Vox Resonat, an ensemble of vocal soloists specializing in music of the Baroque, Renaissance and Middle Ages, will present its first concert of the season at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, at Central Lutheran Church, near the UO Campus. The church is at 18th Avenue and Potter Street. The ensemble will perform music from the early middle ages to the high Renaissance, covering about 600 years. The program, titled "The Lost Saints of Winter,” features pieces composed for festivities associated with December and January holidays, some of which are largely forgotten today.

Approximately 75 people gathered today in the EMU Fir Room to express their feelings regarding the restructuring of the UO Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI). The final of four town hall meetings designed to collect feedback on a new strategic action plan for the office, this meeting was scheduled specifically to provide the opportunity for attendees to voice their concerns over the changes that have taken place in the office.

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet will deliver a lecture at the University of Oregon’s Matthew Knight Arena on Friday, May 10. The 1:30 p.m. lecture, "The Path to Peace and Happiness in the Global Society," is open to UO students, faculty and staff as well as members of the public. Additional details on the event including information on ticket sales to the public will be available in the coming weeks.

The State Board of Higher Education voted on Friday to approve a University of Oregon request for the chancellor to ask Gov. John Kitzhaber to add the Erb Memorial Union project to the proposed capital projects list that will be forwarded to the legislature.

Laura Lacasa, an information technology consultant at the University of Oregon's Financial Aid and Scholarships office, got winter term off to a good start – her number was drawn in today's AroundtheO scavenger hunt contest and she wins a $100 gift card to The Duck Store.