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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
Museum morsels from east and west (Eugene Weekly): With art, you brace yourself for the unknown,” says Lawrence Fong, associate director of the UO’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. True -- or else you become one of those people snorting, “My 5-year-old could do that.” Not your style of art criticism? Excellent. Still, you can know a few things before pouring into Friday night’s opening reception for the J-Schnitz’s 75th anniversary show, “Lasting Legacies.”
Museum's legacy (Register-Guard): To celebrate its 75th anniversary this year, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon is ransacking the basement, the attic and everyplace else for a new show that illustrates the entire history of the museum. The museum's new exhibit, “Lasting Legacies: The First 75 Years,” concentrates on the artistic treasures that have been donated to the museum over the course of its lifetime.
Experts: Technology can lower education costs (Lacrosse Tribune): Utilizing the latest and best technology doesn’t have to cost a ton of money, experts said Wednesday. Ways to save money, save time and enhance learning through technology in tough economic times was the theme of Passport to Technology at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. … People on the teleconference panel, such as University of Oregon director of academic technology Helen Chu, had additional ideas about saving time and money.
Fiscal stimulus (Minnesota Public Radio): There's a lot of discussion in the econ blogsphere and editorial pages about the fiscal stimulus "multiplier" effect on the economy and whether tax cuts have a bigger or smaller effect on economic growth. I think Mark Thoma, professor of economics at the University of Oregon, has written a well-reasoned and simple argument that cuts through the whole multiplier debate.
New Jersey world language programs fall short (Press of Atlantic City): World language instruction in New Jersey's kindergarten through eighth-grade classrooms is improving, but school districts still are not effectively preparing students to speak a second language. In 2008, only 31 percent of the more than 21,000 eighth-graders tested in a pilot project achieved the required "novice-high" standard, or the ability to speak in short, simple sentences. … "Time matters" Carl Falsgraf, director of the Center for Applied Second Language Studies at the University of Oregon told the state Board.
New center at Stanford to study brain’s role in compassion, altruism (Earth Times): A new Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education has been launched at the Stanford University School of Medicine, with the aim of doing scientific research on the neural underpinnings of these thoughts and feelings. … He also connected with University of Oregon neuroeconomist Bill Harbaugh, PhD, who examines altruistic giving using functional magnetic resonance imaging.