Social Sciences

SOCIOLOGY - UO graduate sociology student Mahindra Mohan Kumar has received a National Science Foundation grant to research CAHOOTS, a groundbreaking crisis intervention program in Eugene.

ANTHROPOLOGY - A new affordable housing construction project in downtown Eugene tapped archaeologists from the Museum of Natural and Cultural History to conduct an archaeological study at the site.

POLITICAL SCIENCE - UO experts in political science, law and journalism are weighing in on the significance of the leak as well as the legal issues likely to be raised, should justices vote along the lines suggested by the leaked draft.

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY - The Totem Pole Journey, an Indigenous-led environmental project, begins its tour with a series of events co-sponsored by the Environment Initiative and the Center for Environmental Futures.

HISTORY - Two faculty members in the history department and one in landscape architecture have penned books that have been named to the Oregon Literary Arts 2022 Book Awards finalist list.

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES - Every day is Earth Day for the Environment Initiative at the University of Oregon.

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES - The Center for Environmental Futures at the University of Oregon is sponsoring this year's Eugene Environmental Film Festival, in partnership with the Emerald Earth Film Festival.

ECONOMICS - I start the hike with false urgency, excited after hours in the car. It is late fall and snowing, which I am not expecting. I watch the flakes melt into my clothes. “Cotton kills,” they say, because it won’t keep you warm when wet—but here I am, in jeans.

Ten UO researchers and scholars whose work focuses on subjects including digital stewardship, pulmonary hypertension and literature in imperial China have received 2022 Faculty Research Awards.

POLITICAL SCIENCE, HISTORY - As the world scrambles to assess the ramifications of the invasion of Ukraine, UO experts are shedding light on the calculations of Russian president Vladimir Putin and the impact of the attack on Ukraine, Russia and the West.