How to describe the importance of the College of Arts and Sciences to the University of Oregon?

It’s Elemental.

The university’s largest college is redesigning its communications efforts to emphasize its fundamental role at the UO. A fresh look is coming to websites, magazines, newsletters and multimedia communications from the college and its 44 departments, programs and centers—all organized around the “elemental” theme, Acting Dean W. Andrew Marcus said.

Fourteen of the University of Oregon's tenured faculty members were honored at a luncheon on Friday (Oct. 25) with Fund for Faculty Excellence Awards for the 2013-2014 academic year.

Each of the recipients was awarded $20,000 in recognition of his or her research, teaching and leadership.

Economic indicators, unemployment and job polarization were among the themes at the 10th annual Oregon Economic Forum.

For new faculty settling in at the UO and in the Eugene/Springfield community this fall, there are many adjustments and hidden gems to discover.

“I've absolutely fallen in love with Eugene, as has my family,” said C.J. Pascoe, a new assistant professor of sociology. “We have also had a blast discovering all the great places to eat, bike paths, hiking trails and the most abundant blackberry bushes.” 

Eugene Scoles, former dean of the University of Oregon School of Law and distinguished professor emeritus, died Oct. 11 in Eugene. He was 92.

Scoles was born on June 12, 1921, in Shelby, Iowa, to Samuel Sherman and Nola Elizabeth Leslie Scoles. He was married in St. Louis on Sept. 6, 1942, to Ruby Helen Glawson; after 56 years of marriage, Glawson died on Dec. 26, 1998.

Images of the human brain aren’t just educational – they’re artistic.

Psychology professor Marjorie Taylor has found her niche in something she calls “brain art”; MRI images of the human brain provide her with the inspiration to create rugs, beadwork and other forms of fabric art. Taylor also has more than a little fashion sense – she designs “unusual clothes,” she said, that are regularly modeled on runways in Eugene.

The University of Oregon School of Law on Nov. 8 will bestow the 2013 Frohnmayer Award for Public Service to Oregon Supreme Court Justice Martha Walters and longtime Legal Aid Attorney John VanLandingham.

The reception and award presentation will take place at 5:30 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Downtown Portland.

Each year, the Frohnmayer Award for Public Service recognizes a graduate, faculty member or friend of Oregon Law whose public service brings honor to the school.