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 May 18
1962: Crossroads of past and future
KVAL: Fifty years ago, the times were a-changin'. "It looks each way, both back toward the 50s and then forwards towards the 60s," said Dan Pope, professor of history at the University of Oregon. John Glenn in space. Richard Nixon in California. Walter Cronkite on TV. And four lads from Liverpool making waves across the pond - and ready to mount a British musical invasion. "People always say, you know, is this just some nostalgic trip for gray-hairs?" said Carl Woideck from the UO music faculty. "No, the Beatles were exceptional”... Another notable introduction: a classic line - "Bond. James Bond." - and a durable hero still catching the bad guys to this day. "A quarter to a third of the world's population have seen a James Bond movie," said Tom Blank, who lectures on cinema.
Infrared vision could help the blind to see
Physics World: Researchers in the US have developed a prototype retinal implant that they hope will help to restore sight to patients blinded by the loss of light-detection cells in their eyes ... Psychologist, physicist and artist Richard Taylor of the University of Oregon in Eugene believes that the research makes a valuable contribution to the growing field of work in treating this type of blindness. "From my view," he says, "the best long-term solution is to develop a chip that replicates the function of the diseased photoreceptors – the approach taken here."
Recovery hasn't arrived in Southern Oregon yet
Mail Tribune: Ten of 14 components used to measure Southern Oregon's economic health declined, and another, airport passenger traffic, remained unchanged, indicating the region has yet to gain traction coming out of the Great Recession, according to the latest Rogue Valley economic index produced by the University of Oregon. "In general, this recovery has been slow going — and particularly slow going for regions dependent on the housing market," said Tim Duy, director of the Oregon Economic Forum at the University of Oregon.
OPB to air UO alumni’s film about dam removal
Register-Guard: A documentary produced by two former University of Oregon journalism instructors will air on Oregon Public Broadcasting at 8:30 p.m. today. “Undamming the Elwha,” follows the story of the largest dam removal project in U.S. history that would dismantle two dams along the Elwha river in Washington as soon as February. Katie Campbell and Michael Werner, a married couple who live in Seattle, began filming the documentary in August at the start of a $325 million project to remove the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams on the Olympic Peninsula.
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Late mentions for May 17
Bringing campus together for University Day
Daily Emerald: U-Day. The day when an army of determined University students storm the lawns of campus with rakes, wheelbarrows and a will to plant flowers ... “This is the oldest ongoing tradition at the University of Oregon,” said University senior and University Day Chair Alex Hoffman. “It’s been going on since 1905, and I think it helps us come together as a community. We’re all working together to make campus feel like a home.”
Oregon passes ban on Native American mascots
South County Spotlight: Public schools in Oregon, including Scappoose High, will have five years to scrap their Native American mascots following a State Board of Education decision May 17.The rule change comes after months of debate from school officials, community members, lawmakers and American Indians, some of whom are split on the merits of such a shift ... One of those was Tom Ball, an assistant vice president at University of Oregon and member of the Klamath and Modoc tribes. He's been a fixture at education board hearings on this topic since they began in February."I feel ecstatic," he said following the vote. "It's a no-brainer. It's a civil rights issue."