About 2,800 new students from Oregon began classes at the University of Oregon this week, along with students from every state in the U.S. and from nearly 100 countries around the world. Total enrollment is estimated at 24,000 – similar to last year's total, and part of a strategic decision to maintain quality of the educational experience for UO students.

The western United States is home to a vibrant community of business law scholars. To foster this community and promote intellectual exchange, the University of Oregon School of Law is proud to host the inaugural Pacific West Business Law Scholars Colloquium from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, in the Wayne Morse Suite of the White Stag facilities in downtown Portland.

Warm welcomes and drier-than-expected weather were the orders of the day Sept. 30 as UO and community leaders welcomed students back to neighborhoods near campus.

That buzz you feel is the energy of a new year starting today – Sept. 30 – at the University of Oregon. UO officials and others are welcoming back students living off campus with the 2013 UO Community Welcome walk, which runs from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Leaders including UO President Michael Gottfredson, Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy and others will go door to door in near-campus neighborhoods to meet students, share tips on keeping them and their belongings safe and encourage them to be good neighbors.

For years, the university's parking and transportation services were housed with public safety, in Straub Hall facing 15th Avenue. The two departments have split, and both have moved – Straub Hall is being renovated and will be used for academic purposes when it reopens. UOPD moved its patrol and operations base to a station at 15th Avenue and Walnut Street in 2011. Parking and Transportation moved in June 2013, when the Straub remodel began. The current locations: University of Oregon Police Department