The legal battles surrounding Google Book Search raise basic questions about the digital future facing all of us—not just authors and publishers but ordinary readers and everyone concerned with access to information. Research libraries should have a say in shaping that future. Digitization gives them an opportunity to democratize knowledge by opening their collections to the outside world. But how can they share their intellectual wealth when commercial firms want to market it? What will be the place of printed books in a world where most works will be “born digital” and read in new ways by “digital natives”? Libraries are developing strategies to cope with these issues, which are vital to our country’s future and deserve widespread discussion before the general public.

Event: 2009-2010 Kritikos Lecture
Speaker: Robert Darnton, Director of the Harvard University Library
Title: Digitize, Democratize: Google, Libraries, and the Future of Books
Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Tuesday, November 17th, 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

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

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

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

Dale Jamieson, 2009-10 Wayne Morse Chair, Director of Environmental Studies at New York University, where he is also Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, and Affiliated Professor of Law, discusses the moral and ethical dimensions of climate change. He also talks about the implications of geo-engineering. Original air date 11/16/09.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Monday, October 26th, 2009

Sandow Birk, visiting artist, discusses his animated film, “Dante’s Inferno,” which was presented by the Department of Romance Languages on Oct. 1, 2009. He talks about how he became interested in the Divine Comedy and his design process in making the film. Original air date 11/9/09.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Monday, October 26th, 2009

Richard Lariviere, President, University of Oregon, discusses the issues he faces as he embarks on his tenure with the UO, as well as his views on athletics and academics. Original air date 10/19/09.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Monday, October 26th, 2009

Ben Saunders, Assistant Prof., English, discusses “Understanding Superheroes,” an interdisciplinary conference, which was held at the UO 10/23-10/24/09. He also talks about “Faster Than a Speeding Bullet: The Art of the Superhero,” an exhibit that he curated for the JSMA in conjunction with the conference. Original air date 10/12/09.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Monday, October 26th, 2009

Carla Bowers, coordinator PathwaysOregon, University Teaching and Learning Center, discusses the UO’s PathwayOregon program which provides tuition and fees to Oregon students who might not otherwise be able to afford college tuition. She also talks about the broad support the program offers students. Original air date 10/5/09.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Kenneth Miller, 2008-9 Kritikos professor, Cell Biology, Brown University, testified in the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School district case in 2005. Miller is a practicing Roman Catholic who does not find his belief in God to be incompatible with his scientific views. Miller gave the 2008-9 Kritikos Professorship lectures on May 27 and 28, 2009. Original air date 10/26/09.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Susi Rosenberg, visiting artist, discusses her sculpture “PATH II” which has been installed on campus. She also talks about her creative process and some of her other work. Original air date 11/2/09.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Friday, October 16th, 2009

This episode features Joe Giansante, Assoc. Athletic Director, UO Ducks Baseball program, discusses the history of the UO Baseball program and its reinstatement after a 26 year hiatus. He also talks about PK Park, the new baseball stadium that will be completed this year. Aired June 22, 2009

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Thursday, October 15th, 2009

This episode features Richard Herskowitz, Instructor, Film Studies and Arts Administration, discusses his work with the Virginia Film Festival and plans for the proposed Pacific Rim Film Festival, which would be run in conjunction with the new Cinema Studies program at the UO. Aired June 15, 2009

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Thursday, October 15th, 2009

This episode features Nicholas Isherwood, Asst. Prof., Opera Studies, School of Music and Dance, discusses his vision for the UO opera program and his international career as a bass-baritone. He performs two opera excerpts in the studio. Aired June 8, 2009

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Thursday, October 15th, 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

May 28, 2009, UO in Portland. Kenneth Miller, Professor of Biology and the Royce Family Professor for Teaching Excellence, Brown University; and the 2008-09 Kritikos Professor in the Humanities. Ken Miller is a professor of cell biology and an outspoken proponent of the theory of evolution, which, he explains, has never been on stronger scientific footing. He is also a practicing Roman Catholic who does not find his belief in God to be incompatible with his scientific views. Part of the Darwin Bicentennial Lecture Series.

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

This episode features Barbara Schaffer Bacon, director of Animating Democracy, a program of Americans for the Arts that fosters civic engagement through arts and culture. Barbara was a guest of the UO Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy and the Arts and Administration Program, wherein she presented a workshop on arts-based civic engagement and hosted a community and campus forum and round table talk.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Thursday, October 8th, 2009

This episode features the poet, essayist, critic, and distinguished lawyer and professor of law at St. John’s University in New York City, Lawrence Joseph. Joseph has published and lectured extensively in areas of labor, employment, tort and compensation law, jurisprudence, law and literature, and legal theory. Joseph has published multiple books of poems, including Into It, which received widespread attention and praise. Joseph is the Oregon Humanities Center’s 2008-2009 Colin Ruagh Thomas O’Fallon Memorial Lecturer in Law and American Culture.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Thursday, October 8th, 2009

This episode features Daniel J. Tichenor, the Philip H. Knight Professor of Social Science and Senior Faculty Fellow at the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics. He has published extensively on immigration, national identity, the American presidency, civil liberties, interest groups, social movements, political parties, and public policy. He has been a Faculty Scholar at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton University, Research Fellow in Governmental Studies at the Brookings Institution, Abba P. Schwartz Fellow in Immigration and Refugee Policy at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Research Scholar at the Eagleton Institute of Politics, a visiting scholar at Leipzig University, and a faculty associate at Princeton’s Center for Migration and Development and the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California, San Diego.

His book, Dividing Lines: The Politics of Immigration Control in America (Princeton University Press), won the American Political Science Association’s Gladys M. Kammerer Award for the best book in American national policy.

His forthcoming works include Faustian Bargains: The Origins and Development of America’s Illegal Immigration Dilemma (University of Michigan Press) and The Oxford Handbook on International Migration (Oxford University Press).
He also has written essays for popular journals like The Nation and The Utne Reader, regularly gives public lectures, and has testified and provided expert briefings to Congress on American immigration policy and politics.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics · Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

This episode features Theresa May, assistant professor of Theatre Arts and director of “Earth Matters on Stage: An Ecodrama Playwrights Festival and Symposium on Theatre Ecology.” Theresa is the co-author of the book Greening Up Our Houses: A Guide to a More Ecologically Sound Theatre (1994), and is currently working on a book entitled, Earth Matters on Stage: Ecology in American Theatre (2010). Through her work, she explores how playhouses across the country can be more ecologically friendly, thus helping and nuturing our natural resources.

College of Arts and Sciences, Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Wednesday, October 7th, 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

This episode features Grammy-Award winning flutist Molly Barth and Meridian Arts Ensemble member Brian McWhorter. Barth is an assistant professor of flute at the Univeristy of Oregon, and has tought at Willamette University and held residencies at the Univeristy of Chicago and at the Univeristy of Richmond.

McWhorter, after recieving music degrees from the University of Oregon and The Julliard School, is one of the most sought-after performers of his generation. Currently, McWhorter is an assistant professor of trumpet at the University of Oregon and professor of Contemporary Music at the Manhattan School of Music. He has recorded with artists such as, Natalie Merchant, Mark Applebaum, and John Cale, of the Velvet Underground.

McWhorter and Barth perform together as Beta Collide, an enseble focusing on the collision of new and old musical artforms.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

This episode features musicians Joanna Blendulf and Annalisa Pappano. Joanna, an active chamber musician and early music specialist, teaches at the Univesity of Oregon as an adjunct professor of musicology and at viola da gamba workshops accross the country. Currently, Joanna performs with the Portland, Seattle and Indianapolis Baroque Orchestras.

Annalisa is a highly sought-after performer of the lirone, pardessus, and viola da gamba. Annalisa teaches viola da gamba at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music and in 2003, led the Catacoustic Consort to win the grand prize in the Naxos/Early Music America Live Recording Competition. Currently, she performs with Baroque Northweset, the Oberlin Consort of Viols, and the Les Paisirs Durables in Brussels, Belgium.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Did you know that virtually every aspect of the development of the human brain is shaped by experience?

Imagine how beneficial it would be if everyone who cares for children knew something about how and when experience shapes the development of the brain.

Imagine how beneficial it would be if every claim that is made about how to best care for children were backed up by solid scientific evidence.

Changing Brains is a science program for non-scientists, featuring information and practical recommendations based on scientific evidence for parents, educators, and policy makers… anyone who cares for children.

In this video you learn about the brain, how it develops, the methods used to study its structures and function, and how experience shapes the brain systems important for: VISION, HEARING, MOTOR SKILLS, ATTENTION, LANGUAGE, READING, MATH, MUSIC, EMOTIONS and LEARNING.

Brain Development Lap, Featured · Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

This episode features Gordon Sayre, Prof., English Dept.; Senate President. Gordon Sayre discusses his research into French Colonial Literature in North America, as well as the challenges of the University of Oregon Senate. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Monday, July 27th, 2009

This lecture is part of the Darwin Bicentennial Lecture Series co-sponsored by the Oregon Humanities Center, Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology, Institute of Neuroscience, Museum of Natural and Cultural History, department of biology, and the College of Arts and Sciences. It is presented by Dr. Frances White from the Department of Anthropology and Institute of Cognitive and Decision Sciences at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center · Monday, July 27th, 2009

This lecture is part of the Darwin Bicentennial Lecture Series co-sponsored by the Oregon Humanities Center, Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology, Institute of Neuroscience, Museum of Natural and Cultural History, department of biology, and the College of Arts and Sciences. It is authored by the 2008-9 Kritikos Professor in the Humanities, Kenneth Miller, a molecular biology, cell biology and biochemistry, researcher at Brown University.

Oregon Humanities Center · Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

On 29 May 2009, Steve Hsu, professor of physics at the University of Oregon, gave a public lecture and slide show revealing the science behind the film, “Angels & Demons”, from Sony Pictures, starring Tom Hanks. The event was held in Columbia 150 on the University or Oregon campus and was sponsored the Physics Department and the College of Arts and Sciences.

College of Arts and Sciences · Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species”, May 4, 2009. Sean B. Carroll, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Wisconsin.

Just two centuries ago, much of our world was an unexplored wilderness. Award-winning biologist Sean Carroll takes us on the dramatic expeditions of several pioneering naturalists who unearthed the history of life on our planet and, in the process, profoundly changed our perception of the living world and our place within it. Part of the Darwin Bicentennial Lecture Series.

Oregon Humanities Center · Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Co-founder and co-director of the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University, Mary Evelyn Tucker, delivers a keynote address at the University or Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on May 9th, 2009. Mary Evely Tucker was the 2008-9 Cressman Lecturer in the Humanities.

Oregon Humanities Center, Uncategorized · Monday, July 20th, 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

Ever want to work for the Portland Trailblazers? What about getting paid to go hiking or getting to make a music video? On May 5 the UO Career Center hosted a panel of professionals to discuss their experiences in getting to their current positions and give valuable advice from what they have learned along the way. The discussion is to demonstrate the often varied paths that can lead to one’s career.

Key note Speaker: Scott Coltrane, the University of Oregon’s new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Panelists include:

-Ian Jaquiss, Basketball Outreach Director, Portland Trailblazers
-Bill Sullivan, Writer, Oregon Hikes & Adventures
-Pamela Vorachek, Executive Director, A.C. Gilbert’s Discovery Village children’s museum
-Karmen Fore, District Director for Congressman Peter DeFazio
-Chris Kantrowitz, Owner and Executive Producer for Frank the Plumber -music video content production and tour design

Presented in collaboration with UO Alumni Association, UO Libraries and U.S. Bank.

Featured, Knight Library, Oregon Career Center · Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

On Friday, April 17, the UO Libraries hosted a talk by Carl T. Bergstrom, a University of Washington evolutionary biologist and well-known analyst of the scholarly communications industry. Bergstrom’s talk is entitled “The Structure and Economics of Scholarly Publishing.” Bergstrom is an expert on the economics of journal publishing and has developed a tool called the “eigenfactor,” which provides an alternative to the impact factors currently used to rank journals.

Bergstrom also discussed the sky-rocketing rates libraries and others have to pay for subscriptions to scholarly journals. Subscription rates have quickly outpaced library budgets for journal acquisitions and have limited their ability to provide university faculty members with ready access to journal articles.

Featured, Knight Library · Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

This episode features Frances White, Assoc. Prof., Anthropology, discusses her research on the bonobo, or pygmy chimpanzee. She describes how this species differs from the more-familiar chimp and talks about their peaceful social structure. Prof. White will give a lecture on this topic on April 14 at 7:30 p.m. in 150 Columbia Hall. 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.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Monday, April 13th, 2009

This episode features Tim Duy, director of the Oregon Economic Forum, Economics, discusses the measures that comprise the UO Index of Economic Indicators and the current state of the economy. He also compares the Japanese economic crisis in the 1990s with the current global meltdown. 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.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Monday, April 13th, 2009

This episode features Rebecca Force, adj. asst. prof.,SOJC, discusses her work producing the documentary, “A History of the University of Oregon, 1857-1989. She also talks about her role as the former producer of UO Today and her current teaching activities. 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.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Monday, April 13th, 2009

This episode features Steven Shankman, director, Center for Intercultural Dialogue, discusses his position as the only American UNESCO Chair in Trascultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue, and Peace; the new Center for Intercultural Dialog; and his work with the Inside Out Prison Exchange Program. 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.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Monday, April 13th, 2009

This episode features Edward Tick, Soldier’s Heart, discuss Dr. Tick’s PTSD treatment model based on research of worldwide spirituality, mythology, traditional cultures and the warrior archetype. Soldier’s Heart is a non-profit program designed to create safe-return programs for veterans in communities across the country. 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.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Monday, April 13th, 2009

This episode features Michael Bullis, Dean, College of Education, discusses the progress of the HEDCO Education Building project, his research on youth in the criminal justice system, and the College’s international initiatives. 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.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Monday, April 13th, 2009

On Tuesday, March 10 Joseph Thornton from the UO Department of Biology and Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology presented a lecture entitled “The Evolution of Complexity: Inside Darwin’s Black Box.” It was the third of a monthly series put on by the University which started in January.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Monday, April 6th, 2009

Cassandra Moseley, director of the Ecosystem Workforce Program in the Institute for a Sustainable Environment, discusses her recent testimony before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the U.S. Senate at a hearing regarding investments in clean energy and natural resources projects and programs to create green jobs and to stimulate the economy.
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.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Peter Galison, Pellegrino Professor of the History of Science and of Physics, Harvard University, discusses his documentary film “Secrecy” and his research into Albert Einstein’s relationship with Friedrich Adler, a fellow physicist who assassinated the Austrian Prime Minister in 1916.
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.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art 75th Anniversary with Jill Hartz, executive director, JSMA; Charles Lachman, curator of Asian Art; and Larry Fong, associate director and curator of American and Regional Art discussing the museum’s collections and history.
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.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, Uncategorized · Monday, March 2nd, 2009

John Schmor, department head of Theatre Arts, discusses the reopening of the Miller Theatre Complex, the renovation of the Robinson Theatre, and the new Hope Theatre.
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.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Sunday, March 1st, 2009

Dr. Edward Tick is a practicing psychotherapist who has worked with veterans with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for more than 30 years. For Tick, the key to helping veterans heal lies in how we understand PTSD.

Tick defines PTSD as more than simply a stress and anxiety disorder; it is also an identity disorder and a “wounding of the soul” resulting from the deep trauma of war. Using a holistic, psycho-spiritual model—including Greek mythology and Native American traditions—Tick helps veterans confront and heal their wounds and thereby become whole again.

Tick is the founder of Soldier’s Heart, a non-profit veterans advocacy and safe-return program. His clinical practice and his work with Soldier’s Heart are the basis for his recent book, War and the Soul: Healing Our Nation’s Veterans from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (2005).

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

The UO International Career Forum was held Friday – January 23, 2009, and offered real-life experiences for those considering a globally-focused career, and preparation for being a competitive global professional in the 21st century. Get the inside scoop from current professionals from the nonprofit, public, business, high-tech and journalism/communication sectors that have internationally-focused positions. In this section, hear from:

     * Jess Burns – Free Speech Radio
     * Jon Palfreman – Frontline
     * Beth Naidis — Waggener Edstrom (Public Relations Firm)
     * Anne Marie Levis — Funk/Levis and Associates (Marketing, Advertising, & Branding)
     * Dan Morrison — Freelance photojournalist

on Journalism & Communications.

Featured, Oregon Career Center · Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

The UO International Career Forum was held Friday – January 23, 2009, and offered real-life experiences for those considering a globally-focused career, and preparation for being a competitive global professional in the 21st century. Get the inside scoop from current professionals from the nonprofit, public, business, high-tech and journalism/communication sectors that have internationally-focused positions. In this section, hear from:

     * Cerise Roth-Vinson — Mobility International USA (MIUSA)
     * Gary Gamer — Holt International (International Adoption Agency)
     * Tom Evans — Downtown Languages
     * Laura Miller — Mercy Corps
     * Maggie Keenan — ELAW (Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide)

on Nonprofit & NGO.

Featured, Oregon Career Center · Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

The UO International Career Forum was held Friday – January 23, 2009, and offered real-life experiences for those considering a globally-focused career, and preparation for being a competitive global professional in the 21st century. Get the inside scoop from current professionals from the nonprofit, public, business, high-tech and journalism/communication sectors that have internationally-focused positions. In this section, hear from:

    * Anne Williams — USAID (US Agency for International Development)
    * David Tyree — Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
    * Justin Overdevest — Peace Corps

on the Government & Public sector.

Featured, Oregon Career Center · Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Altruism, the selfless concern for the well-being of others, is a core virtue in many societies and religions. But ever since Darwin wrote about cooperation and altruism, scientists have had a love/hate relationship with these behaviors. Warren Holmes, University of Oregon psychology professor, explores the paradox of cooperative behavior in “The Evolution of Cooperation and the Paradox of Altruism.” It was the second talk in a UO lecture series celebrating the life and work of Charles Darwin given on Tuesday, Feb. 10 2009.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

On Tuesday, January 13 2009 Patrick Phillips presented his lecture entitled “Darwin’s Puzzles: The Evolution of Sex and Death” at the “150 Years Since On the Origin of Species: A Darwin Bicentennial Birthday Celebration.”

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Monday, February 16th, 2009

This episode features Colin Clark, sociology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. Colin Clark discusses his research into and advocacy for the rights of the Gypsy-Traveller population in Great Britain. 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.

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

This episode features Barbara Corrado Pope, professor emerita, Women’s and Gender Studies and author of Cézanne’s Quarry. Barbara Pope discusses her experience writing her first novel and the development of the story. 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.

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

This episode features Carol Stabile, director, CSWS. Carol Stabile discusses her research into gender issues and online gaming as well as how the media’s race and class biases affected reporting during Hurricane Katrina. 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.

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

This episode features Maria Guinand, leader of Venezuelan choral projects, choral conductor, and the Trotter Chair in the School of Music. Maria Guinand discusses the benefits of choral music and how Construir Cantando (Building Through Singing) has helped disadvantaged youth in South America. 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.

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

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 Michael Salter, Digital Arts Professor in the school of Architecture and Allied Arts. Michael Salter discusses his work and teaching as well as his acclaimed “Styrobots.” 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.

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

This episode features Jim Walsh, an expert in international security and a Research Associate with the Security Studies Program at MIT. Jim Walsh discusses relations between the U.S. and Iran and Iran’s nuclear arms program. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, 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

This episode features Jill Hartz, director of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Jill Hartz discusses the future of the museum and current exhibits. Jill Hartz began work as the new director in August 2008. 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.

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 Jon Erlandson, Professor of Anthropology. Jon Erlandson talks about his research into maritime societies of the Pacific Coast and the Pacific Rim, including recent findings that may establish pre-Clovis habitation in North America. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Friday, September 19th, 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

This episode features Richard Taruskin, the 2007-2008 Kritickos Lecturer in the Humanities. Richard Taruskin is a music critic, a performer and conductor of early music, and a prolific scholar who not only writes reviews for the New York Times and the New Repbulic, but is also the author of the six volume Oxford History of Western Music, published in 2005. 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.

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

This episode features Joseph Cirincione, President of the Ploughshares Fund. Joseph Cirincione discusses nuclear weapons, ideas for improved threat assessment, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and whether a missile defense system is necessary. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Outreach, UO Today · Thursday, September 11th, 2008

This episode features Brendan Bohannan, Associate Professor of Biology, specializing in Microbial ecology and evolution. Brendan Bohannan’s research focuses on the diversity of microorganisms, and the cause and consequences of that biodiversity. He is especially interested in promoting the integration of microbial ecology into the general science of ecology. 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.

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

This episode features George Lakoff, world renowned linguist and progressive political analyst. George Lakoff is a Professor of cognitive linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. His areas of research include: the influence of metaphors on the way humans conceptualize; the practical application of cognitive linguistics to social and political issues, cognitive science and Philosophy, and the cognitive structure of mathematics. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Tuesday, September 9th, 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 Olympic Trials at Hayward Field: The story of a community, A University, and the Athletes of Oregon” is a 15 minute documentary created at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication. It takes a look back at Eugene’s history, the origins of Hayward Field, past athletes, the recent Olympic Trials, and all the things that make Eugene “Track Town U.S.A.”.

Featured, Oregon Documentary Project, Oregon Local Interest, Student Productions · Monday, August 4th, 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

This episode features Dennis Jenkins, Director, Archaeology Field School. Dennis Jenkins talks about the recently recovered evidence of the oldest human remains in the Americas from the Paisley caves in Eastern Oregon, and the possible archeological significance of these coprolites (ancient feces). 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

This episode features Beth Harn, Assistant director of Education. Beth Harn discusses her research into reading problems for children, and the effectiveness of intervention when reading problems are diagnosed early. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Outreach, UO Today · Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

This episode features Scott Coltrane, the University of Oregon’s new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Scott Coltrane’s research focuses on families, gender and social inequality. His most recent research projects investigate the impact of economic stress and the meaning of fatherhood and step-fatherhood in Mexican American and European American families. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Wednesday, May 14th, 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

This episode features Stephen Schneider, 2007-2008 Clark Lecturer. Stephen Schneider is a Stanford professor of Biology and co-director of the Center for Environmental Science and Policy. He talks about his research on climate change, and the appropriate role of scientists in discussing possible risks of global warming. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, April 18th, 2008

This episode features Terry Root, a visiting scholar from Stanford University. She discusses the effect of climate change and global warming. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, April 18th, 2008

This episode features Deborah Morrison, the Chambers Distinguished Professor of Advertising in the School of Journalism and Communication. Deborah Morrison is an advertising specialist with a passionate belief in the need for social responsibility in the field. Her interests include creative idea generation, talent development, bridging perspectives between university and industry professionals, new media, and the so-called “greenwashing” phenomenon in advertising. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, April 18th, 2008

This episode features John Teton, Author, filmmaker, and human Rights Activist. John Teton is the founding director of the International Food Security Treaty Campaign. He is here on campus to give a lecture on world hunger and human rights law. John Teton earned his BA at Harvard, and his Masters in Filmmaking from the San Francisco Art institute. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, April 18th, 2008

This episode features Kazuaki Tanahashi, renowned artist and author. He is here on campus in conjunction with the Museum of Art’s exhibit “Buddhist Visions.” He will be giving a talk on Calligraphy in Zen Buddhism. Kazuaki Tanahasi was trained in Japan. He is a painter, a Calligrapher, a teacher, a scholar, …and the author, co-author, illustrator or translator of at least 14 books. He is now based in Berkeley, California. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, April 18th, 2008

This episode features Steve Mital, Director of the UO Office of Sustainability. He discusses the campus sustainability movement, and recent initiatives at the U of O to improve its green profile. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, April 18th, 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

The University of Oregon presents a silent film from 1929, titled “Ed’s Co-ed.” Following the college adventures of a freshman named Ed, the film gives us a glimpse of life at the U of O in the early 20th century. From Model T’s to cloche hats, this film is filled with relics of our past, but it also reminds us that university life has remained the same in many ways; fraternities and sororities, dating, professors lecturing about grades, registering for classes, and other common student activities have hardly changed.

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

The opening of the American west promised opportunities to the hard-working, profit for the wealthy, and easy fortunes for a new brand of outlaws. In the 1920s, three brothers from Oregon would make their mark on the train robbery era. Executive producer: Denise Matthews. Produced by Ben Martin and William Harlow. Directed by Ben Martin.

Oregon Local Interest, Student Productions · 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

The Clark Lecture in the Humanities promotes “public discussion on the natural sciences, the history of Oregon, and the interface between science and social and cultural affairs.” The 2007-08 Clark Lecturer was Stanford biology and environmental studies professor Stephen Schneider. Schneider is the founder and editor of the interdisciplinary journal, Climatic Change. He is editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather and author of The Genesis Strategy: Climate and Global Survival; The Coevolution of Climate and Life; Global Warming: Are We Entering the Greenhouse Century? and Laboratory Earth: The Planetary Gamble We Can’t Afford to Lose. Stephen Schneider talked about how much more could be done to substantially reduce the magnitude of the risks associated with global warming if only we can summon the political will to take decisive action—soon.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, Outreach · Friday, March 28th, 2008

This episode features Thomas Bivins, the Hulteng Chair in Media Ethics and a Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication. Tom Bivins earned a BA in English and an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Alaska. He earned a Ph.D. in Telecommunication …and completed post-doctoral studies in Philosophy at the University of Oregon. He began teaching in 1974, and joined the faculty at Oregon in 1985. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

This episode features T*R*U*E* – Stories of Returning Veterans – with John Wei, Shane Addis, and John Schmor. This program focuses on an innovative stage production created by University of Oregon Veterans and the Theatre Department in which the stories of returning veterans are told by the veterans themselves. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

This episode features Steven Tipton, a visiting Distinguished Speaker for the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics at the University of Oregon. While he is at Oregon, he will be speaking on the place of religion in public life. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

This episode features Tim Hicks, the Director of the University of Oregon graduate program in Conflict and Dispute Resolution. Tim Hicks was the founder and director of the CONNEXUS Conflict Management company, and a mediator in private practice for 14 years before becoming the Director of the Conflict and Dispute Resolution Master’s 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

This episode features Margaret “Margie” Paris, Dean of the University of Oregon School of Law. She practiced criminal law for six years in Chicago, specializing in defense for white-collar criminal prosecutions. She came to the University of Oregon in 1992, and was appointed Dean in 2006. . She teaches advanced appellate advocacy, criminal law, criminal investigation and criminal adjudication. Margie Paris received the Orlando John Hollis Faculty Teaching Award, the law school’s highest teaching honor. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

This episode features Idan Raichel, the musician whose work has electrified fans in Israel, and around the world. He invited more than 70 musicians from vastly different ethnic backgrounds to collaborate on an album filled with blends of Ethiopian folk music, Arabic poetry, Yeminite chants, Biblical psalms and Caribbean rhythms. The music achieved huge success in Israel, offering new ideas about how individuals can maintain their traditions, celebrate their differences, and still respect each other. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

This episode features Bill McKibben, the 2007-2008 Cressman Lecturer in the Humanities. Bill McKibben is the author of ten books. His latest book–coming out at the beginning of November 2007, Fight Global Warming NOW is a guidebook for stopping climate change. It is based on the lessons learned from the Step It Up 2007 campaign which he and six students at Middlebury College organized last spring. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

This episode features Dorothy Figueira, Visiting Lecturer, Comparative Literature. She discusses her research into the development and of myths regarding different cultures, specifically the Aryans, Jews and Brahmins, including a look at the involvement of the writings of Nietzsche. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

This episode features Joseph Harrison, author of the book Someone Else’s Name, published in 2003. In 2005, he received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He currently serves on the editorial board of the Waywiser Press. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Monday, March 17th, 2008

This episode features Kate Mondloch and Deborah Hurtt. Kate Mondloch is an Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory. Deborah Hurtt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History in the school of Architecture and Allied Arts. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Monday, March 17th, 2008

This episode features Chunsheng Zhang, Vice Provost, International Affairs and Outreach. He talks about the East Asian Initiative to expand business, educational and government ties to East Asia, as well as the direction he provides for study abroad programs. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Monday, March 17th, 2008

This episode features David Frohnmayer, President of the University of Oregon. This episode is the first of an exciting new season of The UO Today Show. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Monday, March 17th, 2008

This episode features Tze-Lan Deborah Sang, an Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures and is Lamia Karim, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology. Tze-Lan Sang’s research interests include Gender and Sexuality; Chinese Literature; Chinese Film and performance studies; and urban culture. Lamia Karim’s research interests include gender, political economy, Islamic nationalism, violence, postcolonial feminist theory, and the anthropology of non-governmental institutions. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Monday, March 17th, 2008

This episode features Henry Wonham, Professor and the Head of the Department of English. Henry Wonham’s research interests include Mark Twain, the writings of Charles Chesnutt, and ethnic representation in American literature. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Monday, March 17th, 2008

This episode features John Voll, a visiting lecturer who has been brought to campus by the Wulf Professorship in the Humanities, International Studies and Religious Studies. In conjunction with the new class on Islam and Global Forces, he is presenting a lecture entitled “Burqas, Bikinis and Hip Hop: Different Kinds of Muslims.” 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today, Uncategorized · Monday, March 17th, 2008

This episode features Stephen Rodgers and Cristina Cruz-Uribe. Stephen Rodgers is an assistant professor of Music Theory and Musicianship. Cristina Cruz-Uribe is the first place winner of the U of O’s Undergraduate Library Research Award, for her paper “Unifying Processes in Boccherini’s Stabat Mater: A Visual Analysis.” 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Monday, March 17th, 2008

This episode features Dr. Richard Sloan of Columbia University, and Mark Unno of the University of Oregon’s Religious Studies Program. Richard Sloan and Mark Unno are jointly presenting a discussion at the University of Oregon on the Role of Spirit in Healing. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Samantha Power, renowned author, journalist, Professor, athlete, and activist. Samantha Power is the author of the Pulitzer prize winning book A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide, published in 2002. The book has also been awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Council on Foreign Relation’s Arthur Ross Prize. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Jeffrey Ostler, Professor in the Department of History. His research interests include the American West, America’s Political and Environmental History, and the History of the American Indian. He is the author of two books, and recipient of the Caughey Western History Association Prize as the best book of 2004 in Western US History. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Leo Bersani, celebrated literary theorist, prolific author, and Professor Emeritus of French at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including a prestigious Guggenhein Fellowship. He is a member of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the author of at least 15 books. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Francis Robinson, Senior Vice Principal for Research and Enterprise at Royal Holloway, University of London. He was made Commander of the British Empire in 2006. He is the author of 13 books, including The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World, Islam and Muslim History in South Asia, and The Mughal Emperors. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Ellen Rees, Scandinavian Studies. She discusses her research on female Scandinavian modernist writers, and her book On the Margins: Nordic Women Modernists of the 1930’s (2005). 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Faisel Devji, Jeremiah Lecturer. He discusses his book Landscapes of the Jihad: Militancy, Morality, Modernity and his research into the goals and long term effects of suicide bombers. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Priscilla Ovalle, an Assistant Professor in the Department of English. And Enrique Lima, an Assistant Professor in the Department of English. Ovalle’s research interests include Film History, the representation of race, Latino/a studies, and Dance in Film. Lima’s research and teaching interests include Literature of the Americas, 19th Century American Novel, Narrative Theory and the Theory of the Novel, –as well as Native American and Central American fiction, and the literature of the Mexican Revolution. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Ben Saunders, an Associate Professor in the Department of English. Ben Saunders specializes in the poetry and drama of the English Renaissance, and in the study of sexuality. His other interests include poetry, the history of pornography, the relationship of violence to the sacred, and Anglo-American popular music. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Siddharth Varadarajan, a guest speaker for Jeremiah Lecture series, brought to the UO by the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies. Varadarajan is an author, and journalist. His writing has been sharply critical of, among other things, United States policies regarding nuclear proliferation and its attempts to establish a new balance of power in Asia. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Cecilia Enjuto Rangel, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Romance Languages. Her academic interests include 19th and 20th century Spanish and Latin American Poetry, and Transatlantic Studies. This episode also features David Vazquez, an Assistant Professor in the Department of English. His research interests include the Latino/a cultural nationalist movements of the 60’s and 70’s. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Maram Epstein, Associate Professor in the Deparment of East Asian Languages and Literatures. And Alisa Freedman, and Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature and Film in the Deparment of East Asian Languages and Literatures. Epstein teaches courses on the Chinese Novel, Chinese Film and Women and Gender in Chinese Literature. Freedman’s current research focuses on fictional and artistic depictions of the influence of mass transportation on Tokyo’s social fabric. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features John Lysaker, and Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy. His teaching interests include 19th and 20th century continental philsophy, American philosophy, and the philsophy of art and literature. He is author of the book You Must Change Your Life: Poetry and the Birth of Sense, and is now working on two more. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Michael Sorkin, O’Fallon Lecturer. The New York architect and architectural critic discusses the plans for reconstruction at the site of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center – and why he thinks the results of the process are flawed. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Michael Aronson, Assistant Professor in the English Department’s Film and Media Studies Program. He himself worked in film and video production for 12 years as a camera operator, director of photography and as an assistant cameraman. He now teaches Motion Picture History… from exhibition and the early cinema to the development of the Hollywood studio system and new media. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Ellen Herman, Associate Professor and the Associate Head of the Department of History. Ellen Herman’s interests include social engineering, the human sciences and therapeutic 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features William Bradshaw and Christina Holzapfel, Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. They discuss their research showing that a type of mosquito has changed genetically in response to global warming, and the possible implications of warmer winters on larger species. They also address the role undergraduates play in their research. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Tariq Jaffer, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies. Tariq Jaffer earned his BA at the University of Toronto; he earned his MA at McGill, and his Ph.D. at Yale. Tariq Jaffer is an Islamic Scholar. His languages include Arabic, German, French, Persian and Ancient Greek. His current research examines tensions and conflicts of Islamic intellectual history as expressed in the works of Razi, a 13th century Persian scholar who was a theologian, philosopher, historian, and scientist. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 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 Erin Cline, an Assistant Professor of Chinese Philosophy and Religion. Her research interests include classical Chinese philosophy and religions, and comparative religious though. She is now working on a book examining the idea of social justice in the Confucian Analects, and how that might contribute to current discussions in ethics and political philosophy. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Douglas Kennett, an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology. He is the co-editor or author of three books, and his most recent research at the remote island of Rapu in the South Pacific is providing new ideas about the settlement of the area. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Garrett Epps, the Orlando and Marian Hollis Professor of Law. Prior to his academia career, Garrett Epps was a reporter for the Washington Post newspaper, and had written two novels. More recently, he has written numerous scholarly articles focusing on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Brian Turner, Visiting Lecturer of Creative Writing Program. He discusses his book of poetry Here, Bullet (2005), a first person account of the Iraq war based on his experiences as a soldier. Turner is an MFA graduate of the University of Oregon. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Madeline Spring, the Academic Director of the new K-16 Chinese Flagship Project. Madeline Spring is the author of the book Making Connections: Improve your Listening Comprehension in Chinese, the revised edition of which was published in 2006. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Charles Martinez, Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity. He talks about the development of the University’s diversity plan, and the problems it is meant to address. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Linda Brady, Senior Vice President and Provost. She talks about her research interests in Political Science, as well as her vision of the University in terms of diversity, faculty recruitment and retention, and global outreach. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Dare Baldwin, a professor in the Department of Psychology and the head of the Baldwin research lab. Dare Baldwin studies the development of social understanding and language development, as well as writing numerous papers in professional journals. Dare Baldwin is the winner of the Cattell Sabbatical Fellowship for 2007, and a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2007.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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Richard West, the 2006-2007 occupant of the Wayne Morse Chair of Law and Politics. He is a citizen of the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes of Oklahoma. Richard West has spent much of his life working with American Indians on cultural, educational, legal, and governmental issues. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Adell Amos, the Director of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program. Adell Amos’ scholarship focuses on water resource management, the role of agencies in setting national and local water policy, and citizen participation in Water rights adjudications. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features David Frohnmayer, President, University of Oregon. He addresses a wide range of issues affecting the University and Higher Education in Oregon, including student housing, rising tuition, state funding for higher education, private fundraising, international programs, science programs and athletics. 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.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008