Carolyn McDermed has accepted the offer to serve as police chief and executive director of the University of Oregon Police Department, said Jamie Moffitt, chief financial officer and vice president for Finance and Administration.

McDermed, who has been serving as interim chief, is expected to begin July 1, pending review and approval of all necessary paperwork and background checks.

Barnhart residence hall will look a little brighter this summer after it was awarded the Burt Brown Barker Award

The University of Oregon's Brass Quintet got more playing time than its members bargained for on Monday, as a longer-than-expected Duck Walk extended the lead-up to a 2013 Commencement ceremony that swung between inspirational and aspirational.

More than 5,000 graduates were eligible to participate in Monday's ceremonies at Matthew Knight Arena and around campus, and it appeared that most turned out for a final opportunity to revel with classmates and hear encouraging words from a variety of speakers.

Religious studies professor Stephen Shoemaker was recently named one of 36 awardees chosen from 433 applicants for a National Humanities Center Fellowship.

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty:

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

$100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant

Janis Weeks and Shawn Lockery

American Association for the Advancement of Science fellowship

Bruce Bowerman, Biology Department

Physics World’s “Top 10 Breakthroughs for 2012”

FACULTY:

Noah Greenberg Award, American Musicological Society

Lori Kruckenburg (musicology)

Composition selected for album inclusion, Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) [Juried selection by premiere conference for electroacoustic music in the U.S.]

Chet Udell (music technology)

Individual Artist Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission

Faculty:

Thomas C. Stewart Distinguished Professorship

Jennifer Howard-Grenville, management

Harry R. Jacobs, Jr. Professional Service Award, Faculty

Nagesh Murthy, decision sciences

Dean’s College Service Award, Non-Tenure Track Faculty

Robin Clement, accounting

Goulet Research Excellence Award

David Guenther, accounting

Undergraduate Teaching Award, Fall Term

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Relationship Dynamics and Young Adult Drug Use and Abuse

Thomas J. Dishion, Krista M. Chronister, & Allison Caruthers.

College of Education, Department of Counseling Psychology and Human Services and Child and Family Center

National Institute on Drug Abuse. Parenting to Prevent Substance Use in Late Adolescence

Faculty:

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers Distinguished Service Award

Alison G. Kwok, architecture

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education

2012 Faculty Sustainability Leadership Award

Nico Larco, architecture

Marc Schlossberg, planning, public policy and management

Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning

High school students are taking a class in real life as they team up with the University of Oregon housing department to move college students out of the halls – and serve those in the community who need it most.

Under the annual end-of-school-year event “Lighten Your Load,” UO students moving out of residence halls donate items to volunteers with Springfield Public Schools Family Resource Centers, rather than simply throwing it all away.