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UO E-clips, July 25
Top stories for July 25, 2008: Hynix's presence had made the UO a magnet for Korean students, says the contributor of a guest viewpoint in today's Register-Guard; student group, including UO members, gets advance look at lost Chinese art to be promoted during the Beijing Olympics, reports New American Media; U.S. News and World Report cites the work of UO archaeologist Dennis Jenkins in Oregon's Paisley Caves as critical evidence in reconsidering the arrival point of the first Americans; and ScienCentral reports on the green nanotechnology initiative being pushed by the UO's Jim Hutchison
Hynix always a good citizen of the community (Register-Guard, guest view point): The announcement by Hynix Semiconductor Manufacturing that the company will be closing its Eugene computer chip fabrication plant is obviously disappointing news for people in Lane County and all over Oregon. Not only will about 1,000 local workers be losing a family-wage job with excellent benefits, but Lane County alsowill be losing its largest taxpayer. … Thanks in part to their experiences here, the University of Oregon has become the school of choice for thousands of outstanding Korean students over the past decade.
Beijing Olympics promote lost art in China (New American Media): What will be presented at the Olympics opening ceremony has been kept under wraps in China, but U.S. scholars and students revealed that folk art will be performed in the most-looked-forward-to event ever in that country. Blair Remington, a junior art major at the University of Central Florida told New America Media that yo-yo and bow-and-arrow performances will be showcased at the Olympics opening ceremony. Peking opera masks will also be on display. "I'm looking forward to seeing them on TV," she said. Remington, on her trip to China in May, learned this from artists who told her they would be performing. She went there last May with a student team from UCF and the University of Oregon to cover and do research on Chinese folk arts.
How did people reach the Americas? (U.S News and World Report): After years of spirited debate over how and when people first reached the Americas, scientists finally seem poised to reach agreement. The emerging consensus: In contrast to what was long held as conventional wisdom, it now seems likely that the first Americans did not wait for ice sheets covering Canada to melt some 13,000 years ago, which would have allowed them to traipse south over solid ground. … University of Oregon archaeologist Dennis Jenkins discovered the critical new evidence buried more than 4 feet below the floor of a dusty cave near Paisley, Ore.
Green Nanotechnology (Sciencentral.com): Some 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. (Video of UO Professor James Hutchison available by clicking here)