The week of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday will feature two concerts sponsored by the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance, honoring the life and legacy of Dr. King.

The UO Gospel Singers, under the direction of ensemble conductor Andiel Brown, swept both the first and second annual Disney Gospel Choir Fest in 2010 and 2011.

The 27th International Conference on Supercomputing will be held at the University of Oregon June 10-14, featuring a mix of workshops, tutorials and technical programs on supercomputing.

The conference is the premier international forum for presentation of research results in high-performance computing systems. The general chair is Allen Malony, a professor in the university’s Computer and Information Science department.

The University Health Center was evacuated Monday morning following the sounds of explosions and the smell of smoke from a utility tunnel. A possible blown transformer continued to cause electrical problems around campus late Monday morning.

An emergency incident (a possible blown transformer in the utility tunnel) has been reported near the University Health Center. At least one explosion was heard, and smoke was reported coming from tunnels between the Health Center and the Walton Residence Hall complex. Eugene Fire Department and UOPD are on scene to investigate; pedestrians and cyclists are being re-routed away from the area and Agate Street is being closed between 13th Avenue and 15th Avenue. Everyone is asked to avoid the area. More information will follow.

Twice each academic year, graduate students in the Department of Art open their studios to faculty, invited guests and students for a “Tour of Studios,” followed by closed review sessions with faculty and guests, part of the review process for MFA students.

The Center for the Study of Women in Society seeks two qualified students to collaborate on the design and production of two exhibitions of archived materials relating to feminist research, activism and creative production at the University of Oregon.

The project, which is part of CSWS’s 40th anniversary celebration this fall, offers students an opportunity to extend, advance and further their skills in exhibition development.

Allen Hall, whose earliest wing has been a part of the University of Oregon campus for 91 years, will be a spanking new place for faculty, staff and students of the School of Journalism and Communication who return to the building for winter term.

There may be concepts scribbled on whiteboards or ideas projected on large flat screens. Students may huddle around tables, arguing the best answer to a challenge and pinning each new solution to the wall.

On Oct. 16, there was a cholera breakout on the University of Oregon campus, and no information on the contamination source.

Fortunately, it was a mock crisis – and assistant professor Chris Bone’s Geography 181 students were on the case.