Lana Lopesi, assistant professor in the department of Indigenous Race and Ethnic Studies, recently published 'Pacific Arts Aotearoa,' a tome chronicling the legacy of Pasifika art and artists over six decades.

“It is useful to think of mathematics as a language,” says physicist Richard Taylor of the University of Oregon tells Science News. Some words and concepts will overlap across cultures but look different, while others will remain unique.

Biology professor Chris Doe spoke at a student research conference in New Mexico. Doe worked with other scientists to mentor students interested in scientific research. “There’s really an amazing group of scientists here to help motivate young people from this area to stay in science or join into science,” he said.

Jefferson Public Radio (JPR) featured astronomy professor Scott Fisher in advance of an annular solar eclipse that will appear on the morning of Oct. 14. “Eugene is nearly smack in the center of the ‘path of annularity,’ which will sweep across southwestern Oregon,” Fisher said.

AP News interviewed Alexandra Rempel, environmental studies professor, about heat pumps being used in homes instead of traditional heating and cooling systems. Heat pumps are more sustainable, but less efficient in colder regions. “Overall, the benefits do outweigh the limitations in most places, but there are some limitations,” she said.

Science Magazine featured Lucas Silva, environmental science professor, about a new study that suggests dark earth found in the Amazon Rainforest was created by indigenous civilizations. It was also found that modern-day village practices continue to create dark earth. “This could change everything,” Silva said.

In a news clip by Voice of America, sociology professor Aneesh Aneesh states his opinion on AI being used in call centers. Sanas AI can translate accents to reduce discrimination on customer service calls. Aneesh agrees this could reduce the burden on call center agents, but that “the driving force is transactional.”

HuffPost featured Nicole Dudukovic, neuroscience professor, about the science of memory. A popular term floating around online is “core memory,” or memories formed as children. “There’s this idea [that] every time we’re remembering something, it’s this reconstructive process where our memories are actually changing ... so as we’re remembering, we’re changing our memories,” she said.