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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 Environmental Studies Biology Data science Climate Change Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies Community Engagement Land Management Interdisciplinary
Headshot of Christine Dixon Thiesing.
Innovation
October 5, 2023
Dixon Thiesing joins UO as innovation associate vice president
Christine Dixon Thiesing brings a deep knowledge of guiding intellectual property through the commercialization process.
Launch Oregon Translational Opportunity Program
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 Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies Indigenous Data Sovereignty Research Center Community Engagement Environment Environmental 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 Education Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies Community Engagement
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.
Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments Land Management Wildfire Arts and Sciences Anthropology Machine learning Community Engagement
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 Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies Center for the Study of Women in Society Community Engagement Child/youth
A female student wearing a lab coat, safety glasses, and gloves funnels a white liquid into a glass beaker in a chemistry lab.
Research
September 14, 2023
Fostering a culture of creative excellence
Numerous early-career faculty received notable awards and multiple research centers were established.
Research Awards Research Honors Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center Center for Wildfire Smoke Research and Practice Economic Development Administration University Center Center for Applied Second Language Studies Center on Human Development Launch Oregon Translational Opportunity Program