New data show how undergraduate student credit hours and other undergraduate measurements have changed over the last five years, Provost James Bean said, in a recent message to the campus community.
Three graphs posted to the Provost’s website show how undergraduate student credit hours, degrees and majors have changed over five years, from academic year 2008-09 to 2012-13 (numbers for 2012-13 are projections based on fall term enrollments).
The University of Oregon and the Eugene Sakya Center (Nyen-Gyud Samten Choeling for Tibetan Buddhist Studies) are co-organizing a visit by His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, to the University of Oregon campus on May 10. Tickets to this event will go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. on March 11.
University of Oregon President Michael Gottfredson and his wife Karol attended the Lane County League of Women Voters monthly luncheon in Eugene on Thursday (Feb. 14) and the UO president spoke to the large audience celebrating the league's 93rd anniversary, Oregon’s 154th birthday and Valentine’s Day.
The University of Oregon Multicultural Center is holding its Social Justice Real Justice conference (SJRJ) from Thursday, Feb. 14 through Saturday Feb. 16, in the Erb Memorial Union.
Data visualization - communicating information clearly and effectively through graphical means - is the focus of a presentation by UO physics professor Greg Bothun at 4 p.m. today (Feb. 15) in room 101 of the Knight Library.
The free presentation is sponsored by the office for Research, Innovation and Graduate Education. Refreshments will be served.
“Moving forward, big data is only going to become more and more relevant to researchers from all disciplines,” Bothun said. “Finding new ways to visualize data is key to our success as a research university.”
King’s Cross Station, where Harry Potter and Dumbledore have their last conversation; the Globe, Shakespeare’s reconstructed playhouse; the British Museum; the National Gallery; the Tate and the Tate Modern; Westminster Abbey; the Houses of Parliament; the Strand; Covent Garden; Soho.
London may be the most cosmopolitan city in the world and last winter, a small group of UO students got to experience its mix of old and new by participating in the English Department’s “London Program.”
The University of Oregon School of Music and Dance will see the lion’s share of Music Today Festival events, as well as a concert by saxophonist Seamus Blake performing with the Oregon Jazz Ensemble. The UO School of Music and Dance is located in the Frohnmayer Music Building on the UO campus, 961 E. 18th Ave., Eugene. For more information or for a complete calendar of events, call 541-346-5678 or visit music.uoregon.edu.
Melody Rose became the first female chancellor of the Oregon University System when she was named to the position on an interim basis today (Feb. 14) by the State Board of Higher Education.
Rose was previously the vice chancellor for academic strategies at OUS and has held leadership positions at Portland State University. She will take office a chancellor on March 2, succeeding outgoing chancellor George Pernsteiner.
University of Oregon President Michael Gottfredson and UO Sustainability Affairs Graduate Fellow Andrew Louw have awarded the Biology Department the UO’s first platinum-level Green Office Certification.
Academic Affairs is expanding its presence in Portland – and looking for your help.
Since opening its new facility at the White Stag in Portland, the department has looked for ways to expand the UO's academic and intellectual presence in the city. The department helps programs without staff in Portland to hold events, put on exhibits, organize symposia, and invite speakers.
