In Their Own Words: New Ducks Sample the FIGs
BIOLOGY, CINEMA STUDIES, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, GEOGRAPHY - From animals to adhesives to DJ food stamp, students in First-year Interest Groups follow their fascinations and create community.
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Give Peace A Chance
Where in the world could College of Arts and Sciences undergrads Ila Brown and Charlie Petrik end up after college? Anywhere, if they land a spot to serve in the Peace Corps.
Rethinking Russian Studies
As Russia’s war against Ukraine drags on and geopolitical tensions around the globe continue to escalate, faculty across the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) are taking part in an international effort to decolonize Russian and Slavic studies by changing the way they research and teach about the regions that comprise the former Soviet Union.
Lecture to address racial inequality in higher ed
A discussion on racial inequality in colleges and universities will kick off the University of Oregon’s African American Workshop and Lecture Series on Oct. 17 at the EMU. The discussion, led by Dr. Douglas M. Haynes of the University of California, centers on the recent US Supreme Court ruling regarding the use of race in higher education admissions.
Celebrating Latine/x Heritage Month
ECONOMICS, INDIGENOUS, RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES, GENERAL SOCIAL SCIENCES, PSYCHOLOGY, SPANISH - For Latinx History Month, read about some of the alumni from the College of Arts and Sciences and how they're making an impact in their community.
Human physiology internships help students learn and earn
HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY - Thanks to an anonymous donor, the Department of Human Physiology in the UO’s College of Arts and Sciences now has a director of internships and has so far provided stipends for 61 undergraduate students to get paid, hands-on experience.
A Life in Comics
Jorge Cham is the mind behind the—at times—painfully accurate portrayal of graduate school. He brings his humor and insight to the University of Oregon on Oct. 9 as part of the Knight Campus 2023 fall Entrepreneurship Speaker Series.
UO geologist unpacks the science that explains a Greek myth
EARTH SCIENCES - Research led by Rebecca Dorsey, an Earth sciences professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, led research that reveals the dynamics of seismically active faults on either side of the Strait of Messina and how they interact to create a narrow marine passage filled with geologic hazards.
Annular solar eclipse to be visible from Eugene on Oct. 14
Beginning just after 8 a.m., the moon will slowly pass between the sun and the earth. And for a few minutes starting at 9:16 a.m., it will almost overlap with the sun in the sky, leaving a glowing “ring of fire” around the dark void of the moon.
Speakers will explore Indigenous comic art over the coming year
COMICS AND CARTOON STUDIES, INDIGENOUS, RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES - Three Indigenous artists whose work deals extensively with environmental questions will take part in the Indigenous Comics Speaker Series over the coming academic year. The series begins with Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, an award-winning visual artist and author, at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, in the Knight Library Browsing Room.