There was extra foot traffic and mingling crowds all day on Thursday, May 16, in the Erb Memorial Union as students gathered to share their research efforts during the third annual Undergraduate Symposium.
"Oregon Archaeology," written by three archaeologists at the University of Oregon's Museum of Natural and Cultural History, earned a 2013 Oregon Heritage Excellence Award from the Oregon Heritage Commission.
University of Oregon Landscape Architecture Professor Emeritus Kenneth Helphand will be honored for his 40 years of teaching at a special symposium, “Landscape Thinking.”
Galen Martin, an adjunct professor in the UO’s Department of International Studies, brings more than his teaching expertise to the classroom - real-world experience as a local farmer allows him to supply students with a bevy of information and unique experience directly from the field.
Top psychologists from the University of Wisconsin will present the latest on youth language and emotions during the May 10 Leona Tyler Lecture Series, which is free and open to the public.
Geri Richmond, the University of Oregon’s Richard M. & Patricia H. Noyes Professor of Chemistry, spoke before an audience of faculty members, students and community members at the Spring 2013 Presidential Research Lecture on May 7.
A busy month of research-themed events got under way on Monday, with an Innovation Luncheon, featuring a speaker from a venture capital firm, and an Innovation Open House, highlighting companies and programs with ties to University of Oregon research.
Both events were presented by the office for Research, Innovation and Graduate Education.
The final round of the University of Oregon Graduate School's Three Minute Thesis Competition is today (May 8) from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., in the EMU Fir Room.
The University of Oregon Chamber Choir has placed first at the Fleischmann International Trophy Competition at the Cork International Choral Festival in Cork, Ireland – one of Europe’s most prestigious choral arts events.
Geri Richmond, the University of Oregon’s Richard M. and Patricia H. Noyes Professor of Chemistry, will deliver the Presidential Research Lecture at 7 p.m. on May 7, in the Lillis Business Complex Auditorium, Room 182.
A new UO study suggests that women are increasingly altering their monthly menstruation cycles.
A surprisingly large number of women 18 or older choose to delay or skip monthly menstruation by deviating from the instructions of birth-control pills and other hormonal contraceptives, a team of UO researchers and others found, in a study of female students at the university.
The University of Oregon School of Music and Dance will welcome Stephen Kelly, the Dye Family Professor of Music, emeritus, at Carleton College in Minnesota, during the week of May 6 to 11. The UO school has named Kelly a 2013 Robert M. Trotter Visiting Professor – a mark of distinction reserved for honored guest artists and scholars.
University of Oregon President Michael Gottfredson has announced that Scott Coltrane, dean of the UO's College of Arts and Sciences, will serve as interim senior vice president and provost beginning July 1.
Wendy Ricketts suspected that the behavior of her then-3-year-old, George, wasn’t normal. He was a biter and prone to tantrums, but the experts said it was just a phase.
Unconvinced, Ricketts pressed on, seeking second and third opinions and evaluation after evaluation. Ultimately, she got the answer that seemed to fit: George showed signs of autism.
