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About the College of Arts and Sciences

Recent CAS Awardees

Whether in the classroom or through research, College of Arts and Sciences faculty members are working toward a better tomorrow by understanding the past and the present. And our faculty and staff are being recognized for their impactful work, here in CAS, at the University of Oregon, and beyond. Celebrate with us our faculty and staff members who strive for excellence in teaching, research, knowledge creation, leadership — and more.

Have you won an award that you want us to highlight? Send us an email at cascomms@uoregon.edu.

 

CAS Awards Around Campus

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High-achieving linguists in Schnitzer School earn accolades
LINGUISTICS, EALL — Three faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences were inducted as Fellows into the premiere linguistics organization and a doctoral student receive an exclusive award for her research paper.
IRES Professor Ernesto Javier Martínez (left) with Los Angeles-based filmmaker Adelina Anthony (right) on set for his feature film project
The right grant at the right time 
INDIGENOUS, RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES - On Jan. 13, 2026, Ernesto Javier Martínez was awarded $150,000 over two years from the Oregon Community Foundation in partnership with Oregon Humanities. The fellowship supports Oregon artists who use creativity and cultural expressions to address communities. The fellowship award comes at a time when Martínez is wrapping up and beginning film stories that tell the experiences of queer Latinx youth and the immigrant experience in the US.
Physicist, Kayla Nguyen, earns innovation award
Physicist Kayla Nguyen earns early career innovation award
PHYSICS - An assistant professor of physics at the University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences, Nguyen has been named the 2025 recipient of the American Physical Society’s (APS) Maria Goeppert Mayer Award. Named after a German American theoretical physicist who was co-awarded the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics, this award honors exceptional achievement by a woman physicist in the early years of her career.
a group of receipients of the CAS awards

CAS Celebrates Excellence in 2nd Annual Ceremony

The College of Arts and Sciences held its 2nd annual College of Arts and Sciences Awards and Hallmark Achievement Reception. The ceremony spotlighted some faculty members for their prestigious awards from outside the University of Oregon and for faculty, staff, and students from CAS.

Read About This Year's Winners

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CAS Faculty Among Oregon Humanities Center's Fellow

Through fellowships, the Oregon Humanities Center at the University of Oregon works to promote innovative humanities research produced by faculty members at the UO. The fellowships are for tenure-track faculty and are awarded on an annual basis. The 2025-26 fellows include CAS faculty members in the Divisions of Humanities and Social Sciences.

See This Year's Fellows

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OVPRI's Outstanding Career Award

Carlos Aguirre, a College of Arts and Sciences professor of history and Latin American studies, received the Outstanding Career Award from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation's 2024 Outstanding Research Awards. It is the University of Oregon's highest award for tenure-track faculty. Aguirre's research focuses on the history of slavery and abolition, crime and punishment, political imprisonment, intellectuals, print culture, and archives.In addition to Aguirre's award, two other faculty members received awards: Assistant Professor Gabriel Sanchez (Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Research) and Melissa Graboyes (Innovation and Impact Award).

Read More about this Year's Winners