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Little people, big inspiration 11/03/11 •

The fastest way to charge my batteries and sharpen my focus is to spend time with children. There is no substitute for their energy, innocence, and capacity and desire to learn. It reminds me that the decisions we make today matter for many years to come.

Yesterday I had great fun visiting the...
Don’t feel no ways tired 10/17/11 •

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We lost another trailblazer. Last Sunday University of Oregon sociology professor Lawrence Carter died here in Eugene at the age of 68. In the 1980s Prof. Carter helped develop the Lee-Carter model for predicting demographic trends—a model that is still used by the Census Bureau and others in the U.S....
A letter to my colleagues 09/26/11 •

It's great to have our students back. Our new freshman class arrived on campus last Thursday, and yesterday we formally welcomed them at Convocation. Their infectious excitement brings opportunity for renewal. Thank you to everyone who helped “Unpack the Quack,” a wonderful new move-in day program created by University...

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