Alum helps OHAZ install wildfire cameras and seismic monitors
Installing wildfire cameras and seismic sensors for the Oregon Hazards Lab became a full-time gig for Earth sciences alum Sydney Whiting.
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Environmentalism or Ecofascism?
In a course on ecofascism, students learn how environmentalist ideas can be weaponized in pursuit of a fascist political agenda.
Making Sense of Climate Change
Today’s students have been handed the bleakest future of any generation since World War II. Here’s how they’re dealing with it.
English professor awarded MLA prize
ENGLISH - Courtney Thorsson was named an honorable mention for the 2024 MLA’s William Sanders Scarborough Prize for her 2023 book The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture. The prize was awarded in December for “outstanding scholarly study of Black American literature or culture.”
From Curiosity to Impact: 2023-24 Annual Research Report
The College of Arts and Sciences faculty are engaged in a multitude of research projects across our three divisions: Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities. Within our college’s more than 50 departments and programs, millions of dollars in grant funding are at work uncovering answers to some of the world’s most pressing questions. Here’s a look at the funded projects our researchers investigated in the 2023-2024 academic year.
From Curiosity to Impact
Faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences are on the frontline of addressing the world's most pressing issues, including AI, Alzheimer's, ice sheet loss in Greenland—and more. These are big problems, and our faculty members are relying on millions of dollars in grant funding to explore solutions for a better tomorrow. Read more in the 2023-24 annual report, out now.
Defying the odds
ECONOMICS, SPANISH - Adrianna Vaca-Navarro has spent her life fighting against a system that was built against people like her. Now, she is a law student working to help others in need. Vaca-Navarro graduated in 2021. Now, she's a law student at the University of California, Berkeley. She is working to leverage her identity to help communities in need, aiming to fill the gaps within the legal system that she is studying.
In the studio with voice actor Cissy Jones
SPANISH – Cissy Jones, BA ’02 (business administration, Spanish), is an award-winning voice actor and a fierce advocate of protection for voice actors in the wake of generative AI. In March 2024, she became the CEO of ETHOVOX, a company she co-founded to develop an ethical AI voiceover dataset that collaborates with artists and ensures fair compensation.
New faculty expand school’s academic, global perspectives
Six new faculty members represent the vision of the Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages.
Robotic arms could benefit from new UO brain research
HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCE - Using functional MRI brain imaging, or fMRI, University of Oregon researchers have unraveled some of the neural circuitry behind basic human actions. Their insights, described in a paper published in the journal eNeuro, can be used to improve the design of brain-computer interface technologies, including brain-controlled prosthetic arms that aim to restore movement in people who have lost it.