Inspiring the Next Generation
Michael Posner, professor emerit in psychology, has had a career filled with accomplishments. He's received numerous honorary degrees, awards, and the National Medal of Science presented by President Barack Obama in 2009.
But Posner might tell you what gave him the most satisfaction was supporting and mentoring his students and colleagues to help them achieve success.
The Posner family is establishing The Dr. Michael Posner Psychology Professorship in Cognition and Neuroscience. The professorship will support a tenured professor or associate professor to strengthen the college’s contributions to cognition and neuroscience, an area where the Department of Psychology has excelled, in part due to Posner’s work. Help the family raise the money necessary to turn this professorship into an endowed chair.
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Gifts to the College of Arts and Sciences can help our students make the most of their college careers. To do this, CAS needs your support. Your contributions help us ensure that teaching, research, advising, mentoring, and support services are fully available to every student. Thank you!
What’s Happening in CAS?
It's election season, and the presidential norms are a-changing. Hear from presidential studies expert Chandler James, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, as he discusses the state of presidential norms and his experience at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Read more about the politics of the presidency in the new issue of CAS Connection. You’ll also find stories about students uncovering a hidden history, OIMB turning 100 years old, a professor being awarded a prestigious fellowship—and more.
Undergraduate Studies
Wherever your academic goals eventually take you at the UO, all Ducks begin their journey with foundational courses in CAS. More than 60 percent of students go on to pursue a major in a CAS department or program. With more than 50 departments and programs, there’s an intellectual home for almost any interest, talent, or career aspiration.
Graduate Studies
The College of Arts and Sciences offers more than 30 master's programs and more than 20 doctoral programs across a diverse range of disciplines. Both as contributors to research teams and through their own scholarship and teaching, our CAS graduate students are indispensable to the vitality of the UO academic mission.
Student Support Services
We provide our students with a variety of resources to help you thrive inside and outside the classroom. Through Tykeson Advising, we provide comprehensive academic and career advising from the start of your journey at the University of Oregon. Learn about career preparation and get assistance in selecting the very best classes. Connect with labs, libraries, IT and tutoring. Find your community on campus.
World-Class Faculty
The College of Arts and Sciences faculty members are a driving force of the high-output, high-impact research activity that has earned the UO membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU). Our world-class faculty members are inspiring teachers.
Among them are five members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, four members of the National Academy of Sciences. They are committed to helping students discover their academic passion. Every day, they work to expand students’ intellectual horizons, preparing them for life after college with real-world knowledge and skills.
Meet our Dean
In the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), we are committed to excellence in research and teaching, student success, and diversity, equity, and belonging.
A liberal arts education—one that offers a breadth of intellectual approaches and perspectives and depth in a major discipline—is the foundation to a purposeful life as a life-long learner, engaged citizen, and leader. The skills you will learn here—from written and verbal communication to analytical and quantitative reasoning, to compassion and understanding—are those that employers seek and will open the door to a wealth of opportunities.
You will find more than 50 majors and a multitude of minors within CAS, and seemingly endless opportunities for personal exploration and discovery. Whether you are an incoming first-year student, a grad student or a transfer student, you can map an exciting future and be part of a fun, warm, engaged liberal arts community here. Come join us. And go Ducks!
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Happening at CAS
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— UO College of Arts and Sciences (@uocas) June 24, 2024
4:30–9:30 p.m.
Join us for the joint Oregon Center for Electrochemistry (OCE) annual conference and The Electrochemical Society (ECS) Pacific Northwest Section Fall meeting.
Registration is open and free!
For details and to register, visit the OCE website.
9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Join us for the joint Oregon Center for Electrochemistry (OCE) annual conference and The Electrochemical Society (ECS) Pacific Northwest Section Fall meeting.
Registration is open and free!
For details and to register, visit the OCE website.
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
The GE Day of Teaching provides is an opportunity for new GEs to learn foundational teaching skills and topics as well as what quality teaching means at UO (it's professional, inclusive, engaged, and research-informed!). It's also an opportunity to meet other GEs and build community, and to learn about resources that support the vibrant teaching community here.
Free. Registration at https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6gH3SBdROWB1e8S
Full schedule and more details at https://teaching.uoregon.edu/ge-day-teaching
9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
We will explore the artistic evolution of the modern world’s most influential imaginative writer. Born in Dublin in 1882 and oppressed by religion but steeped in theology and the classics, James Joyce fled to Switzerland and parts of Europe to invent the concept of the literary epiphany, the moment of recognition, the flash of understanding, as embodied in a perceived mundane symbol.