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UO Conference to explore violence, human rights, reconciliation in Latin America

Conference will feature five panel discussions and more than 20 speakers.

'Immigration & Citizenship' the topic of University of Oregon conference

Lecture series examines reconstruction following catastrophe or war

University of Oregon opens doors to achievement with PathwayOregon

PathwayOregon helps cover tuition and fees for lower income Oregonians starting as freshmen next fall

Regional essay contest deadline nears

Oregon Court of Appeals to hear arguments at UO School of Law

UO Foundation honored as Mid-Size Nonprofit of the Year

At a recent ceremony, Foundation & Endowment Money Management (FEMM) awarded the University of Oregon Foundation the Mid-Size Nonprofit of the Year award.

University of Oregon philanthropy class seeks grant applicants

Wells Fargo & Company funds $5,000 program that aids non-profit agencies

University of Oregon music school welcomes Liszt scholar Alan Walker

New Coaches Fund supports UO Libraries

Effort to strengthen connection between academics and athletics draws full participation

University of Oregon Libraries annual book sale set for Jan. 29- 30

Thousands of low-priced used books await new owners.

University of Oregon arena financing, designs progressing

New fund supports lesbian studies, honors teacher and activist Sally Gearhart

Climate Change will be the talk around UO campus as part of national teach-in

University to host local area Climate Summit, 13 public lectures and evening keynotes

UO campus experiences temporary loss of steam

Several buildings lose heat and power. Services restored within a few hours.

School of Law offers new Statement of Completion in Sustainable Business Law

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Investors worried, tuned into news reports, UO psychologists tell Wall Street Journal writer

Paul Slovic mug shot Two with University of Oregon ties named to new FDA risk advisory panel

Since 2001, investors’ comfort zone with their stocks has nose-dived from little worry about negative returns to growing worry about their stocks going nowhere for maybe a decade, reports UO psychologist Paul Slovic in an interview with Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Zweig about today’s economy. In same article, UO psychologist Ellen Peters notes that American investors are spending a lot of time following, especially on TV news, the economic turmoil. Zweig’s column, however, carries the message that those who have some cash and can conquer their stock-phobia may be a good position, likening their potential investments to a venture in emerging markets. (Read story – may require paid subscription)

UO's Hutchison is part of ACS's touting of global sustainability via chemistry: Check out Jim Hutchison's participation in an American Chemical Society production of its "Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions" Podcast, in which the society says: "Faced with concerns about dwindling petroleum supplies and environmental pollution, we must begin to consume in a new and more sustainable way." (Listen in)

Also, still available is a report featuring Hutchison by ScienCentral: Some are calling it a revolution in manufacturing technology. But, will nanotechnology be a "green" industry? It’s a question that some scientists are saying needs to be answered now, before nanotech goes big-time. (Check it out)

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Sense of entitlement? Not in faces at military base, writes UO's Tom Bivins: UO journalism professor Tom Bivins, sipping coffee and watching youthful faces at San Antonio's Fort Sam Houston, says the often-discussed "sense of entitlement" thought to exist in today's college-aged students was absent among like-aged faces wearing U.S. Army uniforms. His comments appear in a commentary in The Oregonian. (Read it)

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January images

UO Conference to explore violence, human rights, reconciliation in Latin America

'Immigration & Citizenship' the topic of University of Oregon conference

Lecture series examines reconstruction following catastrophe or war

University of Oregon opens doors to achievement with PathwayOregon

Regional essay contest deadline nears

Oregon Court of Appeals to hear arguments at UO School of Law

UO Foundation honored as Mid-Size Nonprofit of the Year

University of Oregon philanthropy class seeks grant applicants

University of Oregon music school welcomes Liszt scholar Alan Walker

New Coaches Fund supports UO Libraries

University of Oregon Libraries annual book sale set for Jan. 29- 30

University of Oregon arena financing, designs progressing

New fund supports lesbian studies, honors teacher and activist Sally Gearhart

Climate Change will be the talk around UO campus as part of national teach-in

UO campus experiences temporary loss of steam

School of Law offers new Statement of Completion in Sustainable Business Law

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