UO symposium will examine the literature of World War I
As part of the events for the 100th anniversary of World War I, scholars will discuss the works and legacy of the war's combatant-authors
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Artist and architect Maya Lin to speak at EMU Ballroom
Architect and artist Maya Lin will give a lecture at the Erb Memorial Union Ballroom on Thursday, Nov. 20, at 7:30 p.m.
Lin, designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, is a guest at the 26th annual Oregon Humanities Center's 2014-15 O'Fallon Memorial Lecture in Art and American Culture series.
Lin's latest work, the Confluence Project, involves outdoor installations in Washington and Oregon along the Columbia River. Another recent project, What is Missing?, speaks about a loss of habitat and species.
Lin's lecture is free and open to the public.
Comments sought on renovation plan for 150 Columbia
Plans call for a substantial upgrade to improve the education experience for students and professors in the venerable lecture hall
Weekly Sports Roundup
The weekly sports roundup is a list of all the home and televised Ducks sporting events this week and the results of their contests last week
Relay For Life Kick Off Week launches the annual fund drive
Events this week will signal the start of fundraising for the annual charity event, which raises money to help fight cancer
Meeting offers details on how to apply for CSWS grants
The Center for the Study of Women in Society will hold an information session on Wednesday, Nov. 19, from noon to 1 p.m.
OA Council updated about GTFF negotiations, presidential search
The UO is preparing for a possible strike and will be communicating about how other employees can help; additional presidential search forum scheduled
Latest round of mediation ends between UO and GTFF
Mediation did not yield a deal Thursday, although university leaders remain committed to the collective bargaining process
Michigan professor Tiya Miles to deliver the Peggy Pascoe Lecture
Tiya Miles, the Elsa Barkley Brown Collegiate Professor of African American Women’s History at the University of Michigan, will give the fourth annual Peggy Pascoe Memorial Lecture on Friday, Nov. 21.
The talk, “The Longest Unwritten Chapter: Interrelated Histories of African and Native America,” will be at 1 p.m. in the Knight Library Browsing Room. It is free and open to the public.
The lecture is sponsored by the UO Department of Ethnic Studies and cosponsored by the Department of History and Jeff Ostler, Beekman Professor of Northwest and Pacific History.
History comes alive as the UO hosts “Reacting to the Past”
The active learning technique involves students in recreating important moments in history, drawing them into the material in deeper ways