ASHLAND, Oregon, Nov. 11 -- Southern Oregon University issued the following news release: * * * Design Patterns and AI: Computer Science evolves at SOU A new "Design Patterns" course in Southern Oregon University's Computer Science program leans on artificial intelligence to perform coding tasks, allowing students to focus on the big picture and serve as architects rather than carpenters. The course - an upper-division elective intended primarily for Computer Science majors - reflects an ong  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley: Voting No with Every Fiber of My Being * Washington, D.C. Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement announcing he is voting against the bill that funds the government but does not extend the Affordable Care Act's enhanced premium tax credits: "The vote tonight to reopen the government with no deal on health care is a brutal blow to all those who have stood together t  more

SALEM, Oregon, Nov. 10 [Category: Education] -- The Oregon School Boards Association posted the following news: * * * OSBA Annual Convention answers school board members' immediate needs * Four Oregon legislators told OSBA Annual Convention attendees on Saturday morning that Salem needs to hear their district-level perspectives on state policies.  A few minutes later, school board members filled a workshop room to capacity for a session on Senate Bill 141, the recently passed school accoun  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Petition Seeks Protection for Rare Flower in Southwestern Oregon * PORTLAND, Ore.The Center for Biological Diversity filed a petition today with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeking protection for Stansell's daisy under the Endangered Species Act. These rare flowering plants only survive on low-nutrient, rocky soils in grassy forest openings and meadow habitats at t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Bonamici Join Dexter to Introduce Bill to Ensure Department of Homeland Security Detainees Can Speak to a Lawyer and Contact Their Families * Washington D.C. U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, with U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici, said today they have joined Rep. Maxine Dexter's bicameral legislation to ensure the Department of Homeland Security allows noncitizens who have be  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand Answers from Trump On New "Review" of Mifepristone Despite Decades of Evidence Proving its Safety & Efficacy * Senators Raise Alarm Over Looming Efforts to Restrict Medication Abortion Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they have joined Senate colleagues to express alarm over the Trump administration's plans to conduct "its own revi  more