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UO Students Race for “Venture Quest” Business Plan Challenge
EUGENE, Ore. -- (May 25, 2010) -- Entrepreneurial undergraduate students at the University of Oregon will present their venture ideas and compete for cash awards at the Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship's "Venture Quest" business plan competition on Friday, June 4.
University of Oregon selects Salem as Sustainable Cities partner for 2010-11
EUGENE, Ore. -- (May 25, 2010) – The University of Oregon’s Sustainable Cities Initiative program has selected Salem as its focus city for the 2010-11 academic year.
Portland Career Center helps UO alumni focus on finding jobs
EUGENE, Ore. -- (May 24, 2010) – With Oregon unemployment at more than 10 percent, finding a job is difficult for even a seasoned professional. But the task is especially daunting for new college graduates, who face one of the toughest job markets in recent history.
UO celebrates progress of new Alumni Center
EUGENE, Ore. -- (May 21, 2010) -- Before sharing his plans for the university's future at today's investiture ceremony, University of Oregon President Richard W. Lariviere is celebrating progress on a new facility that will help make those plans possible.
FACT SHEET: Cheryl Ramberg Ford and Allyn Ford Alumni Center
LOCATION: South of 13th Street between Columbia and Villard, east of Matthew Knight Arena
PROJECT COST: $32.5 million: $22.75 million from private gifts, $9.75 from state F bonds; 92 percent of contracts granted to Oregon companies
TIMELINE: Opens May 2011
$1.5 million grant to change way many non-science students are taught at the UO
EUGENE, Ore. -- (May 20, 2010) -- Non-science majors at the University of Oregon in the future will benefit from a $1.5 million grant that will have four departments working together to change the way they teach their courses.
‘Get Plugged In’ event invites local residents to learn about electric vehicles
EUGENE, Ore. -- (May 19, 2010) – Electric vehicles are coming to the Eugene and Springfield area.
Washington, D.C. federal judge to speak at UO law commencement
EUGENE, Ore. -- (May 19, 2010) – Ricardo Urbina, a federal judge for the District of Columbia, will speak at the 2010 University of Oregon School of Law commencement on Saturday, May 22.
Second annual McMath Award to honor Cathy Galbraith’s contributions to resource preservation in Oregon
EUGENE, Ore. -- (May 18, 2010) – Cathy Galbraith, a longtime leader in historic preservation in Oregon, is the recipient of the University of Oregon's 2010 McMath Award. The awards ceremony will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 26, at the UO in Portland White Stag Block at 70 N.W.