UO President Michael Gottfredson and his wife, Karol Gottfredson, joined the university's presidential scholars for a dinner in their honor on Monday night.About 200 current UO students are recipients of the prestigious Presidential Scholarship, awarded to 50 academically outstanding Oregon students each year. Photo gallery on the president's website by Max McDermott.

All University of Oregon faculty and staff qualify for discounted meals at University Housing dining facilities through the new Ducks Dine On program. Anyone with a UO ID card will be able to purchase a meal plan that is valid at all nine dining venues. Four package options are available, ranging from a 10-meal plan for $65 to a 100-meal plan for $600. The larger the meal plan, the greater the discount. Employees who purchase the 100-meal plan will also receive a “Golden Mug” that allows unlimited refills of any soda, tea or brewed coffee.

The season opener of the Schnitzer Cinema at The University of Oregon will be two rarely screened Andy Warhol films – “The Velvet Underground in Boston” and “Bufferin” – at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9. Warhol, who lived from 1928 to 1987, is considered one of the 20th century’s major visual artists. He also made hundreds of films.

The University of Oregon Police Department commissioned its three newest hires on Monday, Oct. 7 – the department's first line police officers. Allison Hart, John Loos, and Steven Barrett are first-time police officers, hired after a rigorous series of tests, interviews, background checks, and psychological and medical screenings over the last four-and-a-half months. Their commissioning, or swearing-in, with UOPD marks the official start of their police careers and their service with the UO.

The University of Oregon will begin an eight-week course on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for faculty, staff and others on Oct. 7. The course will run from through Nov. 25, with classes each Monday at 6:30 p.m., in the UO Baker Downtown Center. Participants are being asked to attend a mandatory orientation session Oct. 4 at 10 a.m. and a full-day workshop Nov. 16 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., in addition to the regular Monday evening classes.