A limited number of tickets for public tours this summer of the Watzek House, Oregon’s newest National Historic Landmark, and The Shire, a unique landscape in the Columbia River Gorge, are now available. The tickets are expected to sell out quickly so early registration is recommended.
The Watzek House is part of the John Yeon Center for Architectural Studies, founded in 1995. Portland lumber magnate Aubrey...
Farhad Bahram, a graduate teaching fellow in the Department of Art, has been awarded an Oregon University System Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (Sylff) Graduate Fellowship for International Research, to begin fall 2013. The award carries a $6,000 stipend.
The intent of the award is "to nurture future leaders who will transcend geopolitical, religious, ethnic, and cultural boundaries in the world community...
Research by Associate Professor and Director Patricia Dewey, of the Arts and Administration Program, has been recognized with a $50,000 Incubating Interdisciplinary Initiatives (I3) Award from the University of Oregon Office of Research, Innovation, and Graduate Education (RIGE).
Dewey serves as coordinator of the arts in healthcare management concentration in AAD. Her UO “Arts in Healthcare” research team...
Lin Cook was commissioned to design the first Lawrence Medal — a prestigious honor now awarded annually to a distinguished graduate — in 1999. She has produced every medal that has been presented since then.
“Metal is the medium in which I can express myself artistically,” says Cook, BFA metalsmithing and jewelry ’80, who based the design of the medal on a rosette motif from the columns at...
This year’s honoree and commencement speaker, David Ping-yee Lung, has been instrumental in three World Heritage List designations.
Frances Bronet, dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts, will present the Lawrence Medal to alumnus David Ping-yee Lung during the 2013 commencement June 17. Internationally recognized for his scholarship and work in heritage conservation, Lung has been commended as the...
