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Virginia Roslyn Beavert signs a copy of her book, "Anakú Iwachá: Yakama Legends and Stories" at Yakama Nation Cultural Center in Toppenish, Washington
November 30, 2022
Yakima Herald-Republic: Beavert has a doctorate in linguistics from the University of Oregon.
A VR headset
November 29, 2022
Computer Weekly: Cites research from Danny Pimentel, assistant professor of journalism at the University of Oregon who uses virtual reality technology to build understanding of climate change. 
APRU's team visits Iolani Palace in Hawai'i
November 23, 2022
University of Oregon's Environment Initiative partnered with APRU Sustainable Cities and Landscape Hub to support students exploring place-based climate resilience solutions across the Pacific Rim.
Thick wildfire smoke billows from a mountainside as trees burn to stumps.
November 23, 2022
Inside Towers: University of Oregon professor of earth sciences Doug Toomey leads the Oregon Hazards Lab. 
Silas Thoms, Multi-Hazards Field Technician with the Oregon Hazards Lab, is perched high up in a telecommunications tower overlooking an wide expanse of forestland.
November 21, 2022

The Oregon Hazards Lab is part of ALERTWildfire, a multischool consortium helping scientists, emergency responders, and government agencies detect and monitor wildfires and other hazards. widl

A wildfire burns on a forested mountainside, producing thick clouds of smoke.
November 18, 2022
KDRV-TV: University of Oregon community and regional planning graduate students Anna Murphy and Stuart Warren are featured. The Center for Wildfire Smoke Research and the Institute for Policy Research and Engagement are mentioned. 
NatureDose app icon
November 17, 2022
Fast Company: NatureDose, an app created by NatureQuant, is named a "winner" in the Wellness and Fitness category. Research by Chris Minson, professor of human physiology at the University of Oregon, helped develop NatureDose. 
Danny Pimental engages with student using virtual reality device.
November 16, 2022
Danny Pimental, assistant professor of immersive psychology at the University of Oregon, works at the intersection of media psychology and human-computer interaction.
A colorful illustration depicts a semi-natural scene and a person holding the end of a green braid-like object.
November 15, 2022
Daily Emerald: Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants is the focus of the UO Common Reading program for the second consecutive year. 
Cars lined up along North Prospect Avenue in Milwaukee
November 12, 2022
Urban Milwaukee: Amanda Howell, research assistant for the University of Oregon Sustainable Cities Institute, is podcast guest. 
Collage by Stacy Alaimo
November 9, 2022
Stacy Alaimo, professor of English and core faculty member of the Environmental Studies program at the University of Oregon, is featured.
Professor Mark Carey
November 8, 2022
KLCC: Mark Carey is professor of environmental studies and geography at the University of Oregon.
Title page of the ENR Year in Review
November 4, 2022
The Environmental & Natural Resources Law Center at Oregon Law has had quite the year!
Migrating ungulates
November 4, 2022
Cartographers at the University of Oregon Infographics Lab were key partners on a new report highlighting the challenges migrating deer and elk face and offering solutions and tools for conservation.
Overhead shot of glacial area that is now more mud than ice.
November 3, 2022
Edge Effects: Authors are Zachary Provant, PhD candidate in environmental studies, and Mark Carey, professor of environmental studies and geography at the University of Oregon.