Saturday, November 18 and Sunday November 19, 2:00 pm, Very Little Theatre
Come early for refreshments in the lobby, then enjoy this one-act play about a grandmother and granddaughter finding ways to reconnect through stories. Stay afterward for a discussion with elder Marta Lu Clifford and cast, and hear excerpts from illioo Native Theatre’s new play BlueJay’s Canoe.
Meet community fire organizations and local artisans, shoot free throws, and support wildfire resilience and Indigenous land management!
Open to students, faculty, staff, community members, and more.
Join the SAB Arts & Culture team as we welcome Steph Littlebird for her free dinner presentation BE Passionate in the EMU Ballroom on November 21st.
Doors & Dinner: 5:00pm
Presentation: 6pm-7:00pm followed by Q&A 7-7:30pm
Join SCR Associate Dr. Catalina De Onís this month when she will lecture on her SCR Small Grant Program funded bilingual children's book “¡Juntes por la justicia climática! Together for Climate Justice!". During her book talk and signing she will describe the role of her student coauthors and the importance of teaching climate justice to new generations.
Land Air Water—the Environmental Law Society at Oregon Law—has announced the dates and theme for the 42nd annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC). With "Cultivating Community" as its theme, this year's PIELC will take place at the University of Oregon from Friday, March 1 to Sunday, March 3, 2024. All are welcome!
Join your UO community and attend the next Sustainability Open House on Thursday, November 9th from 12:00pm-1:30pm. The Fall 2023 Sustainability Open House will focus on Transportation. Learn what is included in the new campus transportation plan, give feedback on the 13th Avenue Enhancement - Schematic Design, hear about Professor Marc Schlossberg's applied transportation research, and learn what the student organization LiveMove is doing around Eugene to make our city a more pedestrian and bike friendly area.
Thursday, November 9, 6:00-7:00 pm, Museum of Natural and Cultural History, 1680 E 15th Avenue, Eugene, OR
Seventh-generation Indigenous basketweaver Stephanie Craig (Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde) and Dakota Zimmer (Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde) demonstrate and discuss stick and root baby baskets from the Rogue River and Umpqua region of southern Oregon.
Included with regular admission; free for MNCH members and UO ID card holders. Show your Oregon Trail or other EBT card for an admission discount.
SCR (Center for Science Communication Research) has just launched the fourth year of our SCR Small Grants Program. Up to $5,000 is available for faculty and postdoctoral fellows and $3,000 is available to graduate students. Applications are due no later than Friday, November 3rd by 5:00pm. Undergraduate student applications are up to $2,000 and will be accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year.
Interested in a Swinomish Tribal policy and cultural perspective on climate change, food resilience, and coastal adaptation? Join us for a presentation from Dean Dan Jr.!
William W. Knight Law Center, Thursday, November 2 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm.
Tuesday, October 31 at 5:00 AM PST, the European University Institute and its partners will host Professor Fakhri as he leads a workshop focused on "The right to food, climate change, and global governance." Professor Fakhri will discuss the ambiguous and at times marginal role of the right to food in climate change, biodiversity, and trade regimes and highlight related opportunities for global governance.
Tuesday, October 31, 2023; Knight DREAM Lab Workshop Space (122A) at noon.
Valdimar Tr. Hafstein (Professor of Folklore, Ethnology, and Museum Studies at the University of Iceland)
The lecture introduces an interdisciplinary study that gathers folklorists, anthropologists, microbiologists, and nutrition scientists to study the symbiotic practices of humans and microbes in fermented foodways, gut microbiomes, and composting.
Museum of Natural and Cultural History, October 28 from 10:00am to 5:00pm.
Sink beneath the waves and experience the underwater world of Oregon's kelp forests. Enjoy refreshments and guided walk-and-talks through the museum's newest exhibit.
William W. Knight Law Center, Thursday, October 26 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm.
Join Student Advocacy and Action for Environmental Justice and the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center for the third event in our environmental justice speaker series!
Elizabeth Kronk Warner (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians) will visit Oregon Law to deliver the 17th Annual Rennard Strickland Lecture on Tuesday, October 24th, 2023. Kronk Warner is the Jefferson B. & Rita Fordham Presidential Dean and Professor of Law at the University of Utah's S.J. Quinney College of Law. She serves as an appellate judge for her Tribe and a district judge for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribe. The theme of the lecture series is Indigenous environmental leadership and community vision for environmental futures.
