Health & Safety

Janis Weeks
Research, Innovation & Graduate Education
May 22, 2013
UO receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for research in global health and development

The University of Oregon is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner – an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

UO Police Department
May 3, 2013
UOPD ready to hire police officers

The University of Oregon Police Department is poised to take a critical next step in its evolution.

After months tuning job descriptions, compensation details and union representation, openings have been posted for police line officers. 

The department is accepting applications from experienced officers or newcomers, as long as they have the right stuff for the university.

Hiking exhibit at Science Library
May 1, 2013
Hiking trail exhibit in science library

The UO's Science Library is currently featuring a display on fun local hikes, for those looking to get outdoors this spring. Some of the hikes are in the middle of town, and others are within an hour drive of Eugene.

The display explains which plants are blooming and where, and offers brochures to help with various hikes.

UO Health Promotion Director Staight campaigned against tobacco use for years
April 25, 2013
UO receives accolades for tobacco-free policy

The UO has received the Fresh Air Gold Campus award for adopting a 100 percent tobacco-free policy, the highest level of achievement awarded by the Fresh Air Campus Challenge.

Mary Ann Petersen
April 24, 2013
Acupuncturist's education gets straight to the point

Her school supplies were glass cups, dried mugwort, three-thousand-year-old textbooks and, of course, needles.

“It kind of reminded me of the Hogwarts School, only because it was all these really ancient things,” Mary Ann Petersen says of her first impression of the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, where she studied for her career as an acupuncturist.

Charlotte Biltekoff
April 18, 2013
CSWS offers plateful of food discussions

The University of Oregon's food studies research group and various other disciplines on campus are presenting several food-related discussions this spring – from the cultural politics of dietary health to the visual components of food.

The "Food in the Field Research Interest Group" events are being organized under the UO's Center for the Study of Women in Society.

April 17, 2013
UO named to Princeton Review’s Green Colleges list

The University of Oregon is one of the 322 most environmentally responsible colleges in the U.S. and Canada, according to “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges."

April 12, 2013
Earthquake Awareness Month includes training session at UO

The University of Oregon's Office of Emergency Management and Continuity wants to make sure everyone knows what to do if an earthquake were to shake Eugene.

April 12, 2013
Weekly Wrap for the week of April 5-12

The Weekly Wrap is an update each Friday morning from the Office of Strategic Communications. It provides highlights of news you may have missed during the week and showcases UO stories about amazing students, faculty, staff and alumni.

April 5, 2013
Town hall meeting on unruly gatherings April 10 at UO

An April 10 town hall meeting at the UO on Eugene's new social host ordinance will is aimed at building awareness among students and others who may be affected by the law, according to event organizers.

Human Resources
March 26, 2013
State board holds healthcare meeting at UO

Labor and management representatives of the Oregon Public Employees' Benefit Board will hold a meeting on healthcare costs and benefits at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, in the EMU Walnut Room.

UO President Michael Gottfredson at Wednesday's forum
UO Police Department
March 6, 2013
Last forum on arming UO police officers draws crowd

The final open campus forum to discuss the issue of arming University of Oregon's campus police offiers was the best-attended, with at least 50 students, faculty and staff on hand for Wednesday's (March 6) discussion in the Knight Library Browsing Room.

UO Police Department
February 22, 2013
Hiring and training officers for campus environment

Police officers at the University of Oregon are the same as those at other Oregon law enforcement agencies – except that they're different.

UO Police Department officers have the same professional standards, requirements and authorities as any police in the state. But they're also chosen for their specific aptitude toward working well in a university environment.

Power of Parenting Conference Feb. 23
February 18, 2013
Power of Parenting Conference coming to UO Feb. 23

Early childhood special educators and community leaders will hold a free conference on Saturday, Feb. 23, for Eugene-Springfield area parents to learn parenting techniques.

Jeff Todahl and Phyllis Barkhurst are working to reduce child abuse
February 11, 2013
New effort fights child abuse

Oregon had 74,000 reported cases of child abuse and neglect in 2011 – a jump of 85 percent since 2000.

But a new organization administered through the University of Oregon’s College of Education is working to reverse this troubling trend by preventing abuse before it happens.