The all-new facility is the centerpiece of a plan to advance the UO’s collaborative approach to research and teaching in the sciences.

This new interdisciplinary center will support a range of initiatives to understand and ameliorate world health and social problems.

The week's highlight is a talk by Shoshona Johnson, the first African-American female prisoner of war.

A professor of geography, Marcus has served as the college's interim dean since 2013 and has been at the UO for 15 years.

Fountain is the author of an award-winning collection of short stories as well as an acclaimed debut novel.