Campus Briefs
Research fellowships
given to four students
Four University graduate stu
dents have been awarded 1998
University Doctoral Research
Fellowships.
The doctoral degree candi
dates include: Paul Thiers for
political science; Timothy Raw
son for history; Arthur Kirk
patrick for computer and infor
mation science; and Mikhail
Blinnikov for geography. Each
will receive a $16,000 stipend
and a tuition waiver.
The fellowship program, a
collaborative effort between the
Office of the Vice Provost for Re
search and the Graduate School,
is designed to support excep
tionally advanced doctoral de
gree candidates as they complete
their research and write their
dissertations.
Thiers, who is from Salem, is
studying the political economy
of organic agriculture in his dis
sertation "Green Food: The Po
litical Economy of Sustainable
Agriculture in China.”
He has received an Interna
tional Trade and Development
Fellowship from the Oregon
University System and another
fellowship from the University
Club Foundation of Oregon.
Upon earning his degree,
Thiers plans to work in both
academia and applied research.
Hailing from Fairbanks, Alas
ka, Rawson will use his fellow
ship this summer to study the
common bond between different
peoples in Oregon and Washing
ton. His dissertation is titled "In
Common with All Citizens: Fish,
Native Americans, Sportsmen,
and Conservation in Oregon and
Washington.”
Rawson has held graduate
teaching fellow positions in
many University departments,
including history and the Office
of International Education and
Exchange.
He plans to become a faculty
member at Alaska Pacific Uni
versity in Anchorage.
Kirkpatrick, who is from Ven
tura, Calif., is writing his disser
tation titled “Supporting Ex
ploratory Activity with Haptic
Computer Interface.”
He has 12 years of computer
programming experience. He
has been doing research with his
adviser, Sarah Douglas, on the
use of color in computer systems
and comparisons of input de
vices such as mice and joysticks.
Eugene native Blinnikov is re
searching the history of the
grasslands in his dissertation
“Lake Pleistocene History of the
Columbia Basin Grasslands
Based on Phytolith Records in
Loess."
He earned his master’s degree
at Moscow University, where he
was researching silica. He is now
centering his research around a
new method of soil data extrac
tion.
Each department nominates
one candidate entering their fi
nal year at the University. A sub
committee of the University
Graduate Council evaluates the
applications along with Stead
man Upham, vice provost of re
search and dean of the graduate
school.
Three to six doctoral degree
candidates have received the fel
lowship each year since the pro
gram began in 1991.
Group seeks input
on research park
The Riverfront Research Park
Committee is seeking public in
put, information and suggestions
on how best to shape the future
of the park.
The committee has scheduled
a forum for Thursday at 7:30
p.m. in the EMU Fir Room.
Composed of faculty, students
and a representative of the Uni
versity Foundation, the commit
tee was recently appointed by
University President Dave
Frohnmayer to perform an out
side review of the park. There
has not been such a review in a
decade.
Public comments can be sent
via e-mail to rpreview@lists.uore
gon.edu or to Riverfront Research
Park Review Committee, c/o
President’s Office, University of
Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403.
The committee is scheduled
to submit a report to Frohnmay
er in mid-September.
Three professors show
scientific excellence
Three University scientists
have been elected to Fellowship
in the American Academy of Mi
crobiology.
Frederick Dahlquist, professor
of chemistry, Eric Selker, profes
sor of biology, and Tom Stevens,
professor of chemistry, have
been honored for having met the
academy’s criteria and by
demonstrating scientific excel
lence, originality and leadership,
high ethical standards and schol
arly and creative achievement.
The members of the academy
have elected 1,300 fellows from 27
countries. The academy is the only
honorific leadership group devot
ed entirely to microbiologists and
the science of microbiology.
Speakers to discuss
ancient China, Greece
The Oregon Humanities Cen
ter is sponsoring a conference on
the similarities between ancient
civilizations that sprang up at
about the same time in Greece
and China.
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The free public conference,
which will take place May 28-30, is
titled “Thinking Through Compar
isons: Ancient Greece and China.”
The event will open with a
keynote address from speaker
Wang Ching-Hsien, a professor
of comparative literature at the
University of Washington and
dean of the College of Humani
ties and Social Sciences at the
National Dong Hwa University
in Taiwan. Wang’s speech, “Al
luding to the Text, or the Con
text,” will be held in the Ger
linger Hall Alumni Lounge at
4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
A reception will follow at the
Museum of Art.
The rest of the conference
events will be held in Gerlinger
Hall. Speakers from universities
across die county and around the
world will participate in panel
discussion and give various
speeches on Friday and Saturday.
For specific information on the
conference, go to the Oregon Hu
manities Center Web site at dark
wing.uoregon.edu/~humanctr/sc
hed.html.
Greek awards given for i
service excellence
The annual greek awards are in.
The greek Man of the Year is Mike
Price from Theta Chi fraternity,
and the greek Woman ofthe Year is
Sarah Wiley from Chi Omega
sorority. Both recipients were
chapter presidents. Wiley also was
the 1996-97 Panhelfruic Council
president wfr' Price was 1996-97
vice presides jfleadership for the
Interfratemitv ouncil.
Other awa . went to Female
Junior of th ;ar Marisa Rams
dell from thet/'i Omega sorority
and Female Volunteer Service
award winner Kim Guevara.
All invited to attend
Thurston prayer group
An interfaith prayer gathering
will be held Wednesday at 3
p.m. in the EMU Fir Room for all
those to gather, pray and talk
about the recent violence at
Thurston High School. All are
welcome to attend.
Requirements high
for graduation honors
It took a lot to get an honor
tacked onto graduation diplo
mas this year.
The lowest honor — cum
laude — required a cumulative
GPA of 3.70. That represents the
top 10 percent ofthe graduating
class.
Seniors needed a 3.83 to get
magna cum laude, which repre
sents the top 5 percent. Summa
cum laude was reserved for the
top 2 percent — those seniors
with a 3.94.
The requirements are high,
but they were even higher last
year. Graduates in 1997 needed
a 3.74 just to get cum laude.
Spring term usually sees high
er requirements, said Estelle
Forster, graduation specialist
with the registrar's office.
The University has not stud
ied how GPAs break down
among schools and programs,
she said.
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