Bach’s St. Matthew Passion takes concert listeners through a story of betrayal, cruelty, faith, hope and redemption – the last hours of Jesus’ life.

In the Digital Bach Project’s new St. Matthew initiative, listeners can actively plumb the depths of the great musical drama in a nearly limitless multimedia experience.

With Oregon’s leading universities pulling together, there’s reason for optimism about the state economy in 2013.

This year's 4th annual UO Alumni Women’s Roundtable drew a record turnout of almost 100 attendees earlier this month for a panel presentation that focused on negotiating for pay, promotion and flexibility.

The roundtable, held at the White Stag Block, was free for UO students and 2012 graduates and open to the public with a registration fee. Its four-woman panel – all UO alums – came from a variety of professional backgrounds.

University of Oregon School of Music and Dance faculty members Dean Kramer and Claire Wachter will perform a free, two-piano concert at Steinway Hall in New York City at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 28.

Titled “Broadway Meets Steinway,” the concert will feature George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” and Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story Dances,” as well as other great works for two pianos.

The University of Oregon and Oregon State University expect growth in the state economy this year, UO President Michael Gottfredson said Wednesday, during his keynote discussion at the 2013 Economic Forecast at the Hilton Eugene & Conference Center.

Gottfredson and OSU President Edward Ray outlined the economic development roles of their institutions and urged business leaders and elected officials to work with the universities in enhancing quality of life for Oregonians.

Tickets will go on sale March 25 for this year's version of TEDxPortland – a day of talks about "ideas worth spreading."

This year's event – the third annual – will be April 27 at the Portland Art Museum. The University of Oregon is a presenting sponsor of TEDxPortland.

Tickets have sold out the first day they became available for the first two years of TEDxPortland. Ticket prices for this year's event will be announced next week. 

Speakers and performers have been announced on a rolling schedule and will incorporate the theme "What If?"

A new update has been posted to the OUS Classified Staff Negotiations website. That post can be seen by clicking on “March 12 and 13” under the schedule of negotiations found on the website.

The next session for contract negotiation teams representing OUS and SEIU will be March 28 and 29.

Two sprawling murals that have been with UO Libraries since its opening in 1937 are getting a second look.

The Digital Scholarship Center and UO Libraries have launched an art project on murals by Oregon artists Albert and Arthur Runquist that depict figures and ideas about race and ethnicity that some may no longer find acceptable.

Autism spectrum disorder is the fastest growing group of neurodevelopmental disorders, affecting an estimated 1 in 88 individuals.

Now a UO team of researchers is evaluating different approaches to early intervention in this and other cases of developmental disabilities.