News Archive prior to Feb. 2015
UO professor authors new book about Galápagos Islands
EUGENE, Ore. -- (May 27, 2009) - Carol Ann Bassett will have scars from ticks on her legs forever, but she's proud of them.
Documentary screening to examine issues in pornography industry
EUGENE, Ore. -- (May 26, 2009) - University of Oregon journalism professor Debra Merskin will provide framing comments following the screening of a documentary about the pornography industry, "The Price of Pleasure," at 7 p.m.
UO student exhibitions feature art and design work in architecture, digital arts
EUGENE, Ore. -- (May 22, 2009) - The 2009 graduating classes in architecture and digital arts from the University of Oregon in Portland will showcase their final projects in June. Opening from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Oregon Quarterly contest winners to read from essays on June 3
EUGENE,
Ore. -- (May 20, 2009) -- The six
winners of Oregon Quarterly's 10th annual Northwest Perspectives Essay Contest
will read their essays on Wednesday, June 3, at the University of Oregon.The readings will take place at 7 p.m. in the
Lecture in Lesbian Studies addresses the decline in lesbian communities
EUGENE,
Ore. -- (May 19, 2009) -- The Women's and Gender Studies (WGS) department
at the University of Oregon will host the first Sally Miller Gearhart Lecture
in Lesbian Studies from noon to 2 p.m. on May 27, in Gerlinger Lounge, 1468 University St.
UO professors and students launch digital ethnography website about the Oaxaca Social Movement in Mexico
EUGENE, Ore. -- (May 15, 2009) - In 2006, a group of women in Oaxaca, Mexico took over television and radio stations in support of striking teachers who were being brutalized by state police forces and paramilitary groups.