Campus and Community

More than 350 musicians will converge on Eugene beginning Friday (June 28) for 20 days of concerts and music activities in the 44^th running of the Oregon Bach Festival, through July 14.

Entering the Festival, six concerts are sold out or near capacity.

Total attendance of more than 30,000 is expected for the University of Oregon event and will include participants from more than 30 U.S. states and 11 foreign countries.

From June 25 to July 9, UO senior physics instructor Dean Livelybrooks and a team of national scientists on board the Atlantis research vessel will recover earthquake-monitoring equipment in the Pacific Ocean. Follow tweets and other activity at @uocas and #uoshiptrip.

The AmeriCorps program Teach for America has claimed the top spot as the program employing the most UO students.

The largest number of university students ever to be accepted – 38 – will venture into every region of the country this fall to give children from lower-income families an education equal to that of their wealthier peers.

Landing an internship with a prestigious company can take as much work as getting a full-time job.

Fortunately, Lundquist College students have a leg up on the search process, thanks to the resources of the school's Career Services office.

The NCAA has concluded its two-year inquiry into the University of Oregon's football program and the Committee on Infractions has issued its findings. University of Oregon Athletics has issued the following statement:

NCAA FINDINGS CONSISTENT WITH OREGON’S RECOMMENDATIONS

From June 25 to July 9, UO senior physics instructor Dean Livelybrooks and a team of national scientists on board the Atlantis research vessel will recover earthquake-monitoring equipment in the Pacific Ocean. Follow tweets and other activity at @uocas and #uoshiptrip. To read other dispatches from the Atlantis, visit http://around.uoregon.edu/cascadia-initiative.

The University of Oregon School of Law recently named Lauren Charles to be assistant director of Admissions. She began her new position June 17.

Charles is a 2011 graduate of the law school. She earned her undergraduate degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University and received her master's degree in historic preservation from Pratt Institute in New York.

Waste material: It may not seem glamorous, but finding sustainable ways to deal with it is one of the century's most pressing issues.

Bulk Handling Systems has taken on this challenge. The Eugene-based company provides innovative turnkey systems for large-scale recycling of industrial and municipal waste.

At the UO's SPRNG conference in Portland in May, UO president emeritus Dave Frohnmayer described Bulk Handling Systems as "one to watch."

The State Board of Higher Education granted permission at its June 21 meeting for the University of Oregon to equip its police officers with firearms. The board acted on the recommendation of UO President Michael Gottfredson, who reached the decision following a campus engagement process that considered input from many members of the campus community. In his recommendation, Gottfredson cited the safety and security of faculty, students, staff and the community as his primary consideration.