Campus News

A new show at UO art museum forecasts ‘Strange Weather’
ON THE PACIFIC, Day 8: The home stretch?
From June 25 to July 9, UO geophysicist Dean Livelybrooks and a team of national scientists on board the Atlantis research vessel will recover earthquake-monitoring equipment in the Pacific Ocean. Follow tweets and other activity at @uocas and #uoshiptrip. Visit explorationnow.org/atlantis to follow the action live.
Tickets on sale for summer tours of Shire, Watzek
A limited number of tickets for public tours this summer of the Watzek House, Oregon’s newest National Historic Landmark, and The Shire, a unique landscape in the Columbia River Gorge, are now available. The tickets are expected to sell out quickly so early registration is recommended. 
Hueda Kapri: Creating a global society
As a child in her home country of Albania, Hueda Kapri preferred watching news rather than cartoons.“I always had a big desire for justice,” she says.That desire led the 20-year-old international student to University of Oregon in 2011, to pursue a degree in international studies with a focus in diplomacy and international relations. This summer, she will take what she has learned back home to Albania as she undertakes an internship with the Peace Corps in which she will be helping to train new Peace Corps staff.
ON THE PACIFIC, Day 7: Jason to the rescue
From June 25 to July 9, UO geophysicist Dean Livelybrooks and a team of national scientists on board the Atlantis research vessel will recover earthquake-monitoring equipment in the Pacific Ocean. Follow tweets and other activity at @uocas and #uoshiptrip. Visit explorationnow.org/atlantis to follow the action live.
Sergeants hone leadership skills
Two sergeants from the University of Oregon Police Department have completed a prestigious leadership program in Salem. Michael Matchulat and Brad Petrie received certificates on June 13, at the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training police academy in Salem, acknowledging completion of the International Public Safety Leadership and Ethics Institute's 160-hour Leadership Development Course. The course is designed to develop leadership skills in the supervisors and managers who will become future leaders in Oregon public safety agencies. 
Ducks’ “Gangnam Style” parody takes national prize
A parody of Psy’s “Gangnam Style” video by the University of Oregon's Duck mascot has won a silver medal from the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators (NACMA). The video has generated nearly 7 million views on YouTube. It was honored in the "video board segment" category of NACMA's annual awards.
Bach Festival offers free tickets for Tuesday concert
Want a pair of free Oregon Bach Festival tickets?  Get two to Tuesday's July 2 Hult Center event, A Night at the Opera, and see (and hear) the festival's next artistic director, Matthew Halls, conduct concert highlights of opera classics from Verdi, Wagner and Benjamin Britten, with star soprano Tamara Wilson.
ON THE PACIFIC, Day 6: Crunch time
From June 25 to July 9, UO geophysicist Dean Livelybrooks and a team of national scientists on board the Atlantis research vessel will recover earthquake-monitoring equipment in the Pacific Ocean. Follow tweets and other activity at @uocas and #uoshiptrip.
ON THE PACIFIC, Day 5: Jonás and the tiny Styrofoam cups
From June 25 to July 9, UO geophysicist Dean Livelybrooks and a team of national scientists on board the Atlantis research vessel will recover earthquake-monitoring equipment in the Pacific Ocean. Follow tweets and other activity at @uocas and #uoshiptrip. Visit explorationnow.org/atlantis to follow the action live.
ON THE PACIFIC, Day 4: Shuffleboard, anyone?
From June 25 to July 9, UO senior physics instructor Dean Livelybrooks and a team of national scientists on board the Atlantis research vessel will recover earthquake-monitoring equipment in the Pacific Ocean. Follow tweets and other activity at @uocas and #uoshiptrip. Visit explorationnow.org/atlantis to follow the action live.