Unstoppable at 150!
This fall marks the 150th anniversary of the University of Oregon. The College of Arts and Sciences has played a major role in writing the university's impactful history, leading breakthroughs, innovation and change.
Meet the Ducks who challenged the status quo — and the next generation inspired to blaze their own trails.
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We Love Our Supporters
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!
The CAS Experience
The College of Arts and Sciences experience is more than classroom lectures and lab experiments — it’s about putting ideas into action. Our students spend time in the classroom and then go out to the real world to apply their knowledge. A lifetime of curiosity, learning and engagement starts here at CAS.
Undergraduate Studies
Small classes. Big ideas. More than half of the University of Oregon’s student population is pursuing a College of Arts and Sciences degree. But what you’ll find at CAS is an intimate liberal arts experience at an R1 institution. With a median class size of 23 students per classroom, CAS is an environment where you can work closely with faculty dedicated to research and mentorship. With more than 50 departments and programs, we have a program where you can transform curiosity into action.
Graduate Studies
You’ve got ambition, and you’re ready for the next step: graduate school. Whether your goals are to expand scholarly knowledge or level up your professional capacities, CAS has more than 30 master’s programs and more than 20 doctoral programs, all span a range of disciplines. Our faculty members are here to support you on your academic journey, to guide you through research and advance your professional skills.
What’s Happening in CAS?
CAS Connection is back! See what CAS faculty, students and alumni are up to — from discovering new species of plankton off the Oregon coast to the impact of studying abroad. The September issue takes a look at what's possible with a liberal arts degree, whether that's working as an emcee in Japan or in substance abuse policy for the state of Oregon.
Student Support Services
We’re here for you. As a CAS student, you have access to plentiful resources that can help you thrive inside and outside the classroom. Through Tykeson Advising, we provide comprehensive academic and career advising from the start of your journey. Learn about career preparation and get assistance in selecting the very best classes that resonate with you and offer the opportunity to grow. Connect with labs, libraries, IT and tutoring. Find your community on campus.
World-Class Faculty
Our faculty go beyond the frontiers of science. Whether it’s green technology of tomorrow or tackling centuries-old philosophical questions, our College of Arts and Sciences faculty are in forward motion to tomorrow.
And they’re just as committed to the classroom. They’re here to help students like you discover their academic passion so you can become the next generation of professionals and scholars. They are here to coach you, inspire you and prepare you as you enter the professional world as critical thinkers and ethical global citizens.
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!
Life at Oregon
As a CAS student, your next home could be set in the lush Willamette Valley in the city of Eugene. Set between mountain ranges, two rivers and the Pacific Ocean, your adventure awaits. In between your studies, the UO is a place where you can forge lifetime friendships and connections with an exciting backdrop — whether that’s yelling “Go Ducks” during gameday at Autzen Stadium or a quiet hike in an old growth forest.
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Happening at CAS
History Department Fall Term Coffee Hour
10:30 a.m.Oct
8
10:30–11:30 a.m.
Please join us Thursday mornings for a free cup of coffee, pastries, and conversation with your history department community! We’re excited to continue this tradition for our history undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff. We hope to see you there!
Geography Colloquium: Unmapping the World with "Palestine 1492: A Report Back"
4:00 p.m.Oct
8
4:00 p.m.
Please join the Department of Geography for the colloquium series talk: “Unmapping the World with Palestine 1492: A Report Back” with Linda Quiquivix, PhD.
Let's unmap the world and build it anew with Palestine 1492: A Report Back, a witness testimony that challenges cartographies from above by listening to the struggles of Palestinians, Zapatistas, Panthers, and jaguars from below.
Quiquivix is a geographer, writer, artist, and popular educator of Maya roots, and author and illustrator of Palestine 1492: A Report Back (Wild Ox Books, 2024). Her work brings together geography, storytelling, and imagination with the ongoing work of creating a world where many worlds fit. She is a child of the undocumented migrant community in California from Mexico and Central America. For more than 25 years, she has had the honor of learning from, living with, and being a part of communities in the global struggle for life in the United States, Chiapas, Guatemala, and Palestine. She is also host of WW4: A Podcast Syllabus. Learn more about her work at www.quiqui.org.
Mapping the Motor System with Brain Stimulation
Oct
12
The Action Control Laboratory at University of Oregon (headed by Ian Greenhouse) and scientists from the Germany-based Max Planck Institutewhich carries out basic research in the life sciences, natural sciences and the social and human sciences—are collaborating in the area of TMS brain mapping with particular emphasis on the sensori-motor cortex. A neuroscience conference held at the University of Oregon in October 2026 will provide the occasion to discuss collaborative research opportunities and develop grant proposal ideas
The Action Control Lab is in the Department of Human Physiology at the University of Oregon. This lab studies how the brain controls movement. For example, how do humans initiate and cancel prepared movements, and what underlies variability in our actions? To answer these types of questions, scientists use a combination of behavioural testing, electrophysiology, brain stimulation, and neuroimaging methods. They study both healthy individuals and patients with movement disorders.
The MPI group has developed and is developing sophisticated algorithms for precise TMS-based brain mapping, while the Oregon group applies those techniques to their research on the neural computations for human action control. This work has basic science and clinical relevance.
This event is part of International Education Month (IEM) programming. View the full calendar of IEM events here: https://international.uoregon.edu/IEM.
Mapping the Motor System with Brain Stimulation
Oct
13
The Action Control Laboratory at University of Oregon (headed by Ian Greenhouse) and scientists from the Germany-based Max Planck Institutewhich carries out basic research in the life sciences, natural sciences and the social and human sciences—are collaborating in the area of TMS brain mapping with particular emphasis on the sensori-motor cortex. A neuroscience conference held at the University of Oregon in October 2026 will provide the occasion to discuss collaborative research opportunities and develop grant proposal ideas
The Action Control Lab is in the Department of Human Physiology at the University of Oregon. This lab studies how the brain controls movement. For example, how do humans initiate and cancel prepared movements, and what underlies variability in our actions? To answer these types of questions, scientists use a combination of behavioural testing, electrophysiology, brain stimulation, and neuroimaging methods. They study both healthy individuals and patients with movement disorders.
The MPI group has developed and is developing sophisticated algorithms for precise TMS-based brain mapping, while the Oregon group applies those techniques to their research on the neural computations for human action control. This work has basic science and clinical relevance.
This event is part of International Education Month (IEM) programming. View the full calendar of IEM events here: https://international.uoregon.edu/IEM.