Month: September 2020

In Memoriam: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Pictured is Ruth Bater Ginsberg.

Professor emerita and CSWS affiliate Caroline Forell, School of Law​​​​​​, has written an account of her relationship to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for Around The O. Forell taught Women & the Law for 25 years in the School of Law.…

Talks to Celebrate Wayne Morse Center’s 20th Anniversary

This fall, the Wayne Morse Center celebrates 20 years of promoting civic engagement, inclusive democracy, and justice with a series of talks on the theme of science, policy, and the public: The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation…

Tara Fickle Wins American Book Award

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CSWS faculty affiliate Tara Fickle, associate professor of English, has been named a 2020 American Book Award winner for her first book, The Race Card: From Gaming Technologies to Model Minorities (New York University Press). The book publisher describes The…

Black studies minor launched at UO

Black Panthers speak on the UO campus in support of a Black student protest at OSU in the late 1960s.

Editor’s Note: From Around The O, September 7, 2020. Several CSWS faculty affiliates teach courses in Black Studies.   It’s been a long time coming, but UO students can now minor in Black studies. The university finalized the new minor,…