The most recent issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education calls the UO’s Sustainable Cities Initiative “one of higher education's most successful and comprehensive service-learning programs.”

Chronicle sustainability reporter Scott Carlson visited the UO personally to speak with SCI co-founder Marc Schlossberg and other faculty involved in the multi-disciplinary program, which connects students with cities to create real-world solutions to real-world problems. Carlson also interviewed city staff who offered insight into the importance and impact of working with students.

Three alumni from the Oregon Executive MBA program were honored at the Portland Business Journal’s annual CFO Awards luncheon on May 16 at the Governor Hotel in Portland.

Karen Shepard of St. Charles Health Systems, Doug Shafer of iovation, Inc., and Mick Reynolds of Pacific Continental Bank were all finalists, with Doug and Karen taking top honors among the medium companies and nonprofits categories, respectively.

The annual awards recognize Portland-area business people for their financial acumen.

Ed Madison, a visiting assistant professor in the UO's School of Journalism and Communication, has been named to the Apple Distinguished Educator program for the Class of 2013.

He is the only current Apple Distinguished Educator in the state of Oregon.

Every year, the prestigious program recognizes the most innovative educators in the world for their work with Apple technology in and out of the classroom.

According to the program coordinators, Madison’s determination to seek new paths and embrace new opportunities in the digital world sets him apart.

There is a critical need for tools to understand the influence of healthcare social networks on sustained weight loss.

Fortunately, professor Dejing Dou has just such a tool – it’s called SMASH.

University of Oregon President Michael Gottfredson has announced the formal recommendations of Williams Council for Undergraduate Education.  

The president accepted the recommendations that five innovative projects be funded and that two outstanding faculty members – Bonnie Mann, an associate professor of philosophy, and Michael Stern, an associate professor of Scandinavian – be designated as Williams Fellows for 2013-14.

The University of Oregon Graduate School has announced the recipients of its annual Excellence Awards, which are given to two faculty members and one staff person who have shown dedication and leadership in supporting graduate students and education.

Janet Rossant, an expert in molecular genetics, will deliver the 28th Annual Institute of Molecular Biology’s Streisinger Lecture at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28, in 100 Willamette Hall. Her talk will explore “Single Cell Analysis in Early Mammalian Development.”

Rossant is a senior scientist in the developmental and stem cell biology program and chief of research at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario. She is also a professor in the departments of molecular genetics, obstetrics/gynaecology and pediatrics at the University of Toronto.

University of Oregon President Michael Gottfredson and local education partners discussed continuing success for high school graduates last week at a meeting of the state’s education investment board.

Speaking at the invitation of Oregon Chief Education Officer Rudy Crew, Gottfredson and Connected Lane County, a coalition of education leaders, made a proposal for a regional achievement compact during a meeting of the Oregon Education Investment Board.

School of Journalism and Communication Instructor Sung Park has been selected for the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program.

Park, one of approximately 1,100 U.S. faculty and professionals who received the award, will spend the 2013-2014 academic year at the University of Ghana. Park will teach multimedia journalism to graduate students for the university’s journalism program.

Two University of Oregon students are among four finalists in an architecture contest that prizes original, non-toxic and ecologicaly sound building products.

Zander Eckblad, an undergraduate in the UO's Product Design Program, and Yin Yu, a graduate student in the Interior Architecture Program, both in the School of Architecture and Allied Arts, have advanced in the Oregon BEST Red List Design Challenge. Finalists were announced recently at the International Living Future Institute’s annual unConference in Seattle.