Who Owns Taiwan? is a Jan. 28th, 2010 lecture by prominent Taiwan political activist, Professor Peng Mingmin. Peng fled Taiwan in 1970 when Taiwan was still under authoritarian rule and gained political asylum in Sweden. He returned to Taiwan in the early 90s, ran unsuccessfully for president and later became special advisor to President Chen [...]
February 21, 2010 Competition. They won!
The uo’s stunning 295-acre campus is the perfect place for deep thinking, featuring both cutting edge laboratories and neo-classical columns…everything you’d look for in a college setting. The campus is an arboretum, with museums, libraries, laboratories, and lecture halls situated among over 3500 trees of more than 500 species. Bring in the harvest at the [...]
Sandra Morgen, professor of anthropology and associate dean of the University of Oregon's graduate school, talks about her new book, "Stretched Thin: Poor Families, Welfare Work, and Welfare Reform." The book discusses a comprehensive research project on Oregon's reforms of the late 1990s. The research was led by Morgen, UO sociologist Joan Acker and former [...]