January 2009

UO E-clips, Jan. 1-2

Top stories for January 1-2, 2009: Nanodiamonds in soil, studied by a team led by the UO's Douglas Kennett, linked to quick cooling eons ago, reports The New York Times (similar coverage by the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Wasington Post, USA Today, Scientific American, BBC, Register-Guard and Times of London); LTD adds late-night service in university area to address safety risks, reports the Register-Guard; climate change poses big risks for Rogue River Basin, says the UO's Bob Doppelt in a Salem Statesman Journal guest commentary; and The New York Times mentions the case of a UO student in a New Year's Day story on 'The Debt Trap: Colleges Profit as Banks Market Credit Cards to Students,' a story that appeared nationally and in today's Register-Guard

UO E-clips, Jan. 3-5

Top stories for January 3-5, 2009: The Washington Post refers to work the UO's Paul Slovic in an editorial on why the U.S. often fails to intervene in a humanitarian crisis; cleaning up after basketball games at the UO's 'Pit' is featured by the Register-Guard; Chemical & Engineering News reports on the creation of a long-sought-after benzene-like molecule created in a project that included work by UO's chemist Shih-Yuan Liu; in a guest viewpoint in the Register-Guard, UO biologist Nathan Tublitz argues that 'it’s time to give academics top priority'; the Daily Emerald reports on the closing of the UO's Theta Chi fraternity chapter for violations; the use of zebrafish in biomedical research -- led by the UO -- is covered in a feature by Animal Lab Magazine; UO President Dave Frohnmayer is quoted in the Las Vegas Sun in a story about the lack of college football playoffs after Utah stunned mighty Alabama in a bowl game; Australia's iWire, Rednet.com and National Public Radio all cover work by the UO's Doug Kennett that shows the presence of nano-diamonds in 12,900-year-old sediments may suggest comet collisions wrecked havoc on Earth; Oregon conservationists hope for greener 2009, with a quote from the UO's Bob Doppelt, is the story from the Associated Press; the new UO arena project is mentioned in an Oregonian story on how to Oregon Democrats are reaching for credit cards amid the recession; the theft of a bronze statue from the UO is mentioned in a KGW story on how legislators are exploring tougher metal theft laws; the Register Guard reports on the UO dropping its appeal over arena permit; and the Salem Statesman Journal reports on a decline of college assets

UO E-clips, Jan. 6

Top stories for January 6, 2009: College applicants can choose their top SAT score under a new rule, which the UO's Brian Henley says won't change anything here, reports the Oregon Daily Emerald; France's AFP and National Geographic report on UO Doug Kennett's diamond dust discovery; UC-Irvine's student paper reports on work on racial distinctions by one of its university's sociologist that was done in collaboration with UO sociologist Aliya Saperstein; and KVAL-Channel 13 in Eugene reports on the UO giving Theta Chi fraternity the boot

UO E-clips, Jan. 7

Top stories for January 7, 2009: More than 80 off-campus UO students return from break to find their rentals burglarized, reports the Associated Press; Salem's Statesman Journal reports on shrinking college; and the Associated Press spreads the news about the UO's withdrawal of recognition of the Theta Chi fraternity

UO E-clips, Jan. 8

Top stories for January 8, 2009: SAT scores of UO football players lag behind other UO students, reports Eugene Weekly; Dead Week graduation ahead for UO seniors, notes the Daily Emerald; in Portland's Old Town, its developers vs. preservationists, reports The Oregonian; UO's Paul Swangard is quoted in an Atlanta Journal Constitution story explaining the economics of college football's bowl games; Oregon economy still down in November and for a long haul, says UO economist's monthly Economic Indicators, reports the Associated Press; and the vetting process for new UO president is raising some concerns, reports the Register-Guard

UO E-Clips, Jan. 9

Top stories for January 9, 2009: The Associated Press reports on progress and concerns in the search to replace the retiring UO president; a guest opinion piece in The Oregonian notes the UO in tackling how taxpayers are stuck with huge bills for government lobbying; UO biology professor Nathan Tublitz is co-author on an opinion piece in Inside Higher Ed about Barack Obama and the International Education Bowl; meanwhile, Obama congratulates BCS Champion Florida, calls for playoff, reports The Hill, a Washington D.C. publication that also notes UO President Frohnmayer's stand against a playoff; India's Entertainment and Showbiz media outlet reports the ancient nanodiamonds being possible proof of Earth’s impact with comets 12,900 years ago, citing work by the UO's Doug Kennett; All About Jazz of Pennsylvania reports on UO saxophone instructor Idit Shner in its Tuesday's Blues column; the UO's Dennis Howard is quoted in a story in South Africa's Business Day on the Bird’s Nest National Stadium in China; closer to home, a UO senior is charged in burglary near campus, reports the Register-Guard; Portland's Examiner quotes the UO's Scott Coltrane in a story titled Ever heard of the phrase "from the horse's mouth"; and … back to Obama, who was cut for lack of talent from a college intramural basketball team, says UO professor Tom Lininger in a Bleacher Report item

UO E-clips, Jan. 10-12

Top stories for January 10-12, 2008: Construction forecast across Oregon is dismal, reports the Daily Journal of Commerce in a story that includes comments from UO economist Tim Duy; in a Register-Guard guest editorial, UO President Dave Frohnmayer responds to an earlier guest editorial that claimed the UO is spiraling into academic disrepair; Darwin's birthday, anniversary of 'Origin' are topic of UO public lecture series, reports the Register-Guard; and the UO wants to move Civil War football game to a Thursday, reports The Oregonian

UO E-clips, Jan. 13

Top stories for January 13, 2009: UO donations to make up gap in aid grants, reports the Register-Guard; UO funding aids development of energy products, reports the Daily Journal of Commerce; falling prices for homes in Eugene not enough to aid home sales, reports USA Today in a story quoting UO economist Tim Duy; UO professors win Fulbrights, reports the Register-Guard; and UO and Eugene police launch traffic safety day, reports the Register-Guard

UO E-Clips, Jan. 14

Top stories for January 14, 2009: Colleges rushing to fill state grant shortfall, reports The Oregonian, with quotes from the UO's Elizabeth Bickford; Oregon Public Broadcasting also reports on efforts to make up the state's grant shortfall; Obama's message of hope and change is working well with retailers, reports The New York Times, which cites the UO's Lynn R. Kahle; traffic rules (that even students should obey) are now part of UO education, reports the Register-Guard; Secret ballot argument against Employee Free Choice Act is a canard, reports The Examiner (Portland), which features the UO's Gordon Lafer in a video; and a computer with password-protected personal information stolen from UO employee, reports The Oregonian based on a UO announcement

UO E-clips, Jan. 15

Top stories for January 15, 2009: Words from the UO go with a new classical symphony that remembers the 1945 bombing of Nagasaki, reports the Washington Post; 'Whatever your ride, the rules still apply,' reports the Register-Guard in today's story on bicycling, walking, driving and skateboarding at the UO; language immersion, class time discussed by the Lake Oswego school board, which heard from the UO's Carl Falsgraf, reports the Lake Oswego Review; UO seeks grant applicants for Wells Fargo offering, reports the Register-Guard; and a Congressman plans hearings on BCS in effort to force playoff, reports USA Today, which quotes UO President Dave Frohnmayer

UO E-Clips, Jan. 16

Top story for January 16, 2009: UO economist Tim Duy is quoted in a CNN story focusing on the troubled economy and banking industry

UO E-clips, Jan. 17-20

Top stories for January 17-20, 2009: Inauguration is the focus on campus today, reports the Register Guard; Barack Obama stands at threshold of catastrophic climate change, say to UO professors in guest commentary on Straight.com; Enrollment balloons at LCC, with comment from the UO's Elizabeth Bickford, reports the Register-Guard; the UO's Paul Swangard is quoted in a Golfweek.com piece titled 'Younger audience has Tour atwitter'; and UO sociologist John Bellamy Foster answers questions from WIN Magazine on 'Capitalism's burning house'

UO E-clips, Jan. 21

Top stories for January 21, 2009: UO journalism professor says newspaper story went unnecessarily into Portland mayor's personal life, reports OPB; CNBC.com and other media report on findings of the UO's Warsaw Sports Marketing Center that "Madden" NFL game players are getting some value; race still an issue despite Obama presidency, reports DelawareOnline.com, citing a UO study by sociologist Aliya Saperstein; state’s jobless rate rises again and improvement may be a year away, says UO economist Mark Thoma, reports the Register-Guard; and UO law professor Garrett Epps writes about 'The Founder's great mistake' in Atlantic Monthly

UO E-clips, Jan. 22

Top stories for January 22, 2009: Eugene Weekly and the Register-Guard feature Friday night's opening of the 75th anniversary's opening reception at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art; the UO's Helen Chu serves on a panel discussing how technology doesn't have to costs tons of money, reports Wisconsin's Lacrosse Tribune; UO economist Mark Thoma draws praise from Minnesota Public Radio; New Jersey's world language programs are falling short, reports the Press of Atlantic City and quoting the UO's Carl Falsgraf; and a new center at Stanford University will study the human brain’s role in compassion and altruism, reports the Earth Times in a story that mentions the UO's Bill Harbaugh

UO E-clips, Jan. 23

Top stories for January 23, 2009: Oregon Daily Emerald reports on the move of the UO-OSU college football Civil War game into students' Dead Week; UO economist Mark Thoma is again cited (Forbes.com) in coverage on the U.S. stimulus plans; and Bill Harbaugh's link to a new Stanford-based human-brain study center on altruism is mentioned by Medical News Today

UO E-clips, Jan. 24-26

Top stories for January 24-26, 2009: the Daily Journal of Commerce writes about the UO's graduate certificate in ecological design; UO geologist Ray Weldon is quoted as an outside expert on a study reported by several media outlets on southern California's being overdue for a strong earthquake; in Eugene, the future of Civic Stadium (to be vacated by the professional Emeralds when the UO baseball park opens) comes up tonight at City Council, the Register-Guard reports; the UO's Aliya Saperstein's research on race is mentioned in a Salem Statesman-Journal article on race and politics; and NPR cites a UO study in a story involving the economy and unions taking pay cuts

UO E-clips, Jan. 27

Top stories for January 27, 2009: UO study mentioned in a Canada National Post story asking 'Which came first, the belly or the stress?'; Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland, reports on UO's architecture ranking; and the Daily Emerald reports on the death of UO financial aid counselor Paul Carlile

UO E-clips, Jan. 28

Top stories for January 28, 2009: the Register-Guard reports on concerns some UO basketball fans have regarding seating at the new arena when it is completed; the UO's Dennis Jenkins will talk about obsidian and artifacts -- and how their dating is done -- next month in Hillsboro, reports the Hillsboro Argus; and the Daily Journal of Commerce provides yet more coverage of the rankings of the UO's architecture programs

UO E-clips, Jan. 29

Top stories for January 29, 2009: UO business instructor Tim Berry writes in U.S. News & World Report about the '3 deadly business phrases to avoid'; the remodeled Robinson Theatre is the star of new UO production, reports Eugene Weekly; season tickets, for some, go on sale this summer for seats at the new arena, reports the Associated Press; and the UO's Paul Swangard is quoted in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch story on how Anheuser-Busch is dialing back exclusive sports deals to save money

UO E-clips, Jan. 30

News stories for January 30, 2009: Extensive coverage today on the final $853 million tally of the UO's Campaign Oregon (AP, Oregonian, Register-Guard, more); findings involving wildfires 15,000 to 10,000 years ago by UO's Patrick Bartlein and colleagues are covered in Germany's Innovation Report; UO economist writes in Blue Oregon about the need to improve the state public-record rules; the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror cites work by UO psychologist Ulrich Mayr in a story titled 'Being good for goodness sake: Do you have the “giving” gene?'; and the UO's Paul Swangard is quoted by ESPN.com in a feature about turning baseball's World Series into a Super Bowl-type affair