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Cross-Cultural Events on UO Campus

EUGENE, Ore. – (April 2, 2014) – The fifth annual University of Oregon Cinema Pacific film festival returns April 23 to April 27,  with a wide array of films, exhibitions, receptions and performances in both Eugene and Portland.

Mandy M Gettler, associate director of the Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) has been selected as a recipient of the 2014 Officer of Administration Recognition Award.

Gettler will be honored, along with five other UO employees during the 2014 Outstanding Employee Recognition Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, April 8, at Gerlinger Alumni Lounge, 3:30-5 pm.

The honorees will receive their respective awards from UO President Michael Gottfredson.

Editorial Note: This article first appeared in the New York Times on Monday, March 31, 2014.

Using the Arts to Teach How to Prepare for Climate Crisis

This article first appeared in Around the O on Wenesday, March 26, 2014.

Nine undergraduate students from the University of Oregon's Clark Honors College and 10 students from the Conflict and Dispute Resolution Program traveled to London for a spring break workshop and seminar at Oxford University on global justice and human rights.

A group of Japanese students visiting Eugene’s Churchill High School got to spend a day talking science at the University of Oregon earlier this month.

The UO Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry along with the Nanoscience Open Research Initiative (NORI) hosted students Ayaka Hikitawho, Hiroki Suyama and Haruka Oda along with their teacher, Ryosuke Yamashita. The group is from Miyazaki Kita High School, a science school in Japan.

The University of Oregon Center for Equity Promotion (CEQP) will host a two-day conference, “Strong Global Communities: International Conference on Prevention Implementation,” April 28-29 in Eugene. 

“Strong Global Communities” will bring together international prevention scientists, scholars, students, practitioners and community members from the education, health and social service sectors. The conference will feature keynote addresses, focused plenary sessions and research poster sessions exploring various themes. 

The Fundación Runa is looking for interns to carry out a participatory analysis of community based resources and livelihoods in the Amazon.  Interns will gain knowledge in areas such as sustainable agricultural practices, business and management, and qualitative and quantitative research methods.

The Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) published its Gender Gap Report for 2013. The objective of the report is to help identify the key areas and issues that each university has to address and encourage member institutions to participate in a collective effort in bridging the gender gap in higher education.

Note: This article first appeared in Around the O on Thursday, February 27, 2014.

What began with a visit from a dignitary at the UO has led to a lab named in the honor of a UO faculty member and administrator.

University of Oregon chemistry professor Ken Doxsee visited Thonburi, Thailand, in December to speak and perform experiments at the grand opening of a facility named in his honor – Assumption College’s Doxsee Green Chemistry Laboratory.

Doxsee started teaching at the UO in 1989 and also serves as UO associate vice provost for academic affairs.

Award-winning journalist and human rights advocate Lydia Cacho will visit the UO to deliver the 2014 Bartolomé de las Casas Lecture in Latin American Studies. Her talk, entitled "Defending Human Rights: The Amazing Journey of a Mexican Journalist," will take place on Thursday, May 29, at 182 Lillis Hall, 7 p.m.

Born in Cancún, Mexico, in 1963, Lydia Cacho is widely recognized as one of the most courageous journalists in the world for her reports on domestic violence, child prostitution, organized crime, and political corruption.