UO Vice Provost for International Affairs, Dennis Galvan and OIA Senior Advisor for Global Partnerships, Eric Benjaminson met with U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley at Washington D.C.

The informal meet allowed the university representatives to receive feedback on UO's international strategy, discuss university engagements and successes, and to coordinate with Senator Merkley on how UO international engagement can enhance the state and advance US foreign policy goals.

Dear UO Faculty, Students, and Staff,

A global watch is underway as the Zika virus has begun spreading throughout Central and South America and the Caribbean.

According to news reports, there have been 31 documented Zika cases in the U.S. (11 states and the District of Columbia), though in all of those cases people got infected elsewhere.

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This blog conversation was first published in Youth Circulations on January 25, 2016.

UO Center for Asian and Pacific Studies given the honor to host the annual South Asia Conference for the Pacific Northwest (SACPAN) at the White Stag Block in Portland, OR

Article originally in Around the O on December 7, 2015 - 6:00am by Nathaniel Brown, Public Affairs Communications

Traveling across the world to share knowledge in a foreign place is an impressive undertaking.

The Gabon-Oregon Center recently launched a training workshop in scientific English at the GOC’s English Language Laboratory in Libreville. In the first class, nine students from a diverse range of Gabonese institutions and organizations were chosen with the objective of improving the competence in the English language specifically focused on the needs of scientific researchers. Also highlighted were writing techniques that will maximize acceptance of academic scientific articles by relevant Anglophone journals.

In the wake of the recent terror attacks in France, Lebanon, Iraq, and Mali, many in the UO community have become increasingly aware of how an international event can impact Eugene and our students studying abroad.

EUGENE, Oregon (December 1, 2015) – The University of Oregon is ranked 9th in the country for Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship recipients for spring 2016 programs.

Out of 11 Gilman scholarship applicants from the UO, five received the award. This is a 45% success rate, which is higher than the national average of one award in three applicants.

UO’s President Schill attended a Thanksgiving gathering of international students at a local Eugene residence. The welcoming hosts were Paul and Susie Harvey, a long-time host family affiliated with the local nonprofit Friendship Foundation for International Students (FFIS). The Harveys host an annual Thanksgiving bash, opening their home to all of their past international students they have hosted over the years. This year, ten countries were represented among the attendees.