Harry S. Stamper, Jr., was an acclaimed songwriter, folksinger, longshoreman and community and labor activist.
A celebration of his literary and musical legacy will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Wesley Center, 1236 Kincaid St., Eugene.
The event will feature:
What happens when a country with deep cultural roots becomes part of the global world? How do the citizens adjust to new influences, while maintaining ways of living that seem natural to them?
Wendy Larson, vice provost for Portland Programs and a professor of East Asian Languages, is back in Portland after a sabbatical year to conduct research for her fourth book, “Zhang Yimou: Globalization and Subject of Culture.” The research focuses on Zhang Yimou, one of China’s most famous and controversial film directors.
In “Women’s Work: Nationalism and Contemporary African American Women’s Novels,” UO Assistant Professor of English Courtney Thorsson takes a new view of African American nationalism through the history of African American fiction writing by women.
One of Peter Richter's earliest memories is standing eye to eye with a Russian army guard dog. The year was 1947.
Richter was 3 and his family had just boarded a train heading to Germany, in hopes of escaping Russian occupation of Czechoslovakia. Richter and his mother had waited nervously in a hotel room for his father to pick them up with the forged papers allowing them to make their way west.
The UO public records office released additional documents to news media in response to requests for information about the athletics department inquiry. The Register-Guard story includes:
“The University’s long-held belief about the core integrity of the program was confirmed,” the official response said. “The investigation showed that the Oregon football program values integrity, and that Oregon coaches did nothing to intentionally gain an unfair advantage.”
For the fall 2010 issue, Oregon Quarterly received a class note from Eric Benjaminson '81, sharing the news that he had been confirmed as ambassador to the Central African Republic of Gabon and to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe. Eric and his wife, Paula Benjaminson, a career foreign service officer, would be headed to the region in a few weeks.
The Weekly Wrap is an update each Friday morning from the Office of Strategic Communications. It provides highlights of news you may have missed during the week and showcases UO stories about amazing students, faculty, staff and alumni.
The Straub Hall renovation, expansion of the Student Recreation Center and other University of Oregon construction projects are expected to impact streets and parking on campus this summer.
The Straub Hall project, which is underway, will result in limited access to 15th Avenue between Agate and University streets from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays, through Aug. 18. Pedestrian traffic will be allowed on the south side of 15th – across from the construction site – as directed by flaggers.
For many of us, the clearest memories of our grade-school math instruction were their mind-numbing, time-consuming repetitiveness. Odds 1-59 of long division, evens 2-40 of adding fractions. Show your work.
Not understanding what you were doing was its own punishment; it took forever and if you didn't get the first couple problems you probably weren't going to get the rest.
