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UO E-clips, Sept. 18
Top stories for September 18, 2008: Lane County search team headed into mountains in search of missing math professor Daming Xu, who disappeared last November, reports both the Associated Press and Register-Guard; and Medical News Today reports on a study that included UO participation and shows that toddler problem behavior can be reduced by a parenting program for low-income families
Search resumes for lost UO math professor (Associated Press, appearing in the Oregonian): A Lane County search team will make another, and probably final, attempt to find Damaing Xu, a University of Oregon math professor missing in the Three Sisters wilderness since failing to return from a hike on Nov. 4. County search and rescue coordinator John Miller said about three dozen searchers from Lane and other counties will return to the 9-mile-long French Pete Creek drainage area beginning Friday. He said late summer makes for optimal search conditions in the 50 square-mile area. The search was suspended Nov. 18 because of harsh weather. The 63-year-old Xu, an experienced hiker, planned to return from his solo hike and be back in Eugene the next day in time for his classes. He began teaching at the U of O in 1990.
Search resumes for missing man (Register-Guard): A Lane County search team will spend summer's final weekend scouring a portion of the Three Sisters Wilderness for Daming Xu, a University of Oregon math professor who went missing last Nov. 4 during a hike to Olallie Mountain. "Our goal is to locate his remains and return them to his family," county search and rescue coordinator John Miller said. The renewed search begins Friday, when about three dozen searchers from Lane and surrounding counties will return to the French Pete Creek drainage area.
Toddler's problem behavior reduced by parenting program for low-income families (Medical News Today): Low-income families who participated in a brief, tailored intervention program designed to improve parenting saw less problem behavior in their toddlers than families who did not take part. That's the finding of a new study published in the September/October 2008 issue of the journal Child Development. The research was conducted at the University of Oregon, University of Pittsburgh, Case Western Reserve University, Oxford University, and the University of Virginia. The researchers studied 731 families who took part in the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program in three geographically and culturally diverse U.S. communities.