Campus News

National Geographic photographer Sam Abell returns to the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on the University of Oregon campus at 2 p.m. Sept. 28 for the lecture, “My Journey in Photography.” Abell’s photography is included in the new Schnitzer exhibition “National Geographic Greatest Photographs of the American West,” which opens to the public the same day. The exhibition, on view through Dec. 31, includes photographs by Abell, Ansel Adams, William Albert Allard, Edward Curtis, David Alan Harvey, William Henry Jackson, Sarah Leen and Joel Sartore.
The weekly AroundtheO photo gallery focuses on the people and places that make the University of Oregon special.
New faculty and administrative officers at the University of Oregon are invited to get the lay of the land during an orientation Sept. 25-26. The Orientation for New Faculty and Officers of Administration provides a transition into the UO community for new tenure-track faculty, tenured faculty, non-tenure-track faculty and officers of administration.
Newly hired faculty, staff and GTFs can share information with AroundtheO about their new positions and their occupational and/or educational backgrounds
Paintings honoring the late Alex Rovello, a UO student athlete, are among the offerings in “Art of the Athlete II,” continuing at the UO Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art through Feb. 9.
University of Oregon law professor and president emeritus Dave Frohnmayer was named recently to the executive committee for The Lincoln Project, an initiative of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
The Science Program to Inspire Creativity and Excellence (SPICE) and UO STEM CORE will hold its 3rd annual Science Open House Sept. 25 from 6:30p.m. to 8:30 p.m.  It will take place on the University of Oregon campus, in Willamette Hall. The event has drawn more than 400 people in past years. It is designed to connect the Eugene community with science outreach programs on campus and in the community. The event is free and open to the public.
The University of Oregon is a top military friendly school according to Victory Media Inc., publisher of G.I. Jobs magazine, in its latest annual list.  The honor puts the UO in the top 20 percent of U.S. colleges, universities and trade schools for services for students with military experience. This is the fourth year in the row the UO is included on the list.
The UO's Student Recreation Center will be closed Friday afternoon (Sept. 20), as Campus Operations has a water main replaced outside the building.The Student Recreation Center and Esslinger Hall will be without water from about 1 p.m. on Friday to early morning on Monday, Sept. 23. Water service is expected to resume by 6 a.m. Monday.The Rec Center will be open from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, then will be closed for the weekend, as it has each weekend during summer break. Leighton Pool will be open from 6:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., and from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on Friday.
An exhibit focusing on Iberian and Latin American studies continues through next February at the University of Oregon Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.“Transatlanticism,” and the courses and symposium it supports, features works by modern and contemporary masters including Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002), Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983), Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973), and Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, 1899-1991), among others.