CAS Connection - May 2025 Issue

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Health without Home

CAS students are conducting interdisciplinary research with a social impact, all while finding their career and academic trajectory.

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
 

Students partner with industry in computer science capstone class

Experiential Learning

Yes, video games can get you a job

In a new computer science capstone course, students contributed to a video game and helped Intel figure out how to limit its carbon emissions.

By Evan Ney

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Teaching Excellence

Hats off to CAS award winners

From teachers so beloved they’ve built a cult-like following to innovative researchers who are raking in patents, meet the recipients of the 2025 CAS Awards.

By Henry Houston

The political divide began to affect people's opinions of the medical profession, and their own doctors, around 2020 as the pandemic was spreading.

Research & Innovation

Political beliefs affect patient trust

New research by CAS political science assistant professor Neil O'Brian suggests that political beliefs affect patients’ trust in doctors.

By Sheri Buri McDonald

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CAS Spotlights

How AI Helps You Read Literature

This UO philosophy PhD alum co-founded an AI-driven website that allows you to read classic books alongside literary experts, including Walden by Henry David Thoreau.

By Grace Connolly

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CAS Spotlights

Rediscovering Indigenous storytelling

Associate Professor Kirby Brown explores Indigenous storytelling to narrate family and cultural histories — and emphasize storytelling as a collective process.

By Kendall Baldwin

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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Is Protein Really the Key to Feeling Full?
The New York Times included College of Arts and Sciences food studies expert Hannah Cutting-Jones in a roundup of experts about the claim that protein is a nutrient that keeps people satiated. Cutting-Jones said that the idea that protein is uniquely satiating and helpful for weight loss goes back decades.
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The coffee bean that's best for your health
People generally consume two species of coffee bean — robusta and arabica, explains Christopher Hendon, a College of Arts and Sciences associate professor of chemistry and a leading coffee scientist. Hendon spoke with the Daily Mail about coffee beans.
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Best science-backed endurance performance strategies, and how they can make you faster
Across sports like long-distance running, cycling, and triathlon, athletes are using science-backed interventions to push the limits of what the human body can do. Men's Journal interviewed College of Arts and Sciences human physiology researcher Brad Wilkins about which strategies tap into the basic physiological principle of improving the body’s ability to deliver oxygen efficiently.

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