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E-clips, Sept. 27

Top stories for September 27, 2007: The Associated Press quotes UO constitutional law expert Garrett Epps in its reporting on a stern rebuke by a federal judge of parts of the Bush administration’s antiterror law; multiple business news outlets report on the UO’s new NSF grant to fund entrepreneurship collaboration; and the Register-Guard details UO aspirations to modernize most on-campus housing over the next 10 years.

Two Patriot Acts Provisions Ruled Unlawful (Associated Press, widespread pickup): A federal judge issued a stern rebuke of a key White House antiterror law, striking down as unconstitutional two pillars of the USA Patriot Act. U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken ruled Wednesday that using the act to authorize secret searches and wiretapping to gather criminal evidence — instead of intelligence gathering — violates the constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and seizures… The case shows that pushing the Patriot Act to the limit may backfire on the Bush administration, said Garrett Epps, a constitutional law expert at the University of Oregon. "They've been so aggressive in their assertions of statutory and constitutional authority that it has alienated courts," Epps said. "Judges just don't trust them. The Bush administration has shot itself in the foot."

UO Receives NSF Grant to Fund Entrepreneurship Collaboration (AmericanVentureMagazine.com, Bizjournals.com, and other media pick up of the story, which was based on a UO News Release): The University of Oregon has received a three-year, $435,000 grant from the National Science Foundation's Partnerships for Innovation Program to launch the Oregon Technology Entrepreneurship Consortium (OTEC). OTEC will form a network connecting Oregon’s research universities, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI) and private industry to infuse Oregon’s economy with cutting-edge technologies, start-up companies, and a pipeline of university-trained scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs. "OTEC is emerging as the university's flagship initiative for integrating graduate education in science, business and law,” said Rich Linton, vice president for research.

UO aspires to modernize most on-campus housing (Register-Guard): An ambitious student housing plan for the University of Oregon would replace two-thirds of the existing on-campus residence halls and renovate most of the rest in an effort to modernize an out-of-date housing stock and persuade more students to live on campus. The plan would be phased in over 10 years and would result in a net increase of more than 1,500 beds. Financing options still are under consideration, but much of the work probably would be funded with state bonds repaid from the rent charged to students; the first phase is expected to cost between $40 million and $60 million.

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19th Century structure unearthed at Oregon Institute of Marine Biology

Craig YoungA small probe into the parking lot at UO's Institute of Marine Biology turned up more than expected -- a 19th Century structure that may have been a dock or a boardwalk. KCBY-Channel 11 reported the discovery on Aug. 15, interviewing a contractor and institute director Craig Young, a UO biologist. (Story & Video)

Why, oh why, do people live in the danger zones?

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A writer for the National Science Foundation went "behind the scenes" to ask why anyone would live in terrain vulnerable to natural disasters, such as the California wildfires in 2007. The resulting, colorful story about the choices people make to do so focuses on the research of the UO's Paul Slovic. (Read Story)

Media Links

Oregon Quarterly Magazine

Newspapers:
Daily Emerald (UO students)
Register-Guard
Eugene Weekly
The Oregonian

Campus Radio:
a) Eugene's Classical
KWAX (99.1 FM)
b) Student Run
KWVA (88.1 FM)

TV Stations:
KEZI, Channel 9 (ABC)
KVAL, Channel 13 (CBS)
KMTR, Channel 16 (NBC)
KPTV (FOX-12, Portland)
 
Public TV, Radio:
Oregon Public Broadcasting
NPR (LCC, 89.7 FM)
KOPB (1600 AM)

News/Talks Radio:
KUGN (590 AM): UO Sports
KPNW (1120 AM)

UO Alumni News

1) Keep up on alumni news with the official e-newsletter of the UO Alumni Association.

2) Alumni in Portland have their own newsletter: See PDX Ducks.

 
UO ranks high in two national college guides

Princeton Review logoThe University of Oregon is one of 11 colleges that received a Green Rating of 99 (the highest score) in The Princeton Review’s “Green Honor Roll.” The news received national attention from the CBS Early Show, ABC World News with Charles Gibson, and other national and local media.

Fiske Guide 2009 The UO is also included in the 2009 edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges as a Best Buy school. From the guide: "UO may be the best deal in public higher education on the West Coast."

Jim Hutchison featured on ScienCentral piece about green nanotechnology

Face shot of Jim HutchisonSome 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. ScienCentral News has produced a video with the UO's Jim Hutchison, who is noted as one who is spinning gold -- gold and copper nanoparticles so small, billions would fit on the head of a pin. (Check it out)

Jenkins' discovery prompts U.S. News to ask: How Did People Reach the Americas?

Dennis Jenkins faceshotA science article posted online July 24 by U.S. News & World Report looks at the early peopling of the Americas, and how new techniques, such as DNA, are shedding new light on the issue. Cited prominently is work by UO archaeologist Dennis Jenkins. (Read story)

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Public event, Sept. 12: Cracking Open the Universe, the LHC and future physics

On Sept. 10, the first beam ever will be sent through and around the Large Hadron Collider, a brand new particle accelerator, in Geneva, Switzerland.

University of Oregon physicists have key roles in this international endeavor. Come to campus for a free evening event to learn more about the "first beam" and how the LHC will advance the quest of physics to learn about the fundamental nature of the universe.

Speakers: Jim Brau, Graham Kribs and Eric Torrence … Friday, Sept. 12, 7 p.m., Columbia Hall, Room 150MORE DETAILS.

(Anyone with an interest in science will get a bang out of this event!)

Kyr's piece debuts with new hospital

The University of Oregon Trumpet Ensemble performed a new fanfare by UO music professor Robert Kyr at the RiverBend Hospital earlier this summer. PeaceHealth commissioned the piece for the opening of the RiverBend facility. Click HERE to watch a brief video clip of the performance.

 


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