Help Keep the New Partnership Discussion Moving Forward

March began with a big development for the University of Oregon’s New Partnership proposal, as an overflow crowd filled two hearing rooms at the state capitol to discuss SB 559 and SJR 20, the New Partnership legislation. The meeting of the Senate Education and Workforce Development committee focused entirely on the New Partnership.

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Peer Health Educators Create “All Sizes Fit”

The University of Oregon launched a week-long campaign to promote positive body image. Positive body image is considered to be a person's clear, true perception of his or her shape, and the celebration and appreciation of natural body shape.

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Sparking Girls to Be Scientists

In an experiment, two women took a hearing-aid battery, a pager motor, a toothbrush and an 11-year-old with roses embroidered on her jeans to test whether they could create something enduring. The female scientists did their work at the four-hour Girls’ Science Adventures workshop on the University of Oregon campus.

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The UO Chamber Choir to Perform in Tallin, Estonia

The UO Chamber Choir, directed by Sharon Paul, has been selected to perform at the 12th International Choral Festival in Tallin, Estonia. This is an extremely prestigious event, featuring 50 choirs from 14 countries… and the UO Chamber Choir is the only one from the United States.

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Campus Safety Change to Be Considered by Elected Officials

Campus safety is a hot topic at the UO. During the current legislative session, elected officials will consider two bills that could make it possible for the UO Department of Public Safety to transition to a sworn police department.

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Scott Coltrane, Dean of Arts and Sciences

“I arrived on the UO campus almost three years ago, in July, 2008, just two months before the economy took a dramatic turn for the worse. Since then, of course, the economy has struggled to rebound and only in recent weeks have we seen signs that the state of Oregon is finally digging out.”

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Stephen and Debbie Hilbert, ’70 Embrace UO Model for Sustainability

Former UO students Stephen and Debbie Hilbert, embrace the UO’s Model for Sustainability with a product Steven calls Green-Team-Chair. The Hilberts are currently developing and marketing a product that Steven describes as being the greenest, the strongest, best-looking and best made Adirondack chair produced. This venture comes after a long line of other successful work ventures Steve and Debbie have taken on.

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Robert Sacks ’74 Helps Redevelop the City of Roses

For Robert Sacks ’74, innovation is a family affair. As the principal of Portland’s A&R Development Company, which he runs with his nephew David Schrott, Sacks has built a national reputation for revitalizing neighborhoods with an eye towards livability and cutting-edge design.

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Frohnmayer Award for Public Service Goes to Duncan Campbell ’73

Duncan Campbell ’73 will receive the University Of Oregon School Of Law's Frohnmayer Award for Public Service during a ceremony at 6:00 p.m. Friday, April 8, at The Nines in Portland. Campbell is a Portland native who is the founder and chairman emeritus of The Campbell Group, a timberland investment firm. He is also an attorney at law and certified public accountant.

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J School Silent Auction Brings Community Together to Fight Hunger

In the state's struggle for food security, hunger has met its match. On Feb. 1, the University's School of Journalism and Communication rebooted its fourth annual Web-based silent auction as part of the annual Governor's State Employee's Food Drive.

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Student’s Internship ‘Emotionally Taxing,’ Provides On-Going Lessons

An undergraduate student who interned in India came home with “a new reason to keep on learning” after spending five months working with organizations dedicated to preventing second-generation sex trafficking and HIV/AIDS.

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Students, Staff Organize Japan Disaster Relief

Find out how to be involved on campus, including awareness effort, vigil and drive for donations.

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Amanda Johnson Named to Academic All-America First Team

UO women's basketball player Amanda Johnson, who's pursuing a master's degree in couples and family therapy, was recently named to the 2010-11 Capital One Academic All-America women's basketball first team.

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Lacrosse 101

How about a crash course in Lacrosse? From the rules, equipment, fouls and skills… Get the facts and find out when the Ducks are playing next.

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Lawmakers Bipartisan in Cheer for the Ducks

Even legislators love their Ducks. Lawmakers in the Oregon House of Representatives scored a unanimous vote Wednesday on a resolution honoring the University of Oregon football team, calling the 2010 squad “one of the greatest in the history of this state.”

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MBA Students Working with Athletic Department Need Your Help

The University of Oregon Athletic Department (UOAD) has a history of providing experiential learning opportunities for UO students. Currently, there are students dispersed throughout the athletic department working as interns, GTFs, and on special projects.

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A Night at the Nines: Clark Honors College Celebrates 50th Anniversary

The year-long celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Robert Donald Clark Honors College culminated in a grand gala – A Night at the Nines – in downtown Portland on Saturday, February 19, 2011.

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SOJC Faculty Help Shape Iraqi Journalism Curriculum

Students and faculty meet with Iraqi journalists on campus to share history, ideas, and a vision for the future. “Today there is so much freedom in opinion in newspapers [in Iraq], but we paid a hefty price for this freedom because we lost thousands of our colleagues,” said Dr. Abdulameer Al-Faisali, a journalist and journalism educator at the University of Baghdad in Iraq.

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Latarski Selected for Top 100 Guitarists You Should Know

Don Latarski, head of guitar studies at the School of Music and Dance selected for inclusion in 100+ Gifted Guitarists You Should Know by True Fire Community. Vintage Guitar Magazine describes Latarski as, “a guitarist of great taste and chops to match.” As a finger-style guitarist, Latarski has forged a unique style of playing that draws heavily on the blues and jazz traditions.

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UO and Smithsonian Scholars Make New Discovery

Evidence for a diversified sea-based economy among North American inhabitants dating from 12,200 to 11,400 years ago is emerging from three sites on California's Channel Islands. Reporting in the March 4 issue of Science, a 15-member team led by University of Oregon and Smithsonian Institution scholars describes the discovery of scores of stemmed projectile points and crescents dating to that time period. The artifacts are associated with the remains of shellfish, seals, geese, cormorants and fish.

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Interview Workshop

Does the thought of interviewing make your stomach ache, face pale, palms sweat? Make you want to run for the door? Join us as we offer interviewing strategies, including what you can expect and how you can best prepare yourself.

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Are you interested in joining a panel discussion and reception on April 26 featuring UO alums? Be inspired by the lessons of their career paths and their hope for your careers.

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Alumni Job Search Group

You are invited to connect with other 2010-2011 UO graduates and graduating students looking for work in Portland through supportive small group interaction and shared content. Register for a three-week series of six sessions and bring your lunch. UO alumni will share their wisdom at multiple sessions.

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