Campus and Community

Ellen is having a bad hair moment. So goes the plot line from an episode of “The Ellen Show,” the 2002 sitcom starring comedian and talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres.

The episode, entitled “Vanity Hair,” centers around Ellen feeling compelled to get a new hairstyle because she’s going to be featured in Vanity Fair magazine.

Nine UO School of Journalism and Communication students traveled to Vienna this spring, hoping their professor and Billy Joel knew something they didn’t. They quickly discovered that SOJC Professor Peter Laufer and Billy Joel were correct: Vienna was amazing.

The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art is presenting a photographic exhibit of Russian Orthodox cathedrals and churches from the 11^th to the 20^th centuries in the McKenzie Gallery.

The photographs, which will be on view through Aug. 11, the were taken during research trips by Professor Emeritus A. Dean McKenzie, who retired in 1988 from the University of Oregon’s Department of Art History.

McKenzie will lecture on 2,000 years of Russian Orthodox Church architecture during an event at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 10, at the museum.

David Woken has been hired by UO Libraries as the as new history and Latin American studies librarian.

Woken will oversee development of collections and services to support the instructional and research needs of the Department of History and the interdisciplinary programs of Medieval Studies and Latin American Studies. He will also assist the library's Reference and Research Services Unit.

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 dispatches from the Atlantis, visit http://around.uoregon.edu/cascadia-initiative.

Stiff neck?  Sore shoulders? Aching back? A new, free, ergonomic training program by the UO's Office of Risk Management offers practical ergonomic tips and advice for office workers at the university. 

The one-hour class – which begins June 26 and will be offered once per month through October – is intended to help workers combat aches and pains, reduce stress and feel more energized. 

In the District of Oregon, the trend among bankruptcy judges has historically been to employ career clerks.

But University of Oregon law school student Matthew Mertens bucked that trend recently when he accepted a unique term clerkship with Chief Judge Elizabeth Perris of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the district.

"Just learning from [Judge Perris] is going to be unbelievable," Mertens said. "She has more experience in her eyelash than I do in my entire body."

Today, the State Board of Higher Education granted permission to the University of Oregon to equip its sworn police officers with firearms.  At the meeting, UO President Michael Gottfredson expressed appreciation to the campus community and partners for their involvement through discussions about safety and security.

“Many people have been involved in conversations that will lead to a more meaningful relationship with our law enforcement professionals and improve the safety and security of our community,” said President Gottfredson.