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UO E-clips, Dec. 13

Top stories for December 13, 2007: Eugene gets on fast track for five years of big meets, is the way the Oregonian displayed its coverage of Wednesday's announcement that Track Town USA will continue to get national finals and Olympic Trials through 2012 (news that by Wednesday night had traveled around the world via coverage of the Associated Press); several science-news Web sites have picked up on a PMR release, an example is Science Daily's coverage called "Inflammatory bowel diseases: zebrafish study shows key enzyme in gut is a peacemaker"; and a loan company that has been under scrutiny ends ties to colleges, including the UO, according to a story today in the Oregonian

Eugene gets on fast track for five years of big meets (The Oregonian): Eugene became "Track Town USA" in more than name Wednesday when the city secured the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials for track and field, and the U.S. championships in 2009 and 2011 in a single, bold stroke. Craig Masback, head of USA Track & Field, announced the decision in a news conference at the Bowerman Family Building, adjacent to the University of Oregon's newly-refurbished Hayward Field. Eugene and UO already had been awarded the 2008 Olympic Trials, to be held June 27-July 6, and the 2010 NCAA Division I championships.

Inflammatory bowel diseases: zebrafish study shows key enzyme in gut is a peacemaker (Science Daily): University of Oregon scientists, using zebrafish to study the gastrointestinal tract, say that an enzyme long assumed to be involved in digestion instead is a detoxifying traffic cop, maintaining a friendly rapport between resident gut bacteria and cells. A deficiency of the enzyme, intestinal alkaline phosphatase (Iap), said Karen Guillemin, a professor of molecular biology, appears to change the playing field inside the gut. Without Iap, an endotoxin called lipopolysaccharide (LPS), which resides in abundance on the gut, gains strength. The UO pioneered the use of zebrafish as a model biological system for studying vertebrates, opening research windows on a growing list of human diseases. These new findings, reported in the December issue of the journal Cell Host & Microbe, are based on manipulations made in young, germ-free zebrafish and build upon key developmental discoveries involving the zebrafish gut that were published in 2006.)

Loan company ends ties to colleges (The Oregonian): The loan company that came under fire for allegedly engaging in misleading marketing practices -- including using universities' athletic logos -- agreed Tuesday to end its lending arrangements with 63 colleges, including Oregon and Oregon State. The agreement was part of a settlement with New York State attorney general Andrew Cuomo, who has been investigating the loan industry. Cuomo alleged that University Financial Services of Clearwater, Fla., used universities' athletic logos and colors to steer students to consolidate their loans with the company. In return, UFS paid athletic departments kickbacks of up to $15,000, Cuomo said.

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Why, oh why, do people live in the danger zones?

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A writer for the National Science Foundation went "behind the scenes" to ask why anyone would live in terrain vulnerable to natural disasters, such as the California wildfires in 2007. The resulting, colorful story about the choices people make to do so focuses on the research of the UO's Paul Slovic. (Read Story)

Welcome new UO alumni ... 66 years after their expulsion

Honorary degree from UO

The University of Oregon on Sunday, April 6, honored Japanese Americans who had been students at the UO when World War II broke out. The students -- including Alice Kawasaki Sumida, shown above with UO President Dave Frohnmayer (photo by Dave Martinez, Oregon Daily Emerald) -- were expelled under a federal order and their education cut short. Frohnmayer told the group that "we are proud to claim you as alumni." Read the coverage:

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2) Alumni in Portland have their own newsletter: See PDX Ducks.

 
Jim Hutchison featured on ScienCentral piece about green nanotechnology

Face shot of Jim HutchisonSome 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 nano-tech goes big-time. ScienCentral News has produced a video with the UO's Jim Hutchison, who is noted as one who is spinning gold -- gold and copper nanoparticles so small, billions would fit on the head of a pin. (Check it out)

Jenkins' discovery prompts U.S. News to ask: How Did People Reach the Americas?

Dennis Jenkins faceshotA science article posted online July 24 by U.S. News & World Report looks at the early peopling of the Americas, and how new techniques, such as DNA, are shedding new light on the issue. Cited prominently is work by UO archaeologist Dennis Jenkins. (Read story)

UO physicist creates a laser trap, which acts as a one-way gate to collect atoms

Daniel Steck mugPhysicists, including the UO's Daniel Steck, have created a laser barrier that lets atoms through only in one direction -- the barrier stuffs the gas into a smaller volume with only a minute increase in its temperature. The Science News, online, presents feature coverage of Steck's work, which was published in the June 20 issue of the journal Physical Review Letters. (Read Story)

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Indian Country Today features teacher ed program

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A University of Oregon teacher education program designed in collaboration with the nine federally recognized tribes of Oregon was featured recently in Indian Country Today. The master's program in the College of Education is open to students with a bachelor's degrees who are members of federally recognized tribes or are descended from members. Students receive tuition and a monthly living stipend as well as book and computer allowances. The program's grads must teach at tribal or Title VII-funded schools. Click HERE to read the story.

 


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