UO and Lane County education partners help lead state achievement pilot

A regional partnership that includes the University of Oregon will help lead an education pilot initiated by the Oregon Education Investment Board.

The partnership, called Connected Lane County, will receive $50,000 through the Oregon Solutions Network to help transform education in Oregon and achieve the 40-40-20 goals set by Senate Bill 253 in 2011.

UO’s De La Cruz contributes to feminist publication

University of Oregon doctoral student Sonia De La Cruz is keeping the feminist movement alive.

The UO School of Journalism and Communication student contributed to the second section of “Renewing Feminisms: Radical Narratives, Fantasies, and Future in Media Studies,” a recently published book that contradicts the belief that the feminist movement is a thing of the past.