Do you belong to a gym? Here's your chance to get reimbursed for it.

UO employees this month are choosing and selecting health plans for the coming year. Among the benefits: Starting Oct. 1, if you go to a gym at least 12 times per month, you’ll be eligible to receive a $15 reimbursement per month. If your partner or spouse goes to the gym at least 12 times per month, they will also be eligible to receive a $15 reimbursement per month.

AroundtheO conducted a readership survey during the summer to help us identify the types of UO news that are most important to our readers. Now that campus is filled with students, the academic year is underway and AroundtheO's readers are back, it's time to share what you told us in the survey.

You get most of your UO-related news online. You like hearing about interesting AroundtheO stories by way of our periodic emails. And you enjoy reading about campus projects and situations that may affect you directly.

That's what you told us, anyway.

Shanghai, long considered China’s most cosmopolitan metropolis, has today reemerged as a global center with a booming culture industry and flourishing art scene.

A panel discussion, “Picturing Global China: Contemporary Art from Shanghai and Beyond,” Oct. 5 from 1-4 p.m. at the University of Oregon Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art will bring together leading scholars and practitioners of Chinese art, theater, and film to discuss the rapidly developing cultural climate of China’s largest city and primary financial capital.

It’s called a GUI – pronounced “gooey” – and it’s worth $15,000 to any creative University of Oregon students out there.

A GUI is a graphical user interface – it’s the icons, buttons and other visual indicators on a smartphone, for example, that are touched to operate the device. GUIs are found in hand-held devices such as MP3 players, portable media players, gaming devices, household appliances and office equipment.

Starting today – Oct. 2 – the University Health Center offers flu and Tdap immunizations to UO faculty and staff as part of Lane County Public Health’s push to immunize the public against pertussis or whooping cough.

Throughout the month, the center reserves time for faculty and staff to get vaccinated quickly. The hours are 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays through Nov. 1 in the Nurse Specialty Clinic at the center, 13th and Agate streets.

The “Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation” at the University of Oregon School of Law will delve into the delicate balance of energy policy and environmental policy during its annual symposium on Oct. 5.