Eric Priest, a professor in the University of Oregon School of Law, will find himself in a sea of music label executives and celebrities when he attends the nation’s leading conference for songwriters and composers as a panel participant April 18 through 20.
The fourth annual University of Oregon Cinema Pacific Film Festival ventures into new territory this year, with a first-time focus on Latin America and events that extend to Portland.
The festival, which runs April 17 through April 21, will also cast its spotlight on the Pacific Northwest and on Asian Pacific countries, as it has in past years. Singapore and China will be highlighted.
The University of Oregon Department of Dance will present its annual “at home” concert of the touring UO Repertory Dance Company on April 19 and 20, featuring culminating works of the academic year.
Performances are scheduled for 8 p.m. both evenings in the Dougherty Dance Theatre on the third floor of the Gerlinger Annex on the Eugene campus.
Three University of Oregon employees who were known to have entered the 2013 Boston Marathon all are safe, following explosions at the finish line on Monday.
Paul Swangard, managing director of the University of Oregon's Warsaw Sports Marketing Center in the Lundquist College of Business, is quoted prominently throughout an April 14 New York Times story about Nike's attempts to regain its advertising edge.
It can be difficult making the jump from high school to college.
But taking time off after high school to serve your country? That can make the move to a university setting all the tougher.
Fortunately, a new facility on the University of Oregon campus will help student veterans settle into college life and succeed: The Student Veterans Center will provide a dedicated space for student veterans to get resources and gather with their families at the university.
An upcoming lecture promises to be an “animated” experience.
Virginia Morell, an author, science writer and animal-intelligence advocate, will lecture on animal thoughts and emotions at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, in 100 Willamette Hall.
Morell’s discussion will center on her recently published book, “Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures.”
Noted poet Nicole Brossard and one of her translators will visit the University of Oregon April 18-19 to host free public talks that cover feminist translations.
Brossard, a Quebec poet, novelist and feminist theorist, will give a public lecture with translator Susanne de Lotbinière-Harwood from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 18, in the Knight Library Browsing Room. The two will engage in a conversation together and a buffet reception will follow.
The University of Oregon's Office of Emergency Management and Continuity wants to make sure everyone knows what to do if an earthquake were to shake Eugene.
The UO office is teaming up with the Oregon Pacific Chapter of the American Red Cross to offer a one-hour "Earthquake Readiness" training on April 19, in conjunction with April's Earthquake Awareness Month observances in Oregon. Registration is required. The training session will be from noon to 1 p.m.
