Top Story  The Kesey Collection Campaign
The Ken Kesey Collection contains irreplaceable typewritten manuscripts, artwork, collages, photographs, and correspondence dating from 1960 to 2001. This rich archive is a resource for students and scholars interested not only in Ken Kesey and his writing but also in the literature and culture of the 1960s. The University of Oregon has the unique opportunity to purchase the Ken Kesey Collection and keep it in its current home, the UO Knight Library, as Ken wished. » Watch a KVAL-TV interview with James Fox, head of special collections at the University of Oregon… » Find out how you can help…
Campus News  University Housing Takes a Healthy Approach to Student Nutrition
How many calories are in a smoothie from DUX Bistro? Is there a gluten-free salad dressing at Carson Dining? Where can a vegetarian with a peanut allergy eat in the University of Oregon residence halls? Responding to students' hunger for nutrition information, the UO's housing dining services launched a new online service on Feb. 1. » Learn more…
 Shake out From the Shake Out: Quake Drill Rocks
On Jan. 26 the University of Oregon marked the 311th anniversary of the last Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake by testing the UO Alert! Emergency Notification System. Faculty, staff, and students were encouraged to participate in a statewide “Duck, Cover, Hold” quake drill. » Find out more…
 UO Advances to Top Tier of U.S. Research Institutions
The 2010 Carnegie Classification list for research universities ranks University of Oregon among the best with a "Very High Research Activity" designation; Vice President for Research Rich Linton calls the upgrade a 'remarkable achievement.' » Read more from UO’s Architecture and Allied Arts…
 Ride in the Rain
Miraculously, it did not rain on Ride in the Rain. The campus event, billed as “A Celebration of Wet Weather Bike Transportation,” was intended to help University of Oregon students learn how to, well, ride in the rain and not be miserable. » Learn more…
Oregon Made Possible, 2011 Thursday, February 10th was a day of celebration at the EMU with our second year of hosting Oregon Made Possible! The Student Alumni Association (SAA) would like to thank all of the UO students who came down to the EMU to pay tribute to those that help make their education possible. We had over 200 students visit our table and sign thank you cards to first time academic donors. For every thank you card signed, students were entered for a chance to win an iPad (no catches, they just had to sign a thank you card and get a ticket to win!)
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Featured Alumni  Carol Harrison ’85 Finds Support in Parkinson’s Research Trials
At a local coffee shop, Carol Harrison accidentally drops her personal planner, and papers scatter across the floor. “That’s how my life is,” she said cheerfully, picking up the pages. “But I put it back together.” It’s not a bad philosophy. » Read more from the Advocate…
 Ryan Frank ’99 Chosen as Daily Emerald Publisher
Former Oregon Daily Emerald Editor in Chief Ryan Frank has been selected to lead the University of Oregon's independent student news organization into the 21st century as its new publisher. Frank will begin at the Emerald on Feb. 28 after being unanimously chosen by the Emerald Board of Directors for the position. » Read more from the Oregon Daily Emerald…
 Admiral John Dick ’40 Reminisces About Tall Firs and 1st NCAA Tourney
Admiral John Dick remembers it all like it was yesterday. He and his teammates were on the train home to Eugene in March 1939, unaware that the town — and all of Oregon — was ready to celebrate the University of Oregon's win in the first-ever NCAA college basketball tournament. » Learn more and click on video tab to watch John in a clip from KVAL-TV…
Jim Watkins ’53 Finds Value in Time Shares To look at the portfolio of more than a dozen hotels and time share resorts Jim Watkins has created over the decades, it’s hard to believe that he’s gone flat broke twice. When he arrived in Del Mar in 1968 with his wife and four children in tow, Watkins had just $1,000 in his pocket, fresh from a real estate meltdown in central California where he had lost all four properties he owned, including the family home.
» Find out more from San Diego Union Tribune…
Horace Henry Foxall, Jr. ’72 Elected to National Trust for Historic Preservation Board Horace Henry Foxall, Jr. recently retired as Manager of the Army Corps of Engineers’ Center of Expertise for Preservation of Historic Structures and Buildings. For more than three decades, Foxall assisted the Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense, and other federal agencies in developing historic preservation projects and programs, advising staff, architects, engineers, and outside consultants in the execution of historic building preservation. Foxall currently serves on the Board of Advisors of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
» Read more about Mr. Foxall…
Ducks Giving University's Academic Council Endorses New Partnership The University's eight-person Academic Council officially endorsed University President Richard Lariviere's New Partnership after deeming the proposal's aim of improving academic quality to be feasible. Drawn up by request of University Senate President Nathan Tublitz, the council's "Academic Implications of New Partnership Proposal" concluded that a long-term stabilized funding stream would have an "indirect but highly significant" positive impact on the University's academic mission.
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Athletics 
Warren Named to 2011 Pac-10 Hall of HonorFormer University of Oregon men’s basketball great Charlie Warren will be honored by the Pac-10 Conference as part of the 2011 Basketball Hall of Honor. Warren, along with the rest of the 10-person class, will be recognized in a ceremony on Saturday, March 12 during the Pac-10 Hall of Honor breakfast. » Find out more…
Ducks Announce Top 10 Recruiting Class Statistically speaking, Oregon’s 2011 football recruiting class ranked higher than any in program history. The two most established recruiting services, Rivals.com and Scout.com, ranked the announced haul No. 9 and No. 10, respectively, while newcomer 247Sports.com (SI.com's recruiting arm) pegged UO No. 12. ESPN, which produced at least one head scratcher in its analysis (see Colt Lyerla as a three-star prospect while the other three sites ranked him among the top five athletes in the nation), ranked the Ducks' class 14th.
» Read more from UO’s Anthony McNamara… » Watch the video from EPSN about recruit De'Anthony Thomas choosing Oregon…
UO Wins College Fishing Western Division on Lake Shasta The University of Oregon team of Kyle Schneider and William Crowl won the National Guard FLW College Fishing Western Division on Lake Shasta Saturday with five bass weighing 7 pounds, 6 ounces. The victory earned the team $10,000 to be split between the university and the university’s bass-fishing club; $7,500 for the bass club and $2,500 for their school.
» Read more from fishingworld.com…
UO Ranked No. 14 in Baseball America's Pre Season Top 25 The Oregon Ducks are ranked No. 14 in Baseball America's 2011 college baseball preseason poll released January 27. The Ducks, in only their third season since reinstating the program, joined No. 9 Connecticut and No. 20 College of Charleston as first-time teams to be ranked in Baseball America's preseason Top 25, which dates back to 1981.
» Find out more from OregonLive.com…
Oregon News  Business Students Enter the Real World of Kettle Foods
Kettle Foods, the Oregon-grown producer of natural chips and snacks, had a problem with big bricks-and-mortar implications. A team of students from University of Oregon's Lundquist College of Business had an uncommon interest in material handling. » Read more from the UO…
 Oregon Bach Festival Wins Portland Music Award
At the fourth annual Portland Music Awards Friday, January 28th, the Oregon Bach Festival took home the award for Outstanding Achievement in Classical Music. John Evans, OBF executive director and president, accepted the award from actor Daniel Baldwin. » Read more from the Oregon Bach Festival…
 Ashton Eaton Owns Indoor Heptathlon World Record
Competing far from his home state of Oregon, in the Northern European country of Estonia, OTC Elite rookie Ashton Eaton crossed the finish line in 1,000 meters to a familiar feeling — a standing ovation and a world record in the indoor heptathlon. » Learn more about Eaton from KVAL-TV…
Faculty News  Modern Echoes of the Renaissance by Professor Robert Kyr
The audience sat in silence in the sold-out pews of St. Martin's Lutheran Church. It had come to hear music by the Renaissance composer Josquin Desprez and the contemporary composer Robert Kyr, but the program set aside a few quiet minutes for reading the program and lyrics. » Read more from the Wall Street Journal…
Frances Bronet Receives Distinguished Professor Award Frances Bronet, dean of the UO School of Architecture and Allied Arts, has been awarded the 2010-11 Distinguished Professor Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. The award recognizes sustained creative achievement in the advancement of architectural education through teaching, design, scholarship, research or service.
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 Neuroscientist Professor Helen Neville on the Effects of Poverty
At the 2010 Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego, a group of scientists held a session on how poverty changes the brain. Neuroscientist Helen Neville of the University of Oregon in Eugene joined the discussion and described some of her group’s studies on the brains of 3- to 5-year-old children who grow up poor. » Read Q and A from Science News…
 Professor Sokoloff Elected President of Physics Teachers Association
University of Oregon physics professor David R. Sokoloff has been appointed president of the American Association of Physics Teachers. Sokoloff, a faculty member at the UO since 1978, has conducted research into students’ understanding of physics, and used the results to develop active learning laboratories and interactive lecture demonstrations that connect students to the behavior of the physical world. » Read more…
Photo Gallery 
Colonel Tammy Smith (left) and Colonel Rob Ewing (right) show off the Oregon flag from an "undisclosed location in Afghanistan." (Photo courtesy of Tammy Smith)
Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy celebrates with her staff
at the Parade of Champions on January 22.
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