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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
Headshot of Michelle Jacob.
Research
October 4, 2023
Placing kinship traditions at the center of research with the Yakama Nation
Michelle Jacob has received a grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to create resources for researchers that honor traditional Indigenous storytelling as key to research, equitable evaluation, and learning.
Arts and Sciences Community Engagement Education Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies
A downward slopping wildflower meadow with pine trees, mountains, and blue sky with clouds beyond.
Research
October 4, 2023
Trees tell tales of past land stewardship in the western Cascades
In the temperate rainforests of Oregon’s western Cascades, the trees tell tales of the past.
Anthropology Arts and Sciences Community Engagement Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments Land Management Machine learning Wildfire
A large group of students surrounding Ernesto Martínez who is holding a painted guitar.
Ducks Discover
October 2, 2023
A song for everyone: Reimagining Latinx traditions for queer children through books and film
A University of Oregon professor authored a book and films to increase inclusivity for children who might otherwise not see themselves represented by their culture’s traditions.
Arts and Sciences Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies Center for the Study of Women in Society Child/youth Community Engagement Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies
The stump-like remains of trees that were flattened by the tsunami that struck the West Coast more than 400 years ago stand in water on a beach on the Oregon coast.
Research
September 11, 2023
New earthquake center coming to the UO
Training future scientists and engaging with communities to increase earthquake resiliency are key features of the center.
Arts and Sciences Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center Earth sciences Interdisciplinary Machine learning
A portrait of Shannon Boettcher, a white man wearing lab glasses while standing in a lab.
Research
July 26, 2023
UO chemist named Blavatnik laureate
The Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists aim to identify and encourage promising young scientists early in their careers with recognition and funding.
Arts and Sciences Chemistry Materials Science Institute Oregon Center for Electrochemistry Renewable Energy Research Awards