Panelists:

Dr. Elizabeth Whitchurch- Instructor, UO Department of Biology

Wendy Maltz- LCSW, DST, Author, Psychotherapist, and Certified

Diplomate Sex Therapist

Dr. Cristina Calhoon- Senior Instructor with the UO Classics

Department

Kara Barnette-  PhD Student, UO Department of Philosophy; GTF, Women

& Gender Studies

Panelists offered an interdisciplinary exploration of cultural perceptions and myths about desire, love, passion, and eroticism.  The panel shares original research, scholarship, and poetry.

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Community Conversations, Featured, Outreach · Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Panelists:

Mickey Dee, aka Mike Barrz – Hip Hot Artist

Jamie Laurie- lead emcee of the Flobots

Charlotte Nisser, J.D.- KWVA 88.1 Station Manager

Andre Sirois- Doctoral Candidate & Graduate Teaching Fellow, UO

School of Journalism and Communication

This highly interactive and multi-media event combines performance, presentation, and dialogue to explore how the digital revolution and convergence culture of old and new media has radically transformed the musical landscape. This panel assesses how the digital age has affected the creation, performance, promotion, distribution, and acquisition of music as intellectual property.

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Community Conversations, Featured, Outreach · Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Community Conversations, Featured · Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Community Conversations, Featured, Outreach · Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Panelists:

Steve Mital- Director, UO Office of Sustainability

Dr. Greg Bothun- Professor, Department of Physics

Joshua Skov- Principal, Good Company

Dr. Ryan Herzog- Adjunct Instructor of Finance, Lundquist College of

Business and the Department of Economics

Marcus Widenor- Instructor, UO Labor Education and Research Center

(LERC)

Roger Ebbage- Director of the Northwest Energy Education Institute

(NWEEI), Lane Community College

The panelists share their perspectives on this topic through the lens of their respective professional expertise and academic research. Answering many questions from students hoping to see a future in Green Collar jobs.

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Community Conversations, Featured, Outreach · Thursday, November 12th, 2009

January 21 2009. Peter Galison, Joseph Pellegrino University Professor of Physics and the History of Science, Harvard University. A lecture about Albert Einstein’s friendship with schoolmate Friedrich Adler. Adler, the son of the leader of the Socialist Party in Vienna, was, like Einstein, a physicist very much engaged with both epistemology and politics. Einstein and Adler spoke often about their efforts in physics. In the midst of World War I, Adler assassinated the Prime Minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Einstein rallied to Adler’s defense and—between death row and Berlin—Adler and Einstein began an extraordinary correspondence about the meaning and validity of relativity.

Academic, Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Friday, October 9th, 2009

The O’Fallon Lecture was established by a generous gift from Henry and Betsy Mayer, named in memory of their nephew, son of law professor James O’Fallon and his wife, artist Ellen Thomas. The subject of this lecture alternates each year between law and art and American culture. Past topics have included philosophy, jurisprudence, American political life, architecture, and art theory and criticism.

The 2008-09 O’Fallon Lecturer, Lawrence Joseph, poet, essayist, critic, and professor of Law at St. John’s University School of Law, spoke on “Being in the Language of Poetry, Being in the Language of Law” on Thursday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m. in 175 Knight Law.

Academic, Featured, Knight Library, Oregon Humanities Center, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics · Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

University Convocation is a formal welcome for new students and faculty. It’s the culminating event of the Week of Welcome, setting the tone for the new academic year, and highlighting the appeal of intellectual activity.

Convocation traditions go back several centuries and vary from university to university. In the 16th century, Oxford University used the term to describe an assembly of master’s graduates, welcoming them to the order of scholars. At the University of Oregon, convocation marks the start of the academic year and welcomes students to the scholarly world of the university. The event is very festive with faculty wearing their academic regalia, rousing music in the air, and a picnic dinner for students and faculty on a campus lawn.

A tradition of UO Convocation is to present an award to an outstanding Oregon high school teacher. This honor is bestowed on a selected nominee from among nominations submitted by new incoming Oregon freshmen. This year, the University honored Stephen Corkett of Sam Barlow High School, Gresham, OR.

Richard Lariviere, new UO President, was the keynote speaker for Convocation 2009. Dr. Lariviere is a renowned scholar in Religious History, specializing in languages, histories, religions and culture of India.

Academic, Featured · Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

The 2009 University of Oregon School of Economics Graduation. Graduation is a wonderful celebration of a well-deserved accomplishment. At the University of Oregon, we hope you, family and friends of the graduate, are able to share in this celebration and witness the final product of a meaningful experience.

Academic, Featured, School of Economics, UO Commencement · Monday, July 20th, 2009

Nearly 400 graduates walked across the stage at Mac Court on Saturday, June 13 for the SOJC’s ninety-fourth commencement. Doug Bates ‘68, editorial page editor of The Oregonian and a member of the school’s Hall of Achievement, presented the graduates with a clear-eyed but optimistic message: “You are entering a period of great ambiguity but also incredible opportunity.”

Academic, Featured, School of Journalism and Communication, UO Commencement · Monday, July 20th, 2009

The 2009 University of Oregon School of Education Graduation. Graduation is a wonderful celebration of a well-deserved accomplishment. At the University of Oregon, we hope you, family and friends of the graduate, are able to share in this celebration and witness the final product of a meaningful experience.

Academic, College of Education, Featured, UO Commencement · Friday, July 17th, 2009

The 2009 University of Oregon Lundquist College of Business Graduation. Graduation is a wonderful celebration of a well-deserved accomplishment. At the University of Oregon, we hope you, family and friends of the graduate, are able to share in this celebration and witness the final product of a meaningful experience.

Academic, Featured, Lundquist College of Business, UO Commencement · Friday, July 17th, 2009

This episode features Henry Jenkins, Comparative Media Studies, MIT and the 2008-09 Oregon Humanities Center O’Fallon Lecturer. Henry Jenkins discusses how popular culture and new media affect the political landscape. Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

This episode features David Eckel, Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Humanities and Associate Professor of Religion at Boston University. David Eckel discusses his study of Buddhism and describes Buddhist principles. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

This episode features Bob Doppelt, director of Resource Innovations and the Climate Leadership Initiative. Bob Doppelt discusses the link between sustainable thinking and sustainable behavior. He also talks about the Climate Masters program offered through the UO’s Institute for a Sustainable Environment. Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Monday, December 15th, 2008

Henry Jenkins, Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities, co-director of the Comparative Media Studies Program at MIT, and author of Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide offers a report card on the role of media (new and old) in what appears to be one of the most transformative elections since the 1960 Nixon/Kennedy race demonstrated television’s increased centrality to American politics.

Academic, Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach · Thursday, November 13th, 2008

This video from Resource Innovations, a program within the Institute for a Sustainable Environment, details how heating buildings with woody biomass can save money and promote carbon-neutral energy uses. The video highlights the first public school in Oregon to switch from a heating-oil system to one based on woody biomass. As communities struggle with climate change and rising energy costs one isolated rural community is using what’s in their backyard to heat their school and save money. The episode features Nils Christoffersen from Wallowa Resources, a community-based non-profit, Brad Royce, Superintendent of Schools for the Enterprise School District and Cameron Hamilton of McKinstry Co, the contractor who supervised construction. A companion guidebook, Wood Heat Solutions: A Community Guide to Biomass Thermal Projects is available from Resource Innovations.

Academic, Featured, Oregon Local Interest · Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

The Internet has become a global phenomenon since its original introduction to a limited part of the academic world in January 1983. The research upon which it was based began in the 1960’s with the exploration of packet-switching concepts as alternative to conventional telephony circuit switching. In the intervening 40 or so years, the Internet has evolved in significant ways, but it has also left unresolved a number of issues that need attention. In this talk, we will briefly explore a few highlights of the Internet’s evolution and then look at some of the new anticipated applications that are foreseeable. We will look at current statistics and some projections for the growth of the Internet and where its users will be. Vinton G. Cerf is Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google. In this role, he is responsible for identifying new enabling technologies to support the development of advanced, Internet-based products and services from Google. He is also an active public face for Google in the Internet world.

Academic, Featured, Outreach · Thursday, November 6th, 2008

The Securities Analysis Center at the University of Oregon has assembled a panel of industry leaders and university faculty members to discuss the turbulence in world financial markets. During the event, panel members discussed the credit crisis, the $700 billion congressional rescue bill and the government’s recent nationalization of and loans to private firms. Panelists are Ron Sauer, chief executive of Mazama Capital Management in Portland; Bob Jesenik, chief executive of Aequitas Capital Management in Lake Oswego; John Chalmers, head of the UO finance department; and Ben Salm, managing director of the Securities Analysis Center.

Academic, Featured · Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Convocation marks the start of the academic year and welcomes incoming students to the scholarly world of the university. The event is festive and resonates with the centuries-old tradition of inducting scholars into the community of the academy. This year’s convocation speaker is Steven Pinker, cognitive scientist and the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. The UO Channel is pleased to present Steven Pinker’s keynote speech, with an introduction by UO President Dave Frohnmayer.

Academic, Featured · Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

This episode features David Frohnmayer, President of the University of Oregon. David Frohnmayer talks about various subjects including his resignation at the end of the 2008-09 academic school year, plans for the upcoming year, higher education at the global level, and thoughts about the new president. Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Monday, September 29th, 2008

Music scholar Richard Taruskin talked about his controversial views on censoring musical performances that contain anti-Semitic or other offensive sentiments during the 2008 Kritikos lectures in Eugene and Portland. During his UO visit, Taruskin led a graduate seminar and met with a group of undergraduate students from the Living Learning Center residence hall. He also met with Oregon Bach Festival organizers to discuss the controversial text of St. John Passion, which includes anti-Semitic language. Taruskin is a specialist in several fields of music history. He is the author of the “Oxford History of Western Music” and six other books. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Times and The New Republic and has won numerous awards for his scholarship.

Academic, Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest · Monday, September 22nd, 2008

This episode features Paul Slovic, Professor of Psychology & Decision Science. Paul Slovic discusses his most recent research into the psychological factors contributing to public apathy toward genocide. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Thursday, September 11th, 2008

This episode features Susan Verschere, Professor of Human Physiology and recipient of the Ersted Award for distinguished teaching. Susan Verschere talks about her research and her inventive and effective methods of teaching. This episode also features Tom Ryan, a physician whose interests are Pandemic preparedness. Tom Ryan talks about his work to develop a pandemic emergency plan for the University of Oregon’s emergency management program. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Thursday, September 11th, 2008

This episode features Arturo Arias, Visiting Lecturer. Arturo Arias discusses the emergence of the written Mayan language
and development of Mayan literature.Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Community Conversations, Outreach · Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Community Conversations, Outreach · Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.
Speakers: Dr. Naomi Zack, Dr. Kathy Cashman, Dr. Dean Walton, Andre LeDuc

Academic, Community Conversations, Outreach · Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.
Speakers: Don Latarski, Michael Denny, Dave Larsen

Academic, Community Conversations, Outreach · Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.
Speakers: Joe Henderson, Janet Heinonen, Laura Coll, Brad Hudson

Academic, Community Conversations, Featured, Outreach · Friday, August 22nd, 2008

The UO held an international conference on The Promise of Reason to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the influential book The New Rhetoric by Chaim Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca. In this banquet address delivered on May 17, 2008, “Chaim Perelman: A Life Well-Lived,” Perelman’s daughter Noemi Mattis offers an oral history describing Perelman’s life and experiences in the Belgian underground during WWII, his work with Olbrechts-Tyteca, and how these influenced his philosophy of argumentation.

Academic, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics · Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

The UO held an international conference on The Promise of Reason to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the influential book The New Rhetoric by Chaim Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca. In this opening plenary session held on May 17, 2008, UO Philosophy Professor Scott Pratt reflects on Perelman’s “First Philosophy and Regressive Philosophies,” and UO English Professor and UNESCO Chair Steven Shankman speaks on “Creating a Culture of Dialogue and Peace.”

Academic, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics · Monday, August 18th, 2008

The UO held an international conference on The Promise of Reason to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the influential book The New Rhetoric by Chaim Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca. In this plenary session held on May 18, 2008, Barbara Warnick (University of Pittsburgh) speaks on “Empiricism, Securement, and The New Rhetoric,” and Christopher W. Tindale (University of Windsor) speaks on “Ways of Being Reasonable: Perelman and the Philosophers.” They are introduced by UO Philosophy Professor John Lysaker.

Academic, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics · Monday, August 18th, 2008

The UO held an international conference on The Promise of Reason to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the influential book The New Rhetoric by Chaim Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca. In this plenary session held on May 19, 2008, Jeanne Fahnestock (University of Maryland) gives a paper entitled “No Neutral Choices: The Art of Style in The New Rhetoric,” and Francis J. Mootz III (Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law) speaks on “Perelman’s Theory of Argumentation and Natural Law.” Introductions are by David Zarefsky (Northwestern University).

Academic, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics · Monday, August 18th, 2008

The UO held an international conference on The Promise of Reason to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the influential book The New Rhetoric by Chaim Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca. In this plenary session held on May 20, 2008, Alan G. Gross (University of Minnesota) extends a concept from The New Rhetoric to visual argumentation in his talk entitled, “Solving the Mystery of Presence: Verbal/Visual Interaction in Darwin’s Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs.” Michael C. Leff (University of Memphis) then speaks on “The Peopling of Argumentation: Ad Hominem, Ethos,” and Perelman’s Relations of Coexistence.” They are introduced by Lawrence D. Green (University of Southern California).

Academic, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics · Monday, August 18th, 2008

On May 19, 2008, as part of the Promise of Reason Conference, Cary Nelson and David Horowitz formally debate the issue of whether freedom to teach and learn flourishes in American universities. This inaugural Contrarian Forum is introduced by David Frank, UO Professor in the Robert D. Clark Honors College. Opening remarks by David W. Wilson, President of Northwest Christian College, cosponsor of the conference. The debate is preceded by a video produced by UO student Rebecca Purris, and rhetorical scholars Barbara Warnick (University of Pittsburgh) and Michael C. Leff (University of Memphis) provide commentaries on the debate.

Academic, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics · Monday, August 18th, 2008

The Youth Transition Program (YTP) is an Oregon Vocational
Rehabilitation Services program that serves youth with disabilities statewide. YTP operates as a partnership between OVRS and local school districts with a team from the University of Oregon contracted to
provide training and technical assistance. The purpose of the program is to prepare high school youth with disabilities for employment or career related post secondary education or training.  University of Oregon has been involved as the primary training and technical assistance provider since 1990. In addition to the training and technical assistance role, University of Oregon, through the College of Education’s Secondary Special Education and Transition Services Department has provided extensive program evaluation functions,
published numerous articles influenced by YTP outcomes, and also presented in a number of State and National level conferences. YTP was also recognized Nationally as an exemplary model of providing school-to-work services. This video provides a historical backdrop to YTP as it evolved serving over 8,000 young adults with disabilities in Oregon.

Academic, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach · Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Graduation is a wonderful celebration of a well-deserved accomplishment. At the University of Oregon, we hope you, family and friends of the graduate, are able to share in this celebration and witness the final product of a meaningful experience.The 2008 commencement speaker was Ronald B. Mitchell, Professor of Political Science. Ronald Mitchell is an accomplished political scientist who specializes in international relations and environmental politics. His current research is supported by two National Science Foundation grants – “Fostering Cross-Disciplinary Relationships and Early-Career Development to Advance Interdisciplinary Research on Climate Change and Impacts” and “Analysis of the Effects of Environmental Treaties.” He has published two books and numerous articles on environmental politics and treaty compliance. Mitchell is a core faculty member in the Environmental Studies Program and is very active in national and international advisory boards and scientific committees.

Academic, Featured · Friday, June 27th, 2008

The 2008 School of Journalism and Communication commencement gathered more than 3,000 friends and family members to salute the 350 graduates. Graduation is a wonderful celebration of a well-deserved accomplishment. At the University of Oregon, we hope you, family and friends of the graduate, are able to share in this celebration and witness the final product of a meaningful experience. Dan Wieden, who received the UO’s Distinguished Alumnus Award, delivered a brief address.

Academic, Featured · Friday, June 27th, 2008

The 2008 University of Oregon Department of Education Graduation. Graduation is a wonderful celebration of a well-deserved accomplishment. At the University of Oregon, we hope you, family and friends of the graduate, are able to share in this celebration and witness the final product of a meaningful experience.

Academic, Featured · Friday, June 27th, 2008

The 2008 University of Oregon Department of Economics Graduation. Graduation is a wonderful celebration of a well-deserved accomplishment. At the University of Oregon, we hope you, family and friends of the graduate, are able to share in this celebration and witness the final product of a meaningful experience.

Academic, Featured · Friday, June 27th, 2008

The 2008 University of Oregon Lundquist College of Business Graduation. Graduation is a wonderful celebration of a well-deserved accomplishment. At the University of Oregon, we hope you, family and friends of the graduate, are able to share in this celebration and witness the final product of a meaningful experience.

Academic, Featured · Friday, June 27th, 2008

George Lakoff is the co-founder of the Rockridge Institute, a think tank for progressive politics and public policies. His talk surveys basic findings about what human reason is really like and shows why this matters in politics. Over the past 30 years, Lakoff posits, cognitive and brain sciences have shown that human reason –instead of being conscious and logical — takes place mostly below the level of consciousness and is much more interesting and complex than was once believed.

Academic, Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.
Speakers:Dr. Robert Haskett, Bob Bury

Academic, Community Conversations, Outreach · Monday, April 7th, 2008

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.
Speakers: Dr. Dan Close, Sandy Schoonover, Prasong Saihong, Alishiya Halaney

Academic, Community Conversations, Outreach · Monday, April 7th, 2008

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.
Speakers: Johanna (Jo) Larson, Heidi Corce, Beth Shuler, Ali Ecker, Sarah Dougherty

Academic, Community Conversations, Outreach · Monday, April 7th, 2008

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.
Speakers: Dr. Steven Brence, Andrew Bonamici, Jeff Tan

Academic, Community Conversations, Outreach · Monday, April 7th, 2008

Clifford Lynch has been the Director of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) since July 1997. CNI, jointly sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries and EDUCAUSE, includes about 200 member organizations concerned with the use of information technology and networked information to enhance scholarship and intellectual productivity. Lynch currently serves on the National Digital Preservation Strategy Advisory Board of the Library of Congress; he was a member of the National Research Council committees that published The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Infrastructure and Broadband: Bringing Home the Bits, and now serves on the NRC’s committee on digital archiving and the National Archives and Records Administration.

Academic · Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

A man on the moon in the early 60s: a national dream. A reality by the end of the decade. NASA’s scientists and engineers worked hard to develop the gear and equipment necessary for safe missions into space. Among that gear was the Apollo pressurized moon suit: a suit that would allow an astronaut to survive the harsh conditions of the lunar surface. The lava fields in central Oregon became the perfect testing grounds for both astronauts and the moon suit. Produced by Denise Matthews, written by Brian Hinderberger & Cheryl Tan. Narration by Rebecca Force.

Academic, Oregon Local Interest, Student Productions · Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.
Speakers: Dr. Ray Hyman and John Donovan

Academic, Community Conversations, Outreach · Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.
Speakers: Ed Teague, Sarah Bwabye, Hillary Stanley

Academic, Community Conversations, Outreach · Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

This episode features Mark Quigley, an Assistant Professor in the English Department. Mark Quigley’s research interests are focused on Irish literature and postcolonial literature and theory. He is also interested in African-American literature and culture. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Community Conversations, Featured, Media Services, Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Andrew Kirkpatrick, the Digital Projects Manager for Knight Library Media Services. A large part of his work is focused on the development of visual teaching tools to improve education. This episode also features J.D. Hauger, the Streaming Video Developer for the University of Oregon. J.D. Hauger came to the University in April of 2005. He has designed the UO Channel, a searchable website containing video archives of University events and speakers. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Community Conversations, Featured, Media Services, Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.
Speakers: Dr. Sanjay Srivastava, Judith Kehoe, Michaela Krna., Rev. Elaine Andres

Academic, Community Conversations, Outreach · Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.
Speakers: Kimi Mojica, Dr. Tim McMahan, Dr. Priscilla Ovalle, Heghine Hakobyan

Academic, Community Conversations, Outreach · Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.
Speakers: Mike Smith, Hilary Berkman, Lyllye Parker

Academic, Community Conversations, Outreach · Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.
Speaker: Doug Wilson

Academic, Community Conversations, Outreach · Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.
Speakers: Linda Long, Beth Little, Suzi Prozanski, Ken Babbs

Academic, Community Conversations, Outreach · Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Community Conversations is an academic program that is one of the Living Learning Initiatives of University Housing in partnership with the Clark Honors College, the Oregon Humanities Center, and Undergraduate Studies. The goal of Community Conversations is to stimulate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, contrarian debate, and articulate discourse among the 3,300+ residential students at the University of Oregon.
Speakers: Mike Wellington, Carrie Freeman, Mark Wells, Katie Dyer

Academic, Community Conversations, Outreach · Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Convocation marks the start of the academic year and welcomes incoming students to the scholarly world of the university. The event is festive and resonates with the centuries-old tradition of inducting scholars into the community of the academy.

This year’s convocation speaker is Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Center for Public Policy, University of Pennsylvania. Jamieson has frequently asserted that it is incumbent on America’s leaders to tell the citizenry “truths it does not want to hear.” Such statements are part of the reason syndicated columnist Paul Greenberg recently dubbed Jamieson the “magisterial arbiter of American eloquence.” She has long excelled at guiding Americans to more insightful analysis of the world.

The UO Channel is pleased to present Kathleen Kamieson’s keynote speech, with an introduction by UO President Dave Frohnmayer.

Academic, Featured, Media Services · Monday, October 1st, 2007

Michael Moffitt, associate director of the Appropriate Dispute Resolution Center at the University of Oregon School of Law, delivered the keynote address to the class of 2007 at spring commencement June 16, 2007.

Moffitt’s speech, “In Praise of Surprises: Lessons from Conflict Resolution,” dealt with the importance of keeping an open mind when dealing with the conflicts that inevitably arise in life.

“We have done our students a disservice if we have taught them that now they are educated, they should no longer expect to be surprised,” Moffitt says. “To be surprised is to be open to new information and new points of view. We learn when we see something we didn’t expect to see.” That unexpected moment, he says, can lead to a broader understanding of how to resolve conflicts.

A total of 4,359 students who completed work toward a degree during the 2006-2007 academic year participated in the spring ceremonies, which were held at McArthur Court.

Academic, Featured · Thursday, July 5th, 2007

On April 28, 2007, Samantha Power of Harvard’s School of Government gave a keynote speech for the Witnessing Genocide Symposium. Her book, “A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide,” was awarded the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction, the 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award for general non-fiction, and the Council on Foreign Relations’ Arthur Ross Prize for the best book in U.S. foreign policy.

Academic, Oregon Humanities Center · Thursday, May 17th, 2007

On January 20th, 2007, Angela Davis, nationally and globally-respected author, professor, anti-racism/sexism/classism activist, prison-abolitionist, and former member of SNCC and the Black Panther Party, brought her message to campus about community mobilization, prison-abolition, and other issues that directly affect society. She is a living part of history and continues to make history today as a leader in social movements.

Academic, Multicultural Center · Friday, February 2nd, 2007

What is black culture? Does it have an essence? What do we lose and gain by assuming that it does, and by building our laws accordingly?

Richard Thompson Ford, the George Osborne Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and author of Racial Culture: A Critique, discussed his book at a free public lecture at the University of Oregon as the 2005-2006 Colin Ruagh Thomas O’Fallon Lecturer in Law and American Culture.

In his lecture, Ford questioned the common presumption of political multiculturalism that social categories such as race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality are defined by distinctive cultural practices.

The O’Fallon Lecture was established by a generous gift from Henry and Betsy Mayer, named in memory of their nephew, son of law professor James O’Fallon and his wife, artist Ellen Thomas.

Academic, Oregon Humanities Center · Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

Lee Hong-Koo, former Prime Minister of South Korea spoke at the University of Oregon on April 4th, 2006, as part of the Distinguished Presidential Lecturer series. Lee Hong-Koo was the Prime Minister of South Korea under former President Kim Young-Sam. Before that he served twice as deputy Prime Minister for Unification, dealing with relations between the divided two Korean states. He was also a member of the Korean National Assembly and chairman of the ruling New Korea Party.

The Presidential Lecture series was begun in 2002 by University of Oregon President Dave Frohnmayer.

Academic, International Studies, Media Services, Outreach · Monday, April 10th, 2006

The UO Channel presents Steve Shankman’s interviews with the library research award winners:

Dunya Chirchi discussed the research she conducted for her paper “The Combined Success of the International Tropical Timber Agreements,” and how the paper assignment fit into the structure of an undergraduate class.

Alletta Brenner discussed her research with primary resources and the paper “Monstrosity and Womanhood in Early England” that garnered her award, as well as the class for which the paper was written.

This program first aired 04/18/2005

Academic, Oregon Humanities Center · Wednesday, November 30th, 2005

University of Oregon President, Dave Frohnmayer, discussed the state of the University, including the upcoming Olympic trials, faculty research, enrollment, tuition, the state’s financial support of the institution, private support for the University, and the institution’s contributions to the arts and the economy. Originally taped October 18th, 2005.

Academic, Oregon Humanities Center · Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

On 03/01/2005 three scholars providing leadership in the arena of racial and gender equity in higher education visited the UO to speak about ways to move forward in that pursuit. The panel, entitled “The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Higher Education” is cosponsered by CSWS and the Office of the Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity.

Speakers: Gertrude Fraser, Yolanda Moses, and Norma Cantu.

Academic, Center for the Study of Women in Society · Tuesday, March 1st, 2005

Cressman Lecture: Lewis and Clark historian Gary Moulton presents “Lewis and Clark’s New Look” as the 2004-2005 Luther S. and Dorothy Cecilia Cressman Lecturer in the Humanities. This lecture will explore new ways of judging the characters and personalities of the leading figures of the Corps of Discovery–Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Sacagawea–in light of new research. Moulton is Thomas C. Sorenson Professor of American History Emeritus at the University of Nebraska and editor of “The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.”

Academic, Oregon Humanities Center · Thursday, November 4th, 2004

Former U.S. Senator Paul Simon discussed his book, “Tapped Out: The Coming World Crisis in Water and What We Can Do about It,” at a free public lecture at the University of Oregon, November 11, 2002.

Academic, Political Science Department · Monday, November 11th, 2002