Here’s an opportunity to broaden not just your academic horizons but also your global ones.
The Office of International Affairs has put out a call for proposals for UO Global Seminars and travel grants.
UO Global Seminars are academic programs conducted – in full or in part – in international settings. The seminars are set to launch in 2014-15, including summer 2014.
"Buongiorno" and "ciao" may be the preferred greetings of the week in Eugene, as the University of Oregon hosts the 33rd annual conference of the American Association for Italian Studies from April 10 to April 14.
The international conference was also held at the UO in 1999.
Pets and domesticated animals haven't received proper credit for all they've done to to help shape human societies, University of Oregon sociologist Richard York says in a recently published paper.
York and fellow sociologist Philip Mancus of the College of the Redwoods in Crescent City, Calif., made their case for four-legged friends in a paper published in the current issue of the quarterly journal Sociological Theory. Animals have had "profound influence" in driving the evolution of human societies, the pair say.
Aaron Grieser, a graduate of the University of Oregon School of Law, is tapping some Oregon roots in Thailand.
Grieser and a business partner, Bryan Bartrusch, co-founded Beervana last June in Bang Na, Thailand. The start-up imports craft beer from small-scale breweries such as Oregon's Rogue Ales and sells them to upscale Thai bars and restaurants.
Grieser and Bartrusch came up with the concept after meeting while enjoying a beer at a food festival.
Two family-oriented events from UO Work-Life Resources are heading to the University of Oregon campus in April: a “Duckies at Dusk” family movie night on Thursday, April 18, and a “Spring Clothing & Toy Exchange” for UO families on Saturday, April 20.
The movie night, featuring the movie “Wreck it Ralph,” is sponsored by Ducks after Dark, an Erb Memorial Union program that provides students the opportunity to plan and implement events. It functions as a student program board that typically presents late-night film festivals.
The University of Oregon's Service-Learning Program will host its next Service-Learning Roundtable on Thursday, April 11, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., in Lokey 119.
The roundtable – a collaboration between the Service-Learning Program, the College of Education and the Division of Student Affairs – is intended as an opportunity for faculty and staff from across the university, within the community and from various disciplines to share information, build relationships and learn more about each other's work in the context of service-learning.
Jeffrey Ostler, a faculty research fellow in history, will present "Why the United States Was Forced to Refute Allegations of Genocide in Its First Treaty with Indians" in an upcoming talk open to the public.
The lecture starts at noon, Friday, April 12, in 159 Prince Lucien Campbell Hall. It's part of the Oregon Humanities Center's Work-in-Progress Series.
UO alum and former tennis team captain Duncan MacDonald-Korth (anthropology, 2011) has aced his way to the international round of the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship.
The University of Oregon's Office of Organizational Development and Training is offering a variety of new skills for faculty or staff members looking to improve themselves – from contracts and purchasing to holding high-stakes conversations.
More than 15 professional development courses, meetings and events are available to UO employees over then next five months. Most are offered at no cost and several can be expected to be provocative.
The ever-changing digital world means new roles for faculty members, university administrators and information technology providers in the years to come.
Education technology expert Richard Katz will help UO personnel understand those roles in an upcoming talk that is free and open to the public.
