The University of Oregon's Lundquist College of Business has teamed up with Nyenrode Business Universiteit in the Netherlands on a simple idea with high stakes: a case competition in which the winner will be awarded a full-tuition scholarship to Nyenrode's Master of Science in Management program.
Richelle Krotts, academic program assistant in the Education Studies department, received the 2013 Outstanding Classified Employee award during a surprise "ceremony" March 19 at the College of Education.
The University of Oregon Police Department recommended that residents of the near-campus area keep curtains closed and windows locked following at least two reports of a "peeping Tom" in the area of Onyx Street and 21st Avenue on Sunday (March 24).
Will Johnson, a concurrent degree student in the University of Oregon School of Law and Department of International Studies, will travel to Pakistan in mid-April as a research and lecture fellow with the American Institute of Pakistan Studies.
Johnson will spend time at the Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad and meet with various scholars, lawyers and government officials. His trip is part of a broader effort at bilateral scholarly exchange, and while in the country he will spend time with students and faculty from several law schools and related university departments.
Artist and University of Oregon Assistant Professor Christopher Michlig co-curated the exhibition "In the Good Name of the Company", at For Your Art in Los Angeles this month.
The exhibition, which investigated the iconic Colby Poster Printing Company and artists the firm worked with, is the culmination of a year-and-a-half of research into Colby's history, and was expedited by the company's sudden decision to close its doors in December 2012.
Two sidewalks in the core of the University of Oregon campus will be closed and replaced during spring break, potentially affecting users of Friendly, Allen, Lawrence, Johnson, Hendricks and Gerlinger halls.
The main, north-south sidewalk on the west side of Friendly Hall, from 13th Avenue on the south to Allen Hall on the north will be affected, along with the sidewalk on the west side of University Street between Johnson Lane and the Gerlinger Hall driveway circle.
Kim Sheehan, a professor of advertising in the University of Oregon's School of Journalism and Communication, has been selected as a fellow in the Society for New Communications Research for 2013.
The Society for New Communications Research is a global nonprofit research and education foundation and think tank. The society focuses on the advanced study of new and emerging communications tools and technologies, and their effect on business, culture and society.
The University of Michigan's John Wilkin, who also serves as executive director of the HathiTrust Digital Library, will visit the University of Oregon April 1 to give a talk on “Crowdsourcing the Public Domain.”
The free talk will be at 3 p.m. in Knight Library’s Browsing Room.
Wilkin, the University of Michigan's associate librarian for publishing and technology, will describe some of the newer directions for HathiTrust and explore the power of collective action in libraries.
The University of Oregon and Oregon State University expect growth in the state economy this year, UO President Michael Gottfredson said Wednesday, during his keynote discussion at the 2013 Economic Forecast at the Hilton Eugene & Conference Center.
Gottfredson and OSU President Edward Ray outlined the economic development roles of their institutions and urged business leaders and elected officials to work with the universities in enhancing quality of life for Oregonians.
Tickets will go on sale March 25 for this year's version of TEDxPortland – a day of talks about "ideas worth spreading."
This year's event – the third annual – will be April 27 at the Portland Art Museum. The University of Oregon is a presenting sponsor of TEDxPortland.
Tickets have sold out the first day they became available for the first two years of TEDxPortland. Ticket prices for this year's event will be announced next week.
Speakers and performers have been announced on a rolling schedule and will incorporate the theme "What If?"
