Crater Lake, the Seastacks at Bandon Beach, ancient soils in the John Day Fossil Beds …

The University of Oregon is grieving the loss of a woman of tireless energy and enthusiasm with the unexpected death June 18 of Cathleen Leué, director of information technology for the College of Arts and Sciences. She was 56. There will be a public celebration of her life at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 22, at Musgrove Funeral Home, 1152 Olive St., Eugene.

Joe McAndrew and David McKay are making a difference for Oregonians through the state government. The University of Oregon Planning, Public Policy and Management graduate students are immersed in the legislative process through internships with the government.

After practicing law for seven years, Oregon School of Law alumna and Eugene native Mary Thompson has taken the writing skills she developed at law school and in the courtroom to New York, where she now dedicates herself to full-time writing and copy-editing. In 2012, Clarion Books published Thompson's first novel, “Wuftoom,” a young adult horror-fantasy novel about a sickly teenager visited by a worm-like creature that tells him he is becoming one of them.

Carolyn McDermed has accepted the offer to serve as police chief and executive director of the University of Oregon Police Department, said Jamie Moffitt, chief financial officer and vice president for Finance and Administration. McDermed, who has been serving as interim chief, is expected to begin July 1, pending review and approval of all necessary paperwork and background checks.