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Past Issues

Dean Chris Poulsen speaking to an audience in a classroom

Sep-Oct 2024

How will CAS tackle the major challenges higher education faces? Dean Chris Poulsen has a strategic plan to establish the college as a leader and innovator.

AI robot reading a book

May-June 2024

Artificial intelligence can detect art forgeries and take scientific research in new directions. But its impact on the classroom raises as many questions as answers. Can AI help students learn what they need to succeed in a rapidly changing workplace—and at what cost?

Saghar Salehi

Mar-Apr 2024

Robotics champion and international women's education advocate Saghar Salehi escaped certain death in Afghanistan to pursue her dream of becoming a software engineer in the US. Now the 19-year-old continues to fight for Afghan women’s rights as a computer science major at UO.

Road damage

Jan-Feb 2024

What will happen if a massive earthquake reduces the Pacific Northwest to rubble? The nation’s first subduction zone earthquake hazards center, CRESCENT, brings together researchers and policymakers to help build resilience against the inevitable temblor—and increase diversity in the Earth sciences.

Student and professor analyze ash particles

Nov-Dec 2023

The UO is one of the top 25 higher ed institutions in the US for producing Peace Corps volunteers. For these two CAS students, the Peace Corps is about joining a global community and using their liberal arts degree in a meaningful, life-changing way.