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A person uses their hand to direct water from a fire hydrant toward a group of people standing on a sidewalk trying to cool down in the harsh heat
April 21, 2023
Teen Vogue: Victoria Whalen, a second-year law student and research fellow with the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center at the University of Oregon, is quoted. 
Aerial view of University of Oregon campus during fall
April 18, 2023
A task force assessing options for transforming the heating infrastructure on the University of Oregon's Eugene campus is seeking feedback from the community. 
The Mellon-Foundation supported Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute for Racial & Climate Justice is housed at the University of Oregon
April 18, 2023
Insight Into Diversity: The Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute for Climate & Racial Justice, housed in the University of Oregon's Center for Environmental Futures, is featured. 
Photographs from Sarah Grew's "Ghost Forest" series
April 18, 2023
For her latest installation of "Ghost Forest," a photograph series inspired by 2020 wildfires in Oregon, local artist Sarah Grew is partnering with Jon Bellona, a senior instructor of audio production at the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance, to create a unique exhibit in the LaVerne Krauss Gallery on campus.
An OHAZ logo adorns the driver-side door of a black Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck
April 17, 2023
Natural hazards monitoring at the Oregon Hazards Lab will help keep communities safe while advancing resiliency research. 
Paper-texture digital illustration showing side profiles of people layered around a globe
April 14, 2023
Join the University of Oregon's Environment Initiative and partners across campus for "UO by Environmental Justice," an event series focused on environmental justice and the responsibility of higher education to contribute to a just and livable future. 
Black and white image of heavy traffic clogging a city street. Photo by peeterv/istock.
April 14, 2023
Sierra Magazine: Greg Dotson, associate professor of law and faculty director of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center's Energy Law & Policy Project at the University of Oregon, provides expert commentary. 
Stacy Alaimo smiles in the foreground; a collage representing perspectives of deep sea conservation fills the background
April 12, 2023
Stacy Alaimo, professor of English and environmental studies at the University of Oregon, is a leader in "blue humanities," combining the critical study of the human world with marine science and ocean ecologies. 
San Francisco, CA
April 12, 2023
Fortune: Nico Larco, director of the Urbanism Next Center at the University of Oregon, is quoted as a transportation expert. 
Lauren Ponisio
April 12, 2023
Lauren Ponisio, assistant professor of biology at the University of Oregon, was selected as an ESA Early Career Fellow early this month. 
Representation of the team's bipolar membrane system that converts seawater into hydrogen gas (Nina Fujikawa/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
April 12, 2023
Green Car Congress: Grace Lindquist and Lihaokun Chen, graduate employees, and Shannon Boettcher, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Oregon, are study coauthors. 
Wildfire smoke tinges everything a toxic grey-orange color in Oakridge, Oregon.
April 11, 2023
Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden helped secure federal funding to launch the new Center for Wildfire Smoke Research and Practice at the University of Oregon. 
School of Architecture & Environment at University of Oregon
April 11, 2023
Study International: The University of Oregon's Department of Architecture is featured as a leader in environmental design and sustainability with a special focus on spatial and climate justice. 
APRU logo
April 10, 2023
The University of Oregon is co-hosting the Student Global Climate Change Simulation, a role-playing exercise sponsored by the Association of Pacific Rim Universities in which students form transnational,  interdisciplinary teams and engage in mock-UN climate negotiations. 
Smoke chokes the sky as a wildfire approaches a tall green grove.
April 10, 2023
Wildfire Today: The new Wildfire Smoke Research and Practice Center will be a hub for applicable research on ways to prevent wildfire hazards while building resilience to them.