Campus and Community

An exhibit at the Knight Library through May 31 will give insight into the life of a Northwest original: artist Morris Graves.

On Monday, April 29, Professor Barbara Bader Aldave taught her last class at Oregon Law.

From her start as a half-time professor in 1970, Aldave has educated current and future lawyers and leaders, supported the work of Oregon's entrepreneurs and championed the cause of justice. 

A folklore professor from the University of Wisconsin will take his audience “back to the new normal” in the digital age during an upcoming lecture that is free and open to the public.

Robert Glenn Howard, professor of Communication Arts and director of the folklore program at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, will lecture at 4 p.m. May 14 in the Knight Library Browsing Room.

KWVA Eugene 88.1FM turns 20 this year and is celebrating with a weeklong music and media festival called BETTERFEST.

The event, which runs May 13-18, includes a kickoff party, record swap, hip-hop freestyle tournament, Small Howl local band showcase and more. It culminates in three main stage concerts at the WOW Hall featuring performances from college radio artists.

His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14^th Dalai Lama of Tibet, tried his best on Friday afternoon to convince the 11,000 followers and curious onlookers at the University of Oregon's Matthew Knight Arena that he's just another human being – but one with heartfelt opinions about humility and mutual respect.

"We are actually human brothers and sisters," the Dalai Lama said. "Despite our differences, we are basically the same human being.

The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art’s music series Museum After Hours features a concert by Betty and the Boy on Friday, May 10 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The doors open at 6 p.m.

The UO's very own Friendly Hall made it to Jeopardy! earlier this week.

A staff member was watching the popular trivia show May 7, and "Friendly Hall" was the answer to a question about the first dormitories in the U.S.

Finished in 1893, the three-story red brick building was conceived to be co-ed, with two main entrances, one to the south for men and one to the north for women. Additions came in 1914, 1920, and 1924, and remodelings in 1933, 1951, and to this day.

With autism rates especially high in Oregon and rising everywhere, University of Oregon experts on May 7 helped the public separate fact from fiction during a seminar at the Ford Alumni Center.

The group discussed the latest in research and plans for a center at the UO, during an at-times emotional, three-hour program at which many shared stories of the impact of autism in their lives.

Intel Corporation announced recently that the board of directors elected UO alum Renée James to be president, assuming her new role on May 16.

James, 48 -- who earned her bachelor's degree in 1986 and master's degree in business administration in 1992 from the UO -- began her career with Intel through the company's acquisition of Bell Technologies.

The Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon hosts the second annual CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium May 9-11, free and open to the public.

Held in cooperation with Eugene Pubic Library, the event, “Common Ground: Land, Language, Story,” headlines American Book Award winning author Ruth Ozeki, who will read from her latest novel and participate in two panel discussions

Other features include Northwest women writers participating in panels and leading workshops: