The Ford Family Foundation has named UO career instructor Mike Bray a 2013 Hallie Ford Fellow in the visual arts. The $25,000 award is given to artists who have demonstrated excellence in their work and who show potential for significant advancement.
Score one for science.
Brandy Todd, assistant director for administration at the UO Oregon Center for Optics, was named 2013 Eugene Slug Queen Aug. 9, joining the celebrated ranks of unofficial ambassadors who champion causes during a one-year “rain” over this quirky city we call home.
“I’m very pleased and honored,” Todd said recently, green eye shadow still gracing her face from the competition. “It’s a wonderful and irreverent cadre to be invited into.”
For University of Oregon senior Starr Hathaway, all it took was one field trip to the McKenzie River.
“Immediately I fell in love,” said the environmental and cinema studies major. “Due to the natural qualities of the river, it’s extremely unique, but it’s also a cultural gold mine. I can’t think of too many other places that are like it, to be honest.”
The University of Oregon Office of Research, Innovation, and Graduate Education has announced recipients of Idea Awards, designed to stimulate discussion and development of new collaborative research projects that enhance the UO’s research strengths.
Funds are used to encourage collaborative research and engage faculty in projects to facilitate research excellence. Recipients include:
Archaeologist Terry Hunt directed the UH Honors Program
Four new specializations will become part of the graduate curricula starting in the 2013-14 academic year.
Housed within existing areas of study, the new areas offer specialized credentials to graduate students who meet the requirements. The expansions fit with the graduate school’s aim of being forward-thinking to help students meet the needs of the future.
The approved specializations will be housed within existing areas of study but will now offer specialized credentials to graduate students who meet the requirements. The areas of focus include:
