Governor Kate Brown nominated Dean Burke, the Dave Frohnmayer Chair in Leadership and Law, to serve on this volunteer commission.

What began as virtual events has grown to live recreational excursions and a full-day conference as a UO program works to empower often underrepresented communities to create more equitable access to the outdoors.

This year’s fellows and their areas of research are Lynn Stephen, anthropology; Mike Pluth, chemistry; Jon Erlandson, archaeology/anthropology; and Brendan Bohannan, biology.

Worthington’s $600,000 gift to Oregon Law will launch a new effort to address another lethal environmental threat: climate change.

UO economist Eric Zou is featured.

The Environment Initiative Seed Funding Program, which will support both research and curricular projects, is open for proposals.   

UO chemist Shannon Boettcher is featured.

A new kind of tiny particle is a big deal in UO chemist Carl Brozek’s lab.

Erin Moore, AIA, principal of Float Architectural Research and Design; professor of architecture and professor of environmental studies, is featured. 

While the climate crisis is a global issue that cannot be solved by any one person or entity alone, individuals can still take meaningful actions.

UO geographer Laura Pulido is honored. 

Reyn M. Yoshioki, graduate of the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology at the University of Oregon, was a coauthor on the study.

Play author Theresa May is a professor of theatre arts at the University of Oregon.

The story features research by Molly Keogh, postdoctoral researcher in earth sciences. 

 UO geophysicist Doug Toomey is quoted.