare offices, students often enter rooms with sand-sculptures, ...

Alice Gates and Anita Gooding, two of three full-time faculty members in the University of Portland’s Dorothy Day Social Work Program, will leave the university at the end of the academic year. Gates, ...

Austin Rapp goes for a dunk in a game against Oregon State. Photo courtesy of Austin Rapp. Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Austin Rapp is a freshman on the University of Portland men’s basketball ...

I grew up going to church almost every Sunday. I have family members on worship teams and some who work as pastors. I was baptized at 15, actively choosing to publicly declare my love for Jesus and ...

On Saturday Nov. 2, seven students and a recent alum were allegedly drugged at an off-campus party, according to the Director of Campus Safety & Emergency Management Michael McNerney. Campus Safety is ...