UO E-Clips is a daily report prepared by the Office of Communications (http://comm.uoregon.edu) summarizing current news coverage of the University of Oregon.
Media mentions for November 13
UO students help others reduce their power use and costs
The Register-Guard: It’s a hard realization for any young person to confront: All of Dad’s admonitions about turning off lights in an empty room, taking shorter showers and favoring a thick sweatshirt over cranking up the heat weren’t without good reason ... Enter $CORE, or Student and Community Outreach for Residential Efficiency, a program that originated at the University of Colorado at Boulder and is being spearheaded at the University of Oregon by James Walton, a senior studying business. $CORE offers UO students a free one-hour home audit, in which student auditors assess homes and find ways to help their fellow students save money on utility bills ... The program is administered by UO’s Office of Sustainability.
UW adopts new Twitter policy for media
NWCN: The University of Washington has created a bit of a Twit-storm. On Monday, the school acknowledged it has amended its policy for media who cover Husky sporting events. This comes after the a News Tribune Reporter tweeted they had been disciplined for their social media use during a Husky Basketball Game ... The University of Washington says the policy was instituted with the start of the football season ... Anna Prowehl, in the Sports Information office at the University of Oregon, also said the school had no limits for reporters.
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Late mentions for November 12
UO research program receives $500,000 grant from National Science Foundation
The Daily Emerald: The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Oregon $500,000 to create BONSAI, or the Bridging Open Networks for Scientific Applications and Innovation. The new “cloud-computing” system will create a place where resources and software are shared across the Internet. The system will help interdisciplinary research teams with on-campus access to computational resources, offers 10 gbps connectivity to Internet2, storage space and visualization capabilities. Professor Allen Maloney and Assistant Professor Reza Rejaie from computer and information science, Network Architect & Asst. Director for Network Engineering Jose Dominguez were the leaders of a group of researchers in the fields of physics, biology and computer science. Kimberly Espy, vice president for research and innovation and network architects and engineers from NTS, were also a part of the group to help create the concept.
College Gameday coming to Eugene
KMTR: The biggest college football show in the country is returning to the University of Oregon. College Gameday will broadcast Saturday from the Memorial Quad on campus. The university says it's a great view of campus and there's plenty of parking. Crews are expected to arrive in town Monday or Tuesday. Set up will likely start Thursday. Fans are encouraged to show up early in their best green and yellow attire. College Gameday airs live from 7 a.m. until 9a.m.