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Experiential Learning
Student casts her future
This cinema studies student thought she wanted to go into casting, so she found an internship to confirm it.
NASA team ignites curiosity at UO
The next generation of scientists joined a meeting with professionals guiding a NASA spacecraft.
Soaring from the sidelines
Thanks to human physiology internships, these students are getting hands-on lessons in medicine and helping Ducks' sports soar.
New Season Spotlights Humanity
University Theatre’s 2025-2026 season is full of human stories with emotion, energy, and imagination.
Undergrads Research Marine Life at Oregon Coast
Students from all majors can spend winter term at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology to explore interdisciplinary research on the coast
Training the Next Generation of Green Chemists
Conducting research in faculty labs helps prepare chemistry undergraduates to develop the next generation of sustainable technologies.
Students in Cahoots with CAHOOTS
Data science undergrads use their analytical skills for public good in a research-based course piloted last spring.
Sprinting Toward Innovation
Student coders put their creativity to the test at QuackHacks, a 24-hour hackathon organized by computer science students.
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.
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.
Up, Up and Away
Are flying robots taking over? Not in this geography class, where students learn how to control the drones that will help map our future.
Learn Today, Change Tomorrow
Discover what Dean Chris Poulsen has to say about how experiential learning propelled him toward a career as a climate scientist.
Blowing Minds
Have you ever held a human brain in your hand? Or watched in fascination as zebrafish neurons make connections in real time? Or helped develop a potential brain implant? These are just a few of our students' mind-blowing highlights from the growing Neuroscience Program.
Hacking the Job Market
Millions of cyberattacks each year put our sensitive information at risk. A new hands-on major prepares students to become front-line defenders of consumer privacy within the dynamic and growing cybersecurity field.
Little Larvae to Hit the Big Screen
Students from the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology delved into the Atlantic Ocean in search of rare organisms that thrive without sunlight. An upcoming IMAX film will document their journey—and, they hope, inspire a new generation of women scientists.
Student Unearths Explosive Evidence
While cruising the Pacific Ocean looking for deep-sea creatures to study, a UO undergraduate researcher got more than he bargained for—rare ash samples from an underwater volcanic eruption 62 miles away.