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UO School of Law starts classes Aug. 26
While most UO students still have more than a month left to savor summer, School of Law students are preparing their first assignments.
Governor appoints UO Board of Trustees
Fourteen people with ties to the University of Oregon were appointed by Gov. John Kitzhaber today to serve on the university's inaugural board of trustees.
Officials determine there is no threat from package near Cascade Annex
Law enforcement officials have determined that there is no threat from a package previously suspected to be suspicious near Cascade Annex and Pacific Hall. The affected buildings have been reopened.
University of Oregon fundraising tops $200 million
Giving to the University of Oregon surpassed the $200 million mark for fiscal year 2013, a banner year highlighted by a significant increase in gift commitments providing student, faculty and research support.
The university received gift commitments totaling $200,054,995, the second highest one-year total in the UO’s history. Individuals, companies and foundations contributed 41,460 gifts and pledges, helping to propel the university’s endowment to a record level.
Mindfulness meditation trims craving for tobacco
Smokers trained with a form of mindfulness meditation known as Integrative Body-Mind Training curtailed smoking by 60 percent, according to a recent study by UO researchers published online in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
IBMT, which involves whole body relaxation, mental imagery and mindfulness training led by a qualified coach, has long been practiced in China. It has been under study for its potential impacts on a variety of stresses and related changes in the brain, including function and structure.
UO lab changes game for synthesizing new materials
University of Oregon chemist David Johnson likens his lab's newly published accomplishments to combining two flavors of ice cream — vanilla and chocolate — and churning out thousands of flavors to appeal to any taste bud.
Benefits open enrollment kick-off meeting is Aug. 29
Get up to speed on open-enrollment questions related to your health benefits. Join the UO Benefits staff for the annual Open Enrollment Kick-Off Meeting.
Australian conference plants seeds for UO synergy
Maltreatment and socioeconomic factors can be stressors for families: Childrens' reactivity to stress varies as a function of socioeconomic status, and abusive parents manifest stress in harsher abuse or more pronounced neglect.
That was the keynote message delivered by Elizabeth Skowron, an associate professor in the College of Education, during a recent symposium organized by the Family Systems Institute in Sydney, Australia.
The symposium was titled, “Parenting and the Family System: Unraveling the Complexity of Child Focus.”
Brutons’ gift to help retain AAA faculty
A new gift to the UO by Larry and Janice Bruton will make a difference for the School of Architecture and Allied Arts for years to come.
The Brutons recently made a $5 million deferred gift commitment to aid faculty recruitment and retention, keeping leading faculty of architecture, design, planning, policy, art and architectural history and the arts at the UO.