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UO Archaeologist Surveys Rare Western Medicine Wheels

Sacred architecture is well documented around the world, but is of rare and little known existence in the U.S. West. More common to the Great Plains, medicine wheels were used by native cultures in ceremony and ritual to symbolize the cycles of life, growth, death and regeneration. University efforts to document the first Native American […]

NorCal Ducks give Millions to the UO

2011 marked the 4th year in a row in which the UO raised more than $100 million in private gifts. Last year $116.9 million was generously given by more than 46,000 alumni and friends, the 3rd best year in fundraising in the UO’s history. Read more. Charitable gifts are a primary catalyst for the UO’s […]

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