Category: News

CSWS to update website, seeks feedback

How do you get information about CSWS news and events? What changes would make the website more useful to you? The Center for the Study of Women in Society is launching a project to update our website and social media…

CSWS postpones spring 2020 events

Pictured is Alicia Garza.

Given the serious nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) has cancelled its Spring 2020 lecture series. Events will be rescheduled for AY 2020-21. “While we have thoroughly enjoyed hosting our speakers…

Beck lauded as ‘Star’ faculty

Pictured is Erin Beck.

Editor’s note: To celebrate Women’s History Month, Around the O is celebrating 10 extraordinary UO faculty members including political science professor Erin Beck. See the full article here. Beck is a CSWS faculty affiliate. Erin Beck Associate ProfessorDepartment of Political…

Weise receives grant to transform a podcast into a YouTube series

Pictured is Julie Wiese.

Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in Around the O. Julie Wise is a CSWS faculty affiliate. Julie Weise, an associate professor of history, has been awarded a $50,000 public-engagement grant to take her Nuestro South project to the next…

Lowthorp calls for caution around gene editing in human embyos

Pictured is Leah Lowthorp.

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Around the O. Leah Lowthorp is a CSWS faculty affiliate. A University of Oregon cultural anthropologist is among a 21-member group of international researchers and public-interest advocates who have published a strong, cautionary…