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Media mentions for November 14
International Recruitment Should Explore Emerging Markets
Diverse: While the steep increase in international student enrollment has advocated diversity on college campuses, it has also been extremely considerate to the financial health of U.S. Institutions ... The University of Oregon enrolls several students from Saudi Arabia and Vietnam, as these locations are among the school’s top represented countries. Robert Hardin, the university’s admissions director of international recruitment, suggests that the university’s large growth in international students is attributed to several factors, including its accessible location, reputable academic programs and the amount of scholarship funding available for its global students.
Deprived of media, college students describe ordeal
Poynter: A research team at the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication put 48 college students on a “complete and extended media fast for 48 hours.” More cruelly, it required them to write “multiple-page essays” about their experiences. Among the reactions, shared in a press release about the study, called “Turn Off Everything: The Challenges and Consequences of Going on a Complete and Extended Media Fast”: “I felt immensely powerless and almost naked because I couldn’t use any media.” “With no books, magazines, movies, newspapers, radio or Internet I felt like half a person.” The j-school’s Dr. Harsha Gangadharbatla oversaw the study with grad students Darshan Sawant and Lauren Bratslavsky.
Track Town prepares to host stars of tomorrow
The Register-Guard: Who will be the stars of tomorrow in track and field? Nobody knows for certain, but there’s a good chance that many of those future Olympians will be competing at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships at Hayward Field ... One of the biggest challenges in hosting the World Junior Championships is finding adequate housing for all of the competing athletes, many of whom will be leaving their homes, and their countries, for the first time. In Eugene, that problem was solved when the University of Oregon made its dormitories available to the visiting athletes and officials. The meet will be held July 22-27.
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Late mentions for November 13
University of Oregon ranked No. 1 for sustainable design education
Architect: The University of Oregon’s architecture program was recently selected as the nation’s number one program for sustainable design education in the 2013 report of architecture schools. The top-ranked program has been recognized multiple times as leading sustainable design education ... “The School of Architecture and Allied Arts (A&AA)’s sustainability leadership comes from decades of innovation, integrated and excellent design, rigorous work, and many partnerships that continually push the boundaries of what the very notion of sustainability means,” said Frances Bronet, dean of A&AA. “Being sixth in North American public institutions is extraordinary.”
Culturemap: Austin: New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, an Austin native who graduated from Westlake High School, is scoring millions of dollars as one of the country’s top brand ambassadors. Right now, he’s appearing in ads for big brands like Chase, NyQuil and Pepsi ... Paul Swangard, managing director of the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at the University of Oregon, says brands are drawn to Brees thanks to three traits -- charisma, character and visibility ... “He’s had a nice run. While not as valuable after his playing days are over, I can see Drew having a post-playing endorsement career.”
Lecture Exposes Why We Care Less Than We Should About Mass Murder and Genocide
Fordham University: Despite their staggering death tolls, humanitarian crises, mass murders, and genocide don’t always incite the global response they warrant. So how many deaths does it take to awaken compassion?Answer: One.That is--only one.At the latest installment of the Anastasi Lecture Series on Oct. 23, Paul Slovic, Ph.D., professor of psychology at the University of Oregon and founder and president of Decision Research, presented what he called a paradox of compassion.“Most people are caring and will exert great effort to rescue ‘the one’ whose needy plight comes to their attention,” Slovic said. “These same good people, however, often become numbly indifferent to the plight of ‘the one’ who is ‘one of many’ in a much greater problem.”