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The University of Oregon Institute for Health in the Built Environment
March 24, 2023
The University of Oregon Institute for Health in the Built Environment has been awarded nearly $1 million in research funding by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. 
Members of the Sustainability Fellowship Program take experiential education outdoors
March 23, 2023
The Sustainability Fellowship supports faculty in doing community-engaged learning or participatory action research, connects faculty with community partners, and provides fellows with a network of colleagues who seek to incorporate issues of sustainability into their curricula. 
Renee Salas
March 21, 2023
The University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication will bring internationally recognized climate change and health expert Dr. Renee Salas to campus to deliver her talk, "Climate Action as a Powerful Prescription to Improve Health and Equity." 
Dr. Alaí Reyes-Santos wears a brown hat and colorful scarf andflashes a wide smile
March 20, 2023
Dr. Alaí Reyes-Santos is a professor of practice at the University of Oregon School of Law, Associate Director of the Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute for Racial and Climate Justice, and founder of the ceremonial space Ilé Estrella de los Mares. 
Tsunami warning sign
March 17, 2023
Valerie Sahakian, assistant professor of earthquake hazards at the University of Oregon, is interviewed. 
An autonomous vehicle is equipped with top-of-the-line sensing equipment that detects hazards, obstructions, pathways, and other features.
March 9, 2023
GovernmentTechnology: Features study by Nico Larco, professor of architecture and director of the Urbanism Next Center at the University of Oregon. 
Aftermath of a devastating landslide in Sitka, Alaska
March 8, 2023

NPR: Annette Patton, postdoctoral scholar, and Josh Roering, professor, in the University of Oregon department of earth sciences, are leading community-driven landslide work in Sitka.

Dr. Christina Eisenberg (Photo by Erin Lamer)
March 2, 2023
Eugene Weekly: Mary Wood, professor of law, and law student Maddie Reese, are part of the historic conference hosted annually at the University of Oregon. 
Collaborators shake hands as they meet in the Many Nations Longhouse
February 27, 2023
After successfully launching "Searching for the Cayuse Five" in 2022, Michael Moffitt, a professor with the University of Oregon's School of Law and Clark Honors College, is teaching the 400-level colloquium course again this term. 
Britt Wray
February 24, 2023
Author and researcher Britt Wray will deliver an Oregon Humanities Center talk, "How to Cope with Climate Anxiety: Saving the Earth and Saving Ourselves," in the Erb Memorial Union Redwood Auditorium at 5:30 PM on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. 
Armed with cardboard hair dryers, performers act out melting a glacier in the Bearded Ladies' climate change themed drag show on ice at the RiverRink. Photo credits: Emma Lee/WHYY
February 23, 2023
WHYY: Theresa May, professor of theatre arts at the University of Oregon, provides expert commentary. 
A large sea star and sea urchin rest on an underwater coral bed
February 23, 2023
A team co-led by Aaron Galloway at the University of Oregon's Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (OIMB) and Sarah Gravem at Oregon State University produced the findings. 
A sea star on the ocean bottom
February 22, 2023
KGW8-TV: Aaron Galloway, associate professor of biology at the University of Oregon, collaborated with Sarah Gravem of Oregon State University, on study. 
An autonomous Jaguar is parked by a curb.
February 21, 2023
Dot.LA: Ben Clark, professor of public administration planning, public policy and management at the University of Oregon, provides expert commentary. 
Eugene Water and Electric Board logo
February 17, 2023
KMTR-TV: David Reesor, director of transportation services at the University of Oregon, is quoted.