The Office of International Affairs would like to wish everyone a happy Chinese New Year. May the upcoming year bring happiness and prosperity. Welcome, Year of the Goat!

• Lucky Colors: brown, red, purple
• Lucky Numbers: 2, 7
• Lucky Flowers: carnation, primrose
• Year of Birth: 1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2027

Editorial note: The full article can be found at Around the O. 

We at the Office of International Affairs were saddened to learn of the tragic and senseless violence that took place at Chapel Hill.  We stand in solidarity with our Muslim and Arab students in condemning these acts of violence and are available to offer support to any international students who may wish to talk, or have any concerns.

With sincere condolences,

Dennis Galvan
Vice Provost for International Affairs
University of Oregon

Editorial Note: The full article can be found at Voice of America

UO anthropologist Lynn Stephen has received two significant professional national and international awards. In March of 2015 she will give the Michael Kearney Memorial Lecture at the meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Pittsburgh. The award is for an outstanding scholar whose presentation will explore the intersection of three themes (migration, human rights, transnationalism) and with a specific focus on a contemporary issue or problem.

UO’s Steve Huter, director of Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) has been working as an international partner with AfChix, a mentorship program that promotes technology learning and careers for African women.

The goal of AfChix and AfNOG is to create a vibrant network of African Women in Computer Science and related areas for the purpose of supporting each other.

Editorial Note: The full article can be found in CAScade Magazine written by Matt Cooper.

This article was first published by AAA Communications Team on Tuesday, January 27, 2015.

Professor Marc Schlossberg has been awarded a rare second Fulbright Scholarship, this time to work with faculty at Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, where he will collaborate with colleagues in the institute’s Department of Architecture and Town Planning.

The UO Inclusive Education Project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is on schedule to open a total of six pilot schools in the City of Riyadh, the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia.

On behalf of the UO administration, faculty, staff and students, the Office of International Affairs wishes to express our entire community's sincere condolences at the passing of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud of Saudi Arabia.

At this difficult time of national transition, our thoughts and prayers are with our Saudi students, as well as our Saudi faculty and staff and our alumni, academic partners, and friends in the Kingdom.