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UOAA News
February 2010 • UO Homepage • UOAA Homepage • All Issues

Duck Trivia

Which UO Athletic Director’s informal handshake in 1947 with Walt Disney granted the UO permission to use Donald as its mascot?

Leo Harris.

Photo: Walt Disney (right) and UO Athletic Director Leo Harris meet in 1947.

In This Issue

Top Story

  • Oregon Made Possible

Campus News

  • Confucius Institute Established at the UO
  • Alternative Spring Break
  • Grads to Wear Biodegradable Caps and Gowns
  • Mysteries of Brain Development Revealed

In Memoriam

  • Professor Emeritus Thomas R. Hart
  • Florence King Douglas ‘31
  • Brad Ecklund ‘49
  • David Harding ‘75

Featured Alumni

  • Erik Kvarsten ’82 Welcomes Sustainability Initiative
  • Brian Turner ‘96 Featured in New York Times
  • Joann Green Byrd ’64
  • OHSU picks Connie Seeley ’92

Ducks Giving

  • 2010 Fulbright Awarded to UO Grad
  • Heart for Haiti

Athletics

  • The Spirit of Bellisimo Lives on With Bowlers
  • Competition Not Conflict
  • Blood Making Oregon Track History
  • Women's Basketball Team Edges Out ASU

Oregon News

  • Academic Outreach Website Launched
  • Oregon Law Honors Assistance Program Recipients
  • Jesse Jackson Visits EMU

Faculty News

  • Anthropologist Receives UO MLK Award
  • From Oregon to Mongolia
  • Psychologist Named to Harvard Advisory Groups
  • Lundquist Honors Professor Matsunaga

Photo Gallery

  • President Lariviere's Birthday
  • Matthew Knight Arena Progresses

Calendar

  • UOAA Events Calendar

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