CAS Connection - Jan 2025 Issue

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Timothy Chadwick

Serenade for La La Land

Cinema studies students gain show business experience working behind the scenes in
LA on the set of a CAS professor’s upcoming feature film, La Serenata.

By Henry Houston

Experiential Learning  |  Research & Innovation  |  Community Impact  |  Career Preparation  |  Teaching Excellence  |  21st Century Liberal Arts  |  Building Community  |  Good Vibes  |  CAS Spotlights  |  All Stories  |  Past Issues
 

College of Arts and Sciences alum Devan Chandler on set of show ‘Ghosts.’

Good Vibes

Get Your
Winter Binge On

Need something to watch? Check out our list of movies and TV shows featuring CAS faculty and alumni.

By Nicole Krueger

Kaley McCarty

CAS Spotlights

Growing Global
Connections

Environmental studies alumna Kaley McCarty attends the world’s biggest climate change conference.

By Grace Connolly

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All Stories

Fueling Cultural
Debates

Professor Mark Whalan explores how media coverage of a 1920s criminal trial sparked a national debate.

By Grace Connolly

headshot of Brice Kuhl standing in front of a brick building

CAS Spotlights

Unlocking
Memory

Brice Kuhl receives the Posner Professorship for his investigation of how our brains encode memories. 

By Leo Brown

An exoplanet orbiting a sun with stars and galaxy in the background

Experiential Learning

Strange New Worlds

Could life exist elsewhere in the Milky Way galaxy? A group of undergraduate planet hunters are helping NASA discover unknown worlds beyond our solar system. 

By Nicole Krueger

Experiential Learning

Learn Today, Change Tomorrow

Research and scholarship in the College of Arts and Sciences are so forward-thinking at times, they almost feel like science fiction. That’s what real innovation looks like—and our undergraduate students are getting in on the action through experiential learning opportunities that prepare them for cutting-edge careers.

Discover what Dean Chris Poulsen has to say about how experiential learning propelled him toward a career as a climate scientist.

CAS News

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CAS physicist finds a black hole spewing more energy than Death Star
PHYSICS - A supermassive black hole with a case of cosmic indigestion has been burping out the remains of a shredded star for four years — and it’s still going strong, new research led by University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences astrophysicist Yvette Cendes. Cendes and her team published findings about this one-of-kind black hole in the Feb. 5 issue of Astrophysical Journal Astrophysicists.
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A researcher takes on one of the unsolved mysteries of the universe
PHYSICS - Fascinated by the unexplored corners of the universe since childhood, physicist Tien-Tien Yu has made dark matter the pillar of her research career. In her quest to understand, she’s co-founded a major experiment in collaboration with physicists at other institutions, all of whom are trying try to bring light to the dark.
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Alumni volunteers connect back to Oregon at the UO Board Summit
ANTHROPOLOGY, POLITICAL SCIENCE - College of Arts and Sciences alumni were among the 200 alumni who gathered for the 10th annual UO Board Summit. The alumni that attended included Natalie Poole, BA '80 (political science) who is a senior vice president at Wells Fargo Capital Finance and triple Duck David Lewis, PhD, '09 (anthropology) who serves as an assistant professor at Oregon State University.

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From the Media

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‘Shrines influence daily life, shaping social ties’
Pakistan-based publication Business Recorder reported on a lecture conducted by Anita Weiss, professor emerita in global studies. According to Weiss, shrines in Pakistan are not just places of worship but also powerful centers that shape everyday life.
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Lindsey Vonn, the ski champion who will not quit
With the Winter Olympics underway, Financial Times spoke with College of Arts and Sciences human physiologist Mike Hahn explains the biomechanics required for alpine skiing and ACL-tear recovery process in elite athletes. And he talked about skiing star Lindsey Vonn overcoming an ACL tear: “We shouldn't be surprised any more by Lindsey.”
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Black hole continues to belch years after chewing up a star
Retuers reported on research observing the behavior of a supermassive black hole, quoting one of the study's co-authors, College of Arts and Sciences astrophysicist Yvette Cendes. "The exponential rise in the luminosity of this source is unprecedented. It's now about 50 times brighter than when it was first discovered, and is now incredibly bright for an object in radio waves. This has been going on for years now, and no sign of stopping. That is super unusual," Cendes told Reuters.

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