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From left: Michael Coughlan, Heidi Huber-Stearns, Cass Moseley, André Le Duc and Ken Kato
April 10, 2023
The new Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments is a multidisciplinary effort that will build upon the work of  University of Oregon's longstanding Institute for a Sustainable Environment.  
The sun looks dim and orange behind a screen of thick wildfire smoke
April 9, 2023
KGW-TV: The Wildfire Smoke Research and Practice Center at the University of Oregon is launching thanks to an $800,000 federal grant. 
Campus of Karakoram International University in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
April 7, 2023
The University of Oregon is building on an existing partnership with Karakoram International University to accelerate both institutions' research and teaching capacity around climate change while promoting community resilience to climate hazards in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. 
Wildfire tears through a forestscape as thick smoke billows
April 6, 2023
KVAL-13: Critical funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will help the University of Oregon launch the Center for Wildfire Smoke Research and Practice. 
Mary Wood
April 5, 2023
Bloomberg Law: Mary Wood, professor of law at the University of Oregon, provides expert commentary. 
Squash bees nestle in a yellow squash flower
April 4, 2023
Morning Ag Clips: Nathaniel Pope, postdoctoral scholar at the University of Oregon Institute of Ecology and Evolution, is study coauthor. 
A coral reef in the south-central Pacific Ocean
April 3, 2023
Rice University News: Rebecca Maher, postdoctoral scholar in the University of Oregon Institute of Ecology and Evolution, is a study coauthor. 
Coastal salt marsh
March 29, 2023
Molly Keogh, a coastal geologist at the University of Oregon, provides expert commentary. 
University of Oregon Transpecies Design 'O' logo
March 29, 2023
The University of Oregon College of Design transpecies design initiative puts design to work in an effort to address anthropogenic species extinction. 
Oregon Law Professor Michael Fakhri smiles in a purple sweater
March 29, 2023
Oregon Law Professor Michael Fakhri—faculty leader of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center's Food Resiliency Project—provides expert commentary as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. 
Dying kelp collects on the Northwest coast. Photo courtesy: Peter Pearsall, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
March 28, 2023
KLCC: Features study by Oregon State University marine ecologist Sarah Gravem and Aaron Galloway, an associate professor at the University of Oregon Institute of Marine Biology. 
Yekang Ko smiles for a picture with her son as they visit Yeosu, South Korea.
March 28, 2023
Water Power Technologies Office: Yekang Ko, associate professor of landscape architecture at the University of Oregon, is one of six featured "water power champions."
University of Oregon environmental sciences major Zoey Bailey
March 27, 2023
Zoey Bailey, environmental sciences student at the University of Oregon, explains how personal experience contributed to her current research on the affect of wildfires on the "seed bank" of sub-surface seeds in scorched soil.
New parking design on campus designates specific e-scooter parking spaces in neon green
March 27, 2023
The new e-scooters, which provide another eco-friendly option for campus commuters, are part of a one-year pilot program launched by the city of Eugene in partnership with the University of Oregon and Cascade Mobility. 
Cover image for "Elemental: Redefining Our Relationship with Wildfire," a new documentary by UO alum Trip Jennings
March 25, 2023
Chico Enterprise-Record: Filmmaker Trip Jennings has a BA in English from the University of Oregon.