“The Grace of Silence,” by NPR special correspondent Michele Norris, has been selected for the reading in anticipation of Norris’ visit to campus Nov. 13.

Past users of the Libraries’ website will notice many new improvements in the design and functionality of the homepage the next time they visit.

While most UO students still have more than a month left to savor summer, School of Law students are preparing their first assignments.

Giving to the University of Oregon surpassed the $200 million mark for fiscal year 2013, a banner year highlighted by a significant increase in gift commitments providing student, faculty and research support. The university received gift commitments totaling $200,054,995, the second highest one-year total in the UO’s history. Individuals, companies and foundations contributed 41,460 gifts and pledges, helping to propel the university’s endowment to a record level.

Smokers trained with a form of mindfulness meditation known as Integrative Body-Mind Training curtailed smoking by 60 percent, according to a recent study by UO researchers published online in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. IBMT, which involves whole body relaxation, mental imagery and mindfulness training led by a qualified coach, has long been practiced in China. It has been under study for its potential impacts on a variety of stresses and related changes in the brain, including function and structure.