Top psychologists from the University of Wisconsin will present the latest on youth language and emotions during the May 10 Leona Tyler Lecture Series, which is free and open to the public.

Jenny Saffran and Seth Pollak have traveled internationally to speak on changing views of infant language development and children’s emotions.

A busy month of research-themed events got under way on Monday, with an Innovation Luncheon, featuring a speaker from a venture capital firm, and an Innovation Open House, highlighting companies and programs with ties to University of Oregon research.

Both events were presented by the office for Research, Innovation and Graduate Education.

The final round of the University of Oregon Graduate School's Three Minute Thesis Competition is today (May 8) from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., in the EMU Fir Room.

The University of Oregon Chamber Choir has placed first at the Fleischmann International Trophy Competition at the Cork International Choral Festival in Cork, Ireland – one of Europe’s most prestigious choral arts events.

Judges at the competition on Saturday, May 4, awarded the Chamber Choir a score of 92.67 percent, surpassing the local favorites, New Dublin Voices. That ensemble’s score of 90.11% was the second highest among the competitors.

The University of Oregon School of Music and Dance will welcome Stephen Kelly, the Dye Family Professor of Music, emeritus, at Carleton College in Minnesota, during the week of May 6 to 11. The UO school has named Kelly a 2013 Robert M. Trotter Visiting Professor – a mark of distinction reserved for honored guest artists and scholars.

While on campus, Kelly will make three public appearances, lecturing on three distinct and musically significant eras.

University of Oregon President Michael Gottfredson has announced that Scott Coltrane, dean of the UO's College of Arts and Sciences, will serve as interim senior vice president and provost beginning July 1.

Coltrane will succeed Jim Bean, who is leaving the senior vice president and provost position to return to teaching in the Lundquist College of Business. Coltrane will serve in the interim role while a nationwide search is conducted to fill the position permanently.

A five-person delegation from the University of Oregon led a two-day faculty development workshop for instructors at Japan’s Nagoya University on March 16 and 17. The Japanese Ministry of Education’s Global 30 initiative sponsored the workshop.

Launched in 2008, the Global 30 initiative aims to help Japan internationalize its higher education practices by creating English-language programs, recruiting international students to study in Japan, and providing opportunities for Japanese students to study abroad.

Runners looking for a leg up on the competition will have the opportunity to be critiqued by biomechanical experts in advance of the upcoming Eugene Marathon.