"O" E-clips: highlights of media coverage involving the UO and its faculty and staff
UO E-Clips is a daily report prepared by the Office of Communications (http://uonews.uoregon.edu/) summarizing current news coverage of the University of Oregon.
Media mentions for May 22
Abenomics could force Europe to drop austerity
Market Watch: The initial success of Japan’s bold program of monetary and fiscal stimulus is prompting speculation that Europe may have to follow suit and drop its stubborn opposition to stimulating the economy ... While some critics have decried the Japanese measures as a “competitive devaluation,” University of Oregon economist Tim Duy argued in his influential blog on central-bank policy that Japan’s focus is on domestic demand and it is just what the world economy needs ... “Successful domestically oriented policy in Japan will have second-round effects that will induce further policy easing [in] Europe,” Duy wrote. “And a good kick in the pants in Europe is exactly what we need right now.”
The Bend Bulletin: Pine Mountain Observatory opens for the season Friday. The observatory, located 34 miles southeast of Bend, is a research facility operated by the University of Oregon’s Department of Physics. It is open to the public on Friday and Saturday nights through Sept. 29. Private group tours are available during the week by advance appointment. Programs begin at 9 p.m. through midsummer, then move to 8:30 and then 8 p.m. start times by September, as darkness falls earlier, according to the observatory’s website. A $5 donation per person is requested. Visitors take a tour of the large telescopes and view the moon and planets beginning at sunset, clear skies permitting. An adjacent Forest Service campground is available for overnight stays. Pine Mountain Observatory is at 6,300 feet in elevation and visitors are urged to dress warmly.
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Late mentions for May 21
Sustainable Business Oregon: Along with the Oregon Built Environment & Sustainability Technologies Center, the International Living Future Institute announced four finalists in the Red List Design Challenge. The contest seeks to nurture development of non-toxic building products and launch new Oregon companies. It also features $15,000 in prizes ... The finalists are ... University of Oregon student Zander Eckblad. Eckblad is proposing a non-toxic, plant-based cellulose nano fiber alternative to traditional fiberglass insulation. The cellulose nano fiber aerogel, derived entirely from plants, could be three times as effective as fiberglass insulation at an eigth of the cost ... Yin Yu, an interior architecture student at the University of Oregon whose Open Window Blind provides privacy without limiting daylight. The blind's shape is inspired by the cellular structure of pine wood.
