A Eugene man was found guilty today (April 30) of sex crimes on the University of Oregon campus last August.Christopher Warren Mack, 35, will be sentenced on May 2 after being convicted in Lane County Circuit Court on one count of first-degree sexual abuse and two counts each of third-degree sexual abuse and public indecency. The charges stemmed from incidents in the summer of 2012 in which he "groped" UO students on campus.First-degree sexual abuse carries a mandatory minimum sentence of six years in state prison, under Oregon's Measure 11.

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The accidental career: That's what some people call the banking profession. To help students chart a more direct path to the field, Lundquist College Career Services teamed with the college's Finance and Securities Analysis Center and the University of Oregon Department of Economics to hold an event last month titled "Careers in Banking."

The Office of Communications has earned the UO’s highest distinction for earth-friendly operations, adopting policies and practices certified “green” by the university. The department was one of seven recognized during the latest round of green-office certifications by the Office of Sustainability.

A study by a UO psychologist confirms what has long been suspected: There is biology behind the adolescent’s drive to self-evaluate at puberty.A specific region of the brain is in play when children consider their identity and social status as they move into adolescence, the often-turbulent time of reaching puberty and entering middle school, psychology professor Jennifer Pfeifer said. She is director of the department's Developmental Social Neuroscience Lab.