New UP sustainability program tackles move-out waste Move UP will be accepting donations between April 25 and May 5 by Rieve Randall
Brush fire erupts near Willamette and Menlo due to unattended fire in homeless encampment No reported injuries, according to Portland Fire by Samantha Zavala
Overloaded laundry machine causes smoke evacuation in Fields and Schoenfeldt Hall No students reportedly injured by Camille Kuroiwa-Lewis
Bridging the gap: UP hosts North Portland City Councilor panel The councilors discussed protesting, homelessness and student engagement by Kalena O’Connell, Kaylee Monahan
‘Her whole heart and soul is in her work’: Feminist activist Yasmina Benslimane set to give impactful talk UP will welcome the Moroccan activist for annual Mazzocco Lecture on April 14 by Maggie Dapp, Rieve Randall
Holy Week intends to bring prayer, community to campus Holy Week will take place from April 13-19. by Rieve Randall
Social work professors Alice Gates and Anita Gooding to leave UP at the end of the academic year Gates and Gooding make up two-thirds of the current full-time UP social work faculty by Julianna Pedone
ASUP senior class run-off election fails to reach minimum voting threshold, election postponed until fall semester The election did not manage the required 10% vote of the constituency for a valid result by Maggie Dapp
ASUP senators elected for 2025-26 school year A senior class senator run-off election is set for April 8 and 9 by Maggie Dapp
The School of Nursing and Health Innovations announces 98.25% total passing rate on the 2024 Nursing Licensing Exam This percentage is nearly a quarter over the national average. by Natalie Gordon
UP political science department offering new courses in fall 2025, including an official senior capstone Additions come amidst department struggles to meet student course demands. by Clara Pehling
Camille Kuroiwa-Lewis and Maggie Dapp appointed 2025-26 editors-in-chief of The Beacon Kuroiwa-Lewis will serve in the fall semester, Dapp in the spring. by Riley Martinez
‘It’s maddening’: Funding freeze threatens the future of Fulbright and Gilman scholarship UP students and faculty discuss the future of the Fulbright Scholarship and what’s next for this program. by Rieve Randall
Wheelchair ramp installed in Mago Hunt Theater, increasing accessibility for students and community members by Tiffany Marquez Escobar, Julianna Pedone
Panel with Campus Safety, faculty and others to address student concerns on the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration policies The panel will be hosted in the Brian Doyle Auditorium from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m on March 24. by Tiffany Marquez Escobar
Distinguished Vanderbilt professor Michael Eric Dyson named 2025 commencement speaker Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., to receive the Christus Magister Medal by Julianna Pedone
