Building a Flourishing Research Community
In pursuit of the UO’s Oregon Rising goals, OVPRI strives to build a flourishing environment, fostering an inclusive and engaged community developed through shared growth, well-being, resilience, trust, belonging, robust connection, and sense of purpose.
This is essential to the strength and impact of our research and innovation enterprise. Our efforts to increase a sense of belonging, inclusion, and access must extend to all facets of research engagement—from the development, design, and conduct of research activities to the creation of new partnerships and collaborations, the equitable dissemination of research findings.
We acknowledge and celebrate the many unique backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences that each member of our community brings. These differences strengthen our ability to examine challenges from multiple angles and inspire new ways of thinking. A culture of openness, accessibility, and opportunity is fundamental to advancing discovery and innovation. Learn more about how we help advance these goals through our research and within our unit.
OVPRI's Campus Climate Action Plan
OVPRI aspires to be an organization where everyone feels welcome and included. In collaboration with wider campus climate efforts, OVPRI's goal for the 2023-24 academic year was Strengthening Connections: Teambuilding, Mentoring, and Leadership Development. This includes a commitment to inclusive events, leadership development, new hire mentoring, remote/hybrid work, and web accessibility.
Land Acknowledgement
The OVPRI supports the University's on-going efforts to support tribal communities and indigenous community members. We recognize the role academia and research institutions have and continue to play in colonialism, and as part of our recognition of that history and its contemporary manifestation, we are grateful to offer this land acknowledgement created by AVP Jason Younker in collaboration with the Grand Ronde and Siletz tribal nations: The University of Oregon is located within the traditional homelands of the Southern Kalapuya. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855, Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to the Coast Reservation in Western Oregon. Today, descendants are citizens of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians of Oregon.