The University of Oregon's Business Affairs Travel Office will host its first UO Travel Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at the Matthew Knight Arena McArthur Club Room.

The Travel Fair aims to connect the university’s business travel coordinators, travelers and the university and community travel partners to network and share information. Various UO departments and local travel vendors will share information and market their products and services to UO business travel coordinators by hosting tables at the event.

If you’ve been dragging your feet regarding renewal of your health benefits, drag them no more.

All new, current and returning benefit-eligible employees have until 5 p.m., Oct. 31, to enroll in a medical, dental and vision plan for Jan. 1, 2014 to Dec. 31, 2014.

UO President Michael Gottfredson joined the University Health Center's flu prevention efforts on Thursday when he stopped by the Faculty and Staff Flu Clinic for his annual flu shot.

“It’s a good prevention practice,” he said. “The flu is an important health issue and I’m hopeful not to get it and I’m hopeful not to spread it to others … plus, the shot really doesn’t hurt.”

University of Oregon professor Jon Erlandson was among 164 artists, scientists, scholars, authors and institutional leaders inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at a ceremony in Cambridge, Mass., this month.

The English translation of a Spanish-language report on an archive documenting human rights abuses in Guatemala and a new documentary film on the same subject will help raise awareness of human rights around the world.

The translation and film are the result of a collaboration between academic units at the University of Oregon and Guatemala’s Archivo Histórico de la Policía Nacional (AHPN). With funding support from the Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC), and other campus units, two UO faculty members, Carlos Aguirre and Gabriela Martínez, headed up the projects for the UO.

Oregon's first – and only – woman Gov. Barbara Roberts has had a long and inspiring political career in local and state government, starting when she was elected to a school board in 1973.

For new faculty settling in at the UO and in the Eugene/Springfield community this fall, there are many adjustments and hidden gems to discover.

“I've absolutely fallen in love with Eugene, as has my family,” said C.J. Pascoe, a new assistant professor of sociology. “We have also had a blast discovering all the great places to eat, bike paths, hiking trails and the most abundant blackberry bushes.”