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A large group of people pose together
Ducks Discover
November 8, 2024
How do you value nature?
Articulating the values of human-nature relationships is a University of Oregon professor’s core contribution to a UN report on biodiversity.
Arts and Sciences Environmental Studies philosophy
View looking across a subalpine meadow with yellow wildflowers in bloom. The meadow is flanked by trees. In the background, the sun sets behind a jagged mountain peak.
Research
October 9, 2023
Accounting for carbon from forest to estuary
A transdisciplinary research partnership between the University of Oregon and the Kō-Kwel/Coquille Indian Tribe will inform a land management plan and build relationships.
Arts and Sciences Biology Climate Change Community Engagement Data science Environmental Studies Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies Interdisciplinary Land Management
Landscape of a high desert portion of the Warm Springs reservation showing rolling hills of dry grassland.
Research
October 4, 2023
New center will protect Indigenous data sovereignty
The Indigenous data sovereignty research center will prioritize building relationships and fixing a systemic problem with new approaches.
Arts and Sciences Community Engagement Environment Environmental Studies Indigenous Data Sovereignty Research Center Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies Interdisciplinary
A panoramic, aerial view of the UO campus, with Spencer Butte in view in the distance.
Research
July 5, 2023
I3 awards fund immune system evolution, literacy, chronic stress research
Five interdisciplinary teams have been awarded seed funding through the joint support of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation and the Environment Initiative to pursue interdisciplinary research projects.
Biology Communication Disorders and Sciences Environmental Studies Global studies Indigenous Data Sovereignty Research Center Institute of Ecology and Evolution Institute of Molecular Biology Internal funding Prevention Science Institute Special education and clinical science
A portrait of Zoey Bailey, who is holding a square frame made of plastic PVC pipe, standing in front of a field of sagebrush at sunset.
Ducks Discover
March 27, 2023
Pacific Crest through-hike sparks interest in fire ecology
Environmental science major Zoey Bailey studies how wildfires affect the “seed bank” of sub-surface seeds in scorched soil.
Environmental Studies Honors College Institute of Ecology and Evolution Land Management Undergraduate Research Wildfire
A mixed media collage that depicts paper cut-outs of sea stars and other sea creatures along with fragments of text related to the sea.
Research
November 9, 2022
Depth perception: Art and science meet in deep-sea conservation
Artistic portrayals of deep-sea organisms help connect people with these unreachable creatures — aiding conservation efforts.
Arts and Sciences English Environmental Studies Humanities