- UO president and U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio tour the Museum of Natural and Cultural History's new $2.8 million collections wing
- Teri Rueb will speak about her large-scale interactive art
- Official fall 2009 data indicates total enrollment of more than 22,300; 16 percent jump for international students
- The UO Alumni Association and UO Family Programs present daily academic, music, service and tradition- focused activities
- Events take place at Museum of Natural and Cultural History Nov. 14-15
- Telling Project takes its Oregon production to the nation’s capital for Veterans Day
- University of Oregon-University of Rochester team finds compound that reverses type 1 myotonic dystrophy
- Eighth-annual Civil War Blood Drive is a friendly rivalry that aims to encourage statewide blood donations
- Program facilitates conversations between student and family veterans with 50 “veteran friendly” faculty and staff
- Rededication of the Ralph Amato Lounge, toy drive for military families to be celebrated as part of Veterans Awareness Week
- Community reception on Nov. 6 at Museum of Natural and Cultural History
- UO Center for Asian and Pacific Studies and the political science department to present talk as part of lecture series
- Dale Jamieson is the 2009 Wayne Morse Center Chair
- Eighteen courses will analyze sites and develop conceptual designs, plans for Gresham, Ore.
- This is the final lecture in the UO Portland 'Science Savvy Women and Girls' series
- Program highlights cultures and sounds from around the globe
- The event is sponsored by the Wayne Morse Center
- Former students, now scientists, return to UO to describe their work and memories
- UO's 'Science Savvy" series continues with free events through October
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- Women in computer science? Numbers not adding up wellSexism isn’t rampant in computer science, says Kiki Davis (a UO doctoral student), but it’s there -- so writes Marc Dadigan for the College of Arts and Sciences in a story about computer science's lack of women students and faculty. ... Sarah Douglas, UO educator, says: “I’ve gone five years teaching 400- and 500-level courses without seeing a single woman. When there’s so few, it’s hard to feel comfortable.” A challenge here? (Read story)
- UO physicist Hsu is a real fan of 'The Big Bang Theory'A story in The Oregonian looked at the CBS series "The Big Bang Theory," asking several real scientists what they think of the television show. The comedy is scoring well. Among the fans is Stephen Hsu, a professor of physics, who says "it is hilarious." (Read Story)

- UO economist offers analysis of stimulus effectivenessToday, four economic experts were posed the question, "Did the Stimulus Work?" by the New York Times. UO's Mark Thoma offers his insight that the stimulus package got off to a shaky start and the big danger is if we declare victory too soon. Read more here.

- UO's David Frank offers wisdom on President Obama's 2009 Nobel Peace Prize

David Frank, dean of the UO's Robert D. Clark Honors College and professor of rhetoric, is quoted about the selection of President Obama for the Nobel Peace Prize in separate stories in The Oregonian (Oct. 9) and in the Register-Guard (Oct. 10). (Click on each paper's name to read the coverage.)