Among the many dedicated UO employees to be honored at the UO recognition/retirement reception on Thursday, June 13 at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Information Services Site License Manager Mary Hite is most notable for her longevity. She is wrapping up an impressive 39-year run as the Computing Center’s go-to person for help.
Jim Rawlins, a nationally recognized leader in admissions, has been hired as the new director of Admissions at the University of Oregon.
Rawlins, who has served for the past five years as director of admissions at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo., was hired for the UO position following a nationwide search.
Will Johnson is pursuing a concurrent J.D./MA in International Studies, and is scheduled to complete his degree requirements in May 2014. He recently returned to the UO School of Law from Pakistan, where he was a lecture and research fellow with the American Institute of Pakistan Studies. Below is a first-person account from Johnson about his time in Pakistan, where he had the opportunity to witness the country's national elections.
The University of Oregon School of Law this fall will host a Harvard law professor who developed that university’s first “massive open online courses.”
“I thought we were doing good over there, I thought we were rebuilding the country. But the longer I was over there, I was like, ‘What the hell are we doing here?’ ”
- Josh Yates, Marine Corps sergeant, 2003–9
Every year, hundreds of thousands of U.S. veterans die without having fully told their stories, taking with them rich experiences of military service that haven’t been formally preserved. For Sgt. Josh Yates, that’s a tragedy.
Can you create a meaningful mobile experience?
The office for Research, Innovation and Graduate Education this fall will challenge students from any program or class to design an interface for a mobile platform – with $15,000 available in prize money.
The inaugural Colligan User Interface Design Challenge seeks to inspire UO students from all programs and classes to create an attractive and dynamic graphical user interface designed for use on a mobile platform.
An exhibit highlighting the history of film culture at the University of Oregon is on display in the cases located in the east and west entryway corridors of Knight Library.
The exhibit, which will run through August, is entitled "Kin-O: A History of Movie Culture on Campus."
The Oregon Undergraduate Research Journal (OUR Journal) is an online, open access undergraduate research journal at the University of Oregon developed by students at the UO, who carry out all facets of its operation. The publication showcases some of the best research and writing by UO undergraduates. OUR Journal launched its fourth issue (Volume 4, Number 1) in the spring of 2013, which can be accessed at http://journals.oregondigital.org/OURJ.
Janis Weeks is a biology professor. Marilyn Mohr, a technician with UO Libraries.
And together, they make beautiful music.
Weeks and Mohr play the “mbira dzavadzimu,” an African musical instrument that consists of a wooden board to which staggered metal keys have been attached.
There’s a new service at the University Health Center: Cheaper over-the-counter medicine for faculty and staff.
The service has been added at the UHC pharmacy. Just bring your UO ID to the pharmacy during the University Health Center's hours of operation; the pharmacy accepts cash or check but not debit and credit cards.
