Update (3 p.m. Friday): The University of Oregon received approval from the Oregon University System Friday afternoon to move forward with improvements that will create easier and greater access for fans entering and exiting the north side of Autzen Stadium. The Finance and Administration Committee of the State Board of Higher Education voted unanimously to approve a license agreement that enables the UO to proceed with the project.

Multimedia, long a tool used to various ends, is now helping to end mass atrocity crimes. Mark Hackett, the 26-year-old CEO and executive director for Operation Broken Silence, will explain how when he visits the University of Oregon Jan. 30 through Feb. 1. Hackett heads an emerging human rights organization that specializes in using multimedia tools to end mass atrocity crimes.

There is an ongoing debate about the increasing influence of the brain sciences – and the next Noon Talk by the Center for the Study of Women in Society will provide a platform for it. Faculty affiliate Kate Mondloch, an associate professor and director of graduate studies at the UO Department of the History of Art and Architecture, will examine the neuroscientific turn across the humanities, and in relationship to art history in particular.

Benjamin Wilkinson is passionate about coffee. He loves creating it, describing it and presenting it. Ask Wilkinson where his favorite cup of coffee in Eugene is, he says without hesitation: “UO Dining Services, of course!” Wilkinson is the Food Services Manager at UO Dining Services, and though some may call his opinion biased, it is not entirely unfounded. Wilkinson is experienced, to say the least, when it comes to coffee.

Tai chi translates as “supreme ultimate fist.” But this martial art can also be a source of inner peace and health, as demonstrated by Scott Huette, an instructor in Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon.