Michael Gottfredson was officially installed as the University of Oregon’s 17th president today (Thursday, May 30), during a ceremony in Matthew Knight Arena at which he stressed the importance of public research universities and “the thrill of discovery, the engagement of learning by doing.”

Think Nike in Beaverton. Google in Palo Alto. Urban Outfitters in Philadelphia. Corporate campuses aren’t unique, but having one downtown is. Helping design such a campus in a dynamic city like Portland is an even rarer opportunity, but that’s precisely what a cadre of University of Oregon graduate students is doing.

In the early 1950s, the saying was “meet me at the SU” – a reference to the Erb Memorial Union. That’s also the title of an upcoming documentary on the history of the facility: "Meet Me at the SU: A History of the Erb Memorial Union" premieres at 6 p.m. June 6, in the EMU Ballroom, free and open to the public. Presented by the Division of Student Affairs and written and directed by Oregon journalism graduate Jonna Threlkeld, the film features interviews with Oregon alumni representing generations of students dating to 1945.

Eugene will study a redesign of 13th Avenue by University of Oregon students when it considers changes for the roadway in the months ahead, a city official said recently. The news capped an open house on the redesign held May 28 by LiveMove, an interdisciplinary student group that spent the academic year rethinking the corridor for safety and access.

“Breaking the Code,” a biographical drama and comprehensive character study that deciphers the life of Alan Turing – brilliant mathematician, code breaker, and founder of computer science – opens at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 30, at the University of Oregon’s Hope Theatre.