Writer in UO College of Education lands Lehrman Fellowship
Some might not see an intersection between writing and family therapy, but for Zanne Miller the connection is clear.
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UO alum named president-elect of American Medical Association
Robert Wah, who graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Oregon with a degree in chemistry, has been selected to serve as president-elect of the American Medical Association – the nation's largest organization of physicians.
Wah is a nationally recognized expert in health information technology.
UO College of Education partners with state department to serve disabled in Bangladesh
The College of Education has been selected to participate in a U.S. State Department-sponsored Professional Fellows EMPOWER Program.
UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History awarded Oregon Cultural Trust grant
The Museum of Natural and Cultural Historywill receive $17,500 from the Oregon Cultural Trust to rehouse some of the museum's most fragile collections.
UO Associate Dean Adell Amos named Dean’s Distinguished Faculty Fellow
Adell Amos has been named a Dean's Distinguished Faculty Fellow, law school Dean Michael Moffitt recently announced
University of Oregon architecture department retains national accreditation
The National Architectural Accrediting Board has confirmed a full accreditation renewal for the bachelor of architecture and master of architecture programs.
UO’s Wired Humanities Projects receives grant for teachers’ institute in Mexico
Teachers who want to enhance their curriculum with content about Mexican indigenous peoples and their histories will compete for a trip to Oaxaca
UO J-school and psychology team up to explore “psychic numbing”
It’s something we’ve all experienced: A numbness to news of atrocities across the globe.
Now Scott Maier, a professor in the School of Journalism and Communication, will team up with psychology professor Paul Slovic to see how media coverage of such crises can be improved.
Maier and Slovic were awarded a $4,000 research grant for their proposal, “Overcoming Psychic Numbing: Creating Better Media Coverage of Mass Atrocities.”
UO Science Literacy Program excels through active learning
The Science Literacy Program employs active, inquiry-based teaching methods to improve scientific awareness and science literacy for non-science students.
UO Snowden interns working side-by-side with pro journalists
Tommy Pittenger, ’14, a multimedia intern working for The Eugene Register-Guard, spent his first day on the job at Winco foods.
“I got sent out to Winco because Peter DeFazio was there, showing how much food you can really buy with a week’s worth of welfare money,” Pittenger said. “There were all these other news stations there. I interviewed DeFazio, filmed, and headed back and wrote the story.”