News Archive prior to Feb. 2015

UO senior from Banks to be interviewed for Carnegie Junior Fellowship

EUGENE, Ore. – (Feb. 17, 2012) – John Anthony Martin, a senior political science major in the University of Oregon’s Robert D. Clark Honors College, has been chosen as a finalist for a prestigious Carnegie Junior Fellowship. He will be interviewed Feb. 22 in Washington, D.C.

Parenting conference aims to help families with children with special needs

EUGENE, Ore. – (Feb. 16, 2012) –A conference for Eugene and Springfield area parents to learn parenting techniques from early childhood special educators and community leaders is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 25.

UO economic impact jumps 7.6 percent

EUGENE, Ore. -- (Feb. 14, 2012) – As Oregon celebrates its 153rd birthday, the University of Oregon is marking the occasion with its annual report about the relationship between the state and the research university.

All Sizes Fit: UO hosts weeklong campaign for positive body image

EUGENE, Ore. -- (Feb. 14, 2012) - The University of Oregon's Healthy Campus Initiative is focusing on "positive body image" this week in a campaign meant to help UO faculty, staff and students feel comfortable with their appearance.

Oregon Law mourns beloved professor Svitlana Kravchenko

EUGENE, Ore. – (Feb.13, 2012) -- The University of Oregon School of Law community mourns the loss of Svitlana Kravchenko, director of its LL.M. (master of laws) Program in Environmental and Natural Resources Law.  She died Friday, Feb. 10, in Eugene.

Farmland means big yields for University of Oregon athletics and museum

EUGENE, Ore. -- (Feb. 8, 2012) -- University of Oregon facilities on both sides of the Willamette River will benefit from a gift from Alan and Jean Pedersen of Monterey, Calif. The alumni couple has donated 550 acres of Salinas Valley farmland worth an estimated $5 million.

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