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UO E-clips, Jan. 25
Top stories for January 25, 2008: Renovations at Hayward Field are nearing completion and Eugene '08 gets closer, reports the Associated Press; the Oregon Daily Emerald has a story on the UO School of Law and changes in the field, including three professors choosing to leave campus; and the independent student paper also features an Page One article on "Buddhists Visions," the collection now at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Hayward Field improvements almost done (Associated Press): appearing in the Oregonian and The Register-Guard … The University of Oregon is one futuristic video scoreboard away from completing an $8 million renovation of historic Hayward Field. Designed by former Oregon track star Tinker Hatfield, who graduated with a degree in architecture and now works for Nike, the eight individual panels that comprise the scoreboard are scheduled to be installed Friday. "This is the last major installment to Hayward Field," said Michael Reilly, the assistant athletic director. "We'll do some other cosmetic things in the spring, but in terms of what people will notice, this is the last big piece."
Lost: Law school professors (Daily Emerald): The School of Law, along with law schools across the country, is facing changes on multiple fronts. Not only is it dealing with the shifting nature of legal education, but at least three law faculty members will make the move to another institution after this year. Robert Tsai is one: He's leaving Eugene next year for American University in Washington, D.C.. He declined to go into details, but the associate professor did say his new salary is "significantly better." The tenure track at the University of Oregon is more complex and longer than almost all comparable universities, Tsai said, which contributes to faculty recruitment and retention issues.
Enlightened art (Daily Emerald): Visitors are bound be enchanted by the new exhibit at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Celebrating art that illustrates the 2,000-year history of Buddhism, "Buddhist Visions" features a collection of more than 80 works of art, each representing a facet of the religion's rich origins, philosophies and cultural dynamism. The exhibit, which runs until mid-April, guides museum patrons through the dynamic metamorphosis of Buddhism as new cultures embraced their own local variations on Buddha's teachings. Viewers will see the transformations in the art's images as the word of Buddha spread from India to Cambodia and around the globe.