Dec 2008

UO E-clips, Nov. 27-Dec. 1

Top stories for November 27-December 1, 2008: UO Foundation sees drop in endowment, reports the Register-Guard today; UO to upgrade its physical plant to meet, keep up with growth, reports the Associated Press and the Register-Guard; UO economist Bruce Blonigen is quoted in an AP story on 'Oregon's economic question: Do public works work?'; KATU in Portland and the Portland Business Journal report on the UO's plan to change the 'Made in Oregon' sign visible above the city's Burnside Bridge; and KVAL asks if Oregonians are ready for the big one -- an earthquake, that is -- and quotes UO geologist David Schmidt who says the coast would feel one the most

UO E-clips, Dec. 2

Top stories for December 2, 2008: 'Made in Oregon' sign's change to 'University of Oregon' draws more attention from The Oregonian; UO economist Tim Duy is quoted in the Washington Post in its story titled 'Flight to U.S. Treasury Bonds is bad news for the economy'; and some UO projects' future were mentioned in the Register-Guard's coverage of the governor's budget plans during the state's current economic downturn

UO E-clips, Dec. 3

Top stories for December 3, 2008: UO names successor for athletics director and head football coach, reports the Register-Guard in a story and The Oregonian in a questioning column; UO has offered a $2,000 reward for the return of 'The Falconer' sculpture swiped from campus, reports the Register-Guard; and renovation of the UO's Straub Hall is part of the Oregon governor's pitch to President-elect Obama for a stimulus package to maintain universities' infrastructures

UO E-clips, Dec. 4

Top stories for December 4, 2008: USA Today writer Jill Lieber Steeg, citing a top NCAA official, reports in today's paper that the trend to name head coaches in waiting, as the UO did this week, is detrimental to minority coaches who may miss out on other opportunities; the Winston-Salem (North Carolina) Journal runs the Associated Press story on the DNA extracted from a Paisley cave latrine by a team led by the UO's Dennis Jenkins; and Oregon's recession deepens, looks to be long, reports The Oregonian in its coverage of UO economist Tim Duy's economic index for October

UO E-clips, Dec. 5

News stories for December 5, 2008: Portland Business Journal pulse poll shows 72 percent of responders say no to UO’s propose changes to “Made in Oregon” sign in Portland; Oregon Public Broadcasting radio and ScienceDaily cover new findings by the UO’s Bruce Bowerman on a critical component of cell division; Chip Kelly’s future with the football Ducks will see rising numbers under coaching deal, the Register-Guard reports; KGW Portland reports via the AP on the long and continuing economic decline in Oregon, quoting from the UO’s monthly economic index; and Eugene Weekly reports some UO faculty members are upset over a new conflict-of-interest policy

UO E-clips, Dec. 6-8

Top stories for December 6-8, 2008: An Oregonian report says the "University of Oregon can change the sign" -- the Made in Oregon one; UO economist Bill Harbaugh points to some "misplaced priorities" at the UO in a guest opinion piece in The Oregonian; UO advances optics research, prevents light loss, reports the Associated Press; UO economist Tim Duy is quoted by the Bend Bulletin in a story on the Central Oregon economy; and condom-wearing models strutted the catwalk during a fashion show, reported KVAL-Eugene

UO E-clips, Dec. 9

Top stories for December 9, 2008: UO sociologist Aliya Saperstein is quoted by the Los Angeles Times and USA Today, among others, in coverage on her study about the role of socioeconomics and incarceration in defining race; UO landscape architecture professor David Hulse is quoted by the Salem Statesman Journal about a $1.2 million project at Willamette Mission State Park that will allow the Willamette River to flow through a 2-mile channel blocked by a dike since the 1940s; and the Register-Guard features a story about night-owl bus service for UO students

UO E-clips, Dec. 10

Top stories for December 10, 2008: More on the sign of probable change in Portland (the old White Stag one), by the Daily Journal of Commerce; meanwhile, a story in The Oregonian about that sign asks if maybe the Ducks have waddled too far; the Register-Guard reports that the governor's proposed budget would give nothing to Lane Community College for its downtown construction plans while the UO would get $110 million toward projects; the R-G also reports that there was plenty of 'foam-made fighting' Sunday near the UO's Erb Memorial Union; and the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on the change for the June 2010 commencement because of the NCAA U.S. Track and Field Championships

UO E-clips, Dec. 11

Top stories for December 11, 2008: U.S. high tech on hold, but for how long, asks Eugene Weekly, citing UO's growing green nanotechnology leadership; UO professor Cassandra Moseley urges Congress to create "green" jobs as part of a national economic stimulus, reports the Register-Guard and Associated Press; and Vincenza Scarpaci, a courtesy professor of history at the UO, is featured by Idaho's Shoshone News Press in a story on how she canvassed the U.S., including a town in Idaho, in search of immigrant stories for a new book

UO E-clips, Dec. 12

Top stories for December 12, 2008: UO professor Judith Hibbard is quoted in a Minneapolis Star Tribune story on a woman's health-care challenges; state economy now in the heart of a recession, UO economist tells business officials in Salem, reports the Statesman Journal; and UO law professor Leslie Harris is quoted in The Oregonian's coverage of a judge's ordering a child-rape suspect bailed out so he can plan for child care

UO E-clips, Dec. 13-15

Representative of University of Oregon (Cassandra Moseley) speaks before U.S. Senate, reports Portland's Daily Journal of Commerce; in a Chicago Tribune blog, a reporter/editor notes a study by the UO's Aliya Saperstein, noting that 'racial identity more than skin deep'; coming new UO arena named for Matthew Knight, reports the Register-Guard; Oregonian columnist John Canzano writes that the UO and Knights got it right on naming the new arena; KVAL, Channel 13 in Eugene, talks to fans about the arena's name; UO defensive back join boy’s fight against cancer, reports the Register-Guard; Asian News International (ANI), south Asia's leading Multimedia News Agency, spreads UO news release about architecture professor Kingston Heath's talk Saturday blending regional design and needs of the people (the ANI story appears in numerous online publications); rumors suggest Beavers digging, burying jersey, at UO's new baseball park site, reports the Associated Press; 'Made in Oregon' sign owner in Portland says UO pays the bills, is OK with him if the UO changes the wording; UO economist Tim Duy is quoted in a Register-Guard story about Country Coach's extended furlough; the Register-Guard's Susan Palmer, in anticipation of the afternoon's arena announcement, asks: 'Will it be the Knight Arena? How about the Phil Pit?'; the Oregonian posts a breaking news story on the announcement of Matthew Knight Arena; UO sociologist John Bellamy Foster is quoted in a national Associated Press story, published in numerous newspapers around the country, on how food banks are being forced to partner with farms and fishermen; and the Discovery Channel quotes the UO's Gregory Retallack in a story asking 'did magnetic blip trigger mass extinction?'

UO E-clips, Dec. 16

Top stories for December 16, 2008: The Medford Mail Tribune and The Oregonian carried morning stories on today's release of a report, co-written by Bob Doppelt and Roger Hamilton of the UO's Climate Leadership Initiative, on projected climate changes and recommendations for Oregon's Rogue River Basin; in another story in the Mail Tribune, the UO is mentioned in a story on the Southern Oregon University Foundation's problems related to the troubled economy; and the Associated Press quotes UO economist Tim Duy in a story on November's 8.1 percent unemployment rate

UO E-clips, Dec. 17

News stories for December 17, 2008: Rogue River Basin could see problems due to coming climate change, according to a University of Oregon-cosponsored report, as reported by OPB, the Daily Journal of Commerce and the Associated Press; and Energy Roadmap looks at recent research findings by the UO's Marina Guenza

UO E-clips, Dec. 18

Top stories for December 18, 2008: UO economist Tim Duy is quoted by the Associated Press in a widely picked up story on the housing slump in Lane County; Sherwood's schools superintendant wins national leadership honor given through the UO; Underwatertimes.com features research that includes UO biologist John Postlethwait and reports on a link found between 'bloodless' icefish of Antarctica and anemia and osteoporosis; and Deb Chereck of the UO's Career Center is quoted in a KVAL-TV story on making your resume work for you during a recession

UO E-clips, Dec. 19

Top stories for December 18, 2008: New Scientist features the UO's Marjorie Taylor and her quilting of brain images; yes, ticket prices are going up for the new UO arena, but 'Matt Court' will include affordable seating,' says the Register-Guard; and the owner of the 'Made in Oregon' sign in Portland writes in The Oregonian that he's fine with UO changing the wording cause it's an icon for an icon

UO E-clips, Dec. 20-22

Top stories for December 22, 2008: Stock investors lose faith, pull out record amounts, reports the Wall Street Journal and quoting work by the UO's Paul Slovic; Medgadget.com features the UO's Bill Harbaugh and the "Museum of Scientifically Accurate Fabric Brain Art" that he curates; the Register-Guard asks: Might Pac-10's dean find a mountaintop, reflect and leave a good-looking program?; UO biologist Nathan Tublitz is quoted in a lengthy Associated Press feature on school investments to help student athletics make their grades (story appeared in newspapers across the country over the weekend -- story also mentions the UO); the Register-Guard and Portland Business Journal reports on four UO spinoff ventures each receiving $50,000 grants; land-use board denies appeal on UO arena land, reports both The Oregonian and Oregon Public Radio; and The Oregonian reports on "Cuba Avant-Garde" at the UO's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

UO E-clips, Dec. 23

Top story for December 23, 2008: UO's Institute of Marine Biology is part of organizations involved in annual whale-migration watching, reports the Statesman Journal

UO E-clips, Dec. 24

Top stories for December 24, 2008: A 'First Citizen' (UO donor J. Peter Moore) dies at 67, reports the Register Guard; the UO's Judith Hibbard is quoted in a story on health-care-plan choices by the Health Behavior News Service; the Middletown (Ohio) Journal reports that Miami University's interior design program ranked ninth in nation in a tie with several others, including the UO's; 'Be bold with charitable donations' is the headline over a Register-Guard guest editorial by the UO's Renee Irvin; and the Ducks send a report on violations and actions taken to Pac-10 in the case of a UO football player, reports the Register-Guard

UO E-clips, Dec. 25-29

Top stories for December 25-29, 2008: UO slogan "use wisely, paper equals trees" is working at Harvard, reports The New York Times; online Register-Guard poll-takers pick the U.S. Olympic Trials as 2008's top story; The Oregonian features UO economist Tim Duy's monthly economic indicators and his accuracy on projecting the recession; climate change and their effects in the Rogue River Valley, based on a UO-led report, are covered in a Register-Guard story; UO backs off on conflict-of-interest implementation, reports Eugene Weekly; and UO President Frohnmayer has tight grip on new pay check, says Eugene Weekly

UO E-clips, Dec. 30

Top stories for December 30, 2008: UO's Judith Hibbard is quoted in a n EmaxHealth.com story about patients' abilities to choose quality health care amid health-plan restraints; Environmental Protection Online reports on potential climate-change impacts and recommendations, per a UO report, for the Rogue River Basin; the UO's Bob Doppelt asks 'How about bailing out the Earth?' in a Register-Guard guest viewpoint

UO E-clips, Dec. 31

Top story for December 31, 2008: Ducks roll in second half to put down the Cowboys, reports The Oregonian