Nominations will be accepted through March 29 for the Distinguished Service Award, the UO’s highest awards for service.
The award recognizes those "who by their knowledge and skills have made a significant contribution to the cultural and development of Oregon or society as a whole." Up to three awards may be given each year, presented at June Commencement.
A weekend of Morris Graves programming takes place April 5-6 on campus and across Eugene, in conjunction with the publication of “Morris Graves: Selected Letters.”
“Morris Graves: Selected Letters” is a collection of letters to and from the Pacific Northwest painter well-known for paintings influenced by Japanese aesthetics and Asian philosophy.
March 18: Last week Congress made progress on a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the federal government funded through the end of the fiscal year September 30, 2013. The Senate is now considering legislation that the House passed last week to maintain government funding and avoid a shutdown after the current continuing resolution expires on March 27. The current continuing resolution maintains funding for federal programs primarily at their FY12 levels, which meets the $1.043 trillion level agreed to in the Budget Control Act of 2011.
The Joint Ways and Means Subcommittee on Education will start to consider the Oregon University System (OUS) budget for the 2013-15 biennium on March 20. The subcommittee has scheduled five hearings on House Bill 5031 (the Oregon University System budget bill) and will make recommendations to the full Ways and Means Committee on allocations for the Oregon University System.
Oregon Supreme Court Justice Martha Walters and longtime legal aid attorney John Van Landingham have been named recipients of this year's Frohnmayer Award for Public Service in the University of Oregon School of Law.
The award recognizes graduates, faculty members or friends of the law school whose public service brings honor to the school.
The University of Oregon seeks referrals from faculty for outstanding undergraduates who might compete for distinguished national scholarships.
During the last three years, 106 nationally competitive scholarships have been awarded to UO students who were referred by faculty. Those scholarships include the Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Churchill, Mitchell, Gates/Cambridge, Fulbright and more, said Dave Hubin, senior assistant to the president.
UO Comparative Literature Professor Leah Middlebrook will teach “The Sonnet and its Moments,” an Insight Seminar on the history of the sonnet, each Saturday in May.
The seminar will examine contemporary sonnets alongside earlier examples from the European Renaissance. Sessions begin Saturday, May 4, and continue each of the following three Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to noon in Knight Library’s Browsing Room.
Robert Davis, a professor of Spanish at the University of Oregon, is hoping to help expand the opportunities for communication between instructors and students at the UO.
Students are accustomed to an assumed schedule: In class, the professor is there to educate, and students generally leave a quickly as possible when the session is over. The only opportunities for face-to-face discussion between students and their teachers is during office hours or other scheduled appointments.
University of Oregon chemists have synthesized organic molecular structures that move both positive and negative electrical charges.
UO employees are invited to bring their children to campus April 25 for “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day,” a national program to inspire girls and boys to begin thinking about their futures and introduce them to career opportunities.
Children ages 9 to 13 may come to the UO to observe a parent's work, whether in a classroom, laboratory, studio or office.
“It’s never too early to start encouraging youth to have an active imagination, to set goals and to take more control of their future,” says Work-Life Resources Director Karen Logvin.
