Events

Past Events

Event announcement for Open for Climate Justice: A Panel with the Just Futures Institute
Join the Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute for Racial and Climate Justice and UO Libraries to learn about the design, theory, and creation of multimedia public scholarship projects. 
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Professor Matthew L.M. Fletcher, a leading scholar and expert in Indian law, will deliver his talk entitled "The Duty of Protection to Indian Tribes," for the 16th lecture in the series dedicated to the legacy of late Oregon Law dean Rennard Strickland. 
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Passionate about environment and sustainability? Hear from UO alumni and ask questions about what it's like to work in this growing sector that attracts talent from a variety of academic backgrounds. 
Sarah Wald
Sarah Wald, associate professor of Environmental Studies & English and 2022-23 faculty research fellow with the Oregon Humanities Center, will give a Work-in-Progress talk, "Race, Recreation, and Storytelling in the Outdoor Diversity Movement," on Friday, October 21 at 12 PM in 159 PLC. 
An overhead view shows a person wearing bright orange clothes and a bike helmet, riding a bicycle along a double-white traffic line, and carrying a delivery in a backpack. White text over a red background reads: Gig Economy Predatory Platforms, Precarious Work, featuring Juliet Schor 6:30 p.m. Wed. Oct. 19 175 Knight Law Center
Wayne Morse Chair Juliet Schor will give a public lecture at 6:30 p.m. in 175 Knight Law Center, 1515 Agate St.  This lecture is part of the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics' 2021-23 theme, "Making Work Work." 
Professor Mary Wood smiles and holds a Natural Resources Law textbook she coauthored.
The extractive practices of industrial logging have already wreaked havoc on waters, wildlife, and the health of many community members. Oregon Law professor Mary Wood will discuss how natural resources that forests provide, including clean drinking water and breathable air, are a public trust. 
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Celebrate fall with a walk and talk in and around the Museum of Natural and Cultural History's Glenn Starlin Native Plant Courtyard guided by members of Native Plant Society of Oregon, Emerald Chapter. 
Blue text reading "My Electric Genealogy" followed by grey text reading "a performance by Sarah Kanouse" overlays a white background with a silhouette of a power line.
The University of Oregon Center for Environmental Futures and the department of history of art and architecture are proud to sponsor Sarah Kanouse's original solo performance. 
Anthropologist David Lewis
Anthropologist David Lewis (Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde)—who received a PhD in anthropology from the University of Oregon—will discuss Native cultural stewardship of the Valley, the removal of the Kalapuya Tribes to the Grand Ronde Reservation, the radical changes white settlers made to the land, and current work to decolonize and restore the Valley. 
Natasha Ginwala wears black and smiles
This practice-led presentation by Natasha Ginwala is made possible by the Critical Conversations program, a partnership between the Ford Family Foundation and the University of Oregon Department of Art's Center for Art Research with Reed College's Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art, and Portland State University. 
Portrait of Charlotte Coté next to her book, "A Drum in One Hand, A Sockeye in the Other: Stories of Indigenous Food Sovereignty from the Northwest Coast."
Charlotte Coté, professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Washington, will discuss the importance of food sovereignty to Indigenous communities, share stories from her Tseshaht community, and explain the many environmental challenges Northwest Coast Indigenous communities face in realizing food sovereignty. 
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Minority Voices Theatre (a program of the Very Little Theatre in Eugene, Oregon) presents a concert reading of illioo Native Theatre's Salmon is Everything. Directed by Theresa May, associate professor of theatre arts at the University of Oregon, this presentation commemorates the 20th anniversary of the devastating fish-kill on the Klamath River and celebrates the resiliency of this diverse community. 
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Talks and posters will be presented by members of the Oregon Center for Electrochemistry, national lab researchers, invited faculty guests, alumni of the Master's Internship Program in Electrochemical Technologies, and industry partners of the Center. Learn more and register today!
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Anne Brown, assistant professor in the School of Planning, Public Policy, and Management at University of Oregon, and Amanda Howell, researcher with the University of Oregon's Urbanism Next Center, will discuss the kinds of equity requirements that are most prevalent, the strategies cities/agencies employ to operationalize equity, and the extent to which these programs are monitored and evaluated. 
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How can bikeshare and e-scooter share services help reduce auto dependency? Just how much could ride-hail and AVs increase greenhouse (GHG) emissions? Becky Steckler, AICP, Urbanism Next Program Director will present the research and discuss the implications with national expert and practitioner: Vineet Gupta, Director of Planning, Boston Transportation Department and Adie Tomer, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institute.