Oregon "In the News"
E-clips: A quick summary of UO in the daily news
E-clips provide a snapshot of media coverage of the University of Oregon. Each day’s edition (Monday-Friday) is compiled by the Media Relations office using a variety of search engines of online news sources or other reports. Our daily edition of E-clips, including full stories, is distributed by email to members of the UO community who subscribe to the service. (See below for how to subscribe to your campus address.)
Below you will find a brief summary of the day's top story or stories chosen from the each day's full E-clips.The summaries do not include the full stories because of the often short life of media URLs and copyright considerations. (Monday's E-clips each week includes stories from the weekend.)
(See our News Archives for items prior to Feb. 16, 2009)
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- Top stories for October 10-12, 2009: Register-Guard reports on federal stimulus grants coming into the UO; new dormitory funds sought by UO, the Register-Guard reports; in a Register-Guard viewpoint, UO adjunct law professor Hugh Duvall writes on DUII in Oregon; young kids cruise deep sea biology with OIMB, reports the Coos Bay World; Discovery Institute blog, Evolution News & Views both look at evolutionary work by the UO's Joe Thornton; NBA Lakers' fans still shelling out to see star-studded team, reports the Los Angeles Times with comments from the UO's Paul Swangard; history professor Matthew Dennis is cited by the Palm Beach Post in a story questioning the staying power of Columbus Day; and the UO is involved in Oregon efforts to tap into a federal education reform initiative that will spend $4 billion in states showing innovation and progress, reports the Register-Guard
- Top stories for October 9, 2009: Oregon recession may end soon, reports OPB with comment from UO economist Tim Duy; also nearing an end, perhaps earlier than expected, is construction of PK Park, reports the Register-Guard; UO won't print union flyers, reports the Oregon Daily Emerald; UO's Nathan Tublitz is quoted by Athletic Business in story about debt loads involving athletic facilities; bids too low put UO Craft Center project into delay, reports the Portland Daily Journal of Commerce; Northwest Innovation reports on state's benefiting from Defense Appropriations Bill (UO mentioned); and KMTR says police are urging Halloween revelers and football fans to party responsibly
- Top stories for October 8, 2009: The Register-Guard covers UO President Lariviere's take on the handling of Ducks running back LeGarrette Blount; the economy is improving,but jobs lag, says the UO's Tim Duy in a Register-Guard story; UO good on sustainability but draws just a 'B' grade, reports the Daily Emerald; UO faculty union drawing closer, reports the Daily Emerald; the UO's Lynn Kahle and Terry Sebastian weigh in on the Centron-to-Grapes solar company's name change in a Register-Guard story; the Oregon Daily Emerald reports on switch to more campus police officers and cut back of using Eugene city police; UO among several universities getting earthquake safety grants, reports Environmental Protection Magazine; Obama hands out science awards, including one to UO's Mike Posner, reports CBS News; and ONAMI at UO gets funding as apart of Defense Appropriations Bill, reports the Salem-News
- News stories for October 7, 2009: UO cutting back on Eugene police presence, adding more campus officers, reports the Register-Guard; in an editorial, The New York Times cites groundbreaking work by the UO's Joe Thornton that says evolution doesn't go backward; and a new survey finds many newly trained teachers in Oregon cannot find classrooms to teach in, reports KDRV and KEZI in a story featuring footage of the UO's College of Education
- News stories for October 6, 2009: The Oregon Daily Emerald reports on a National Science Foundation grant to UO social scientist Ron Mitchell; the Coos Bay World runs the Register-Guard's story on 'Ducking the Flu' on the UO campus; budget cuts sap OUS campuses, reports the Daily Emerald; and the Daily Emerald reports on union efforts on the UO campus
- News stories for October 5, 2009: UO professor James Snodgrass will lead efforts to compete a study on stress and health of area romances; Basil & Spice cites a book by the UO's Peggy Pascoe involving interracial marriages; in a guest viewpoint in the Register-Guard, the UO's Ofer Raban writes on a court case involving mandatory sentencing; the TAXI Design Network and Spokesman-Review report on the "Superhero" exhibit at the UO's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art; the Register-Guard applauds the UO-City of Eugene welcoming project in near campus neighborhoods; UO economist Tim Duy is quoted in the Medford Mail and Tribune's review of the health of several Oregon banks amid the recession; Duy also is quoted by the Albany Democrat Herald in a story about the state's July economic indicators; and the state's higher education board finalizes 8.9 percent cuts and tells of impacts, with a reference to the UO, reports the Portland Business Journal
- News stories for October 2, 2009: UO sports marketing director Paul Swangard is quoted in Bloomberg story on Brett Favre's impact on NFL Vikings' sportswear, and KGW-Portland reports on UO efforts to curb flu risks
