Category: Faculty affiliates

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 level, building on a successful podcast series to create a five-part YouTube series.

The
YouTube […]

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 statement about the use of genome editing
in human embryos.

The statement emerged from a discussion about […]

Richmond receives top award from Oregon Historical Society

Pictured is Geri Richmond.

Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in Around the O. Geri Richmond is a CSWS faculty affiliate.

University of Oregon chemist Geri Richmond has once again been recognized for her contributions to the field of science. Richmond is adding a top award from the Oregon Historical Society to her numerous accolades and honors, […]

Peters receives NSF Rapid Response grant for coronavirus study

Pictured is Ellen Peters.

Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in Around the O. Ellen Peters is a CSWS faculty affiliate.

Since COVID-19 first surfaced in December in China, the disease has spread rapidly around the globe, sickening nearly 100,000 people, killing more than 3,000 and rocking world markets as governments struggle to contain its reach.

In […]

Kawai wins Eastern Oregon Film Festival awards

Pictured is Masami Kawai.

Masami Kawai

 Masami Kawai, assistant professor of cinema studies at University of Oregon, won the Audience Choice Best Short and Curator’s Pick Director to Watch awards at the Eastern Oregon Film Festival for her 2018 film, “Tides.” Kawai also received the 2020 summer humanities and creative arts faculty grant for writing a feature film screenplay. Her work explores race, […]

Kate Mondloch named interim dean and vice provost of the Graduate School

October 31, 2019—Professor and CSWS faculty affiliate Kate Mondloch of the UO College of Design has been named interim dean and vice provost of the Graduate School. Currently, Mondloch is head of the College of Design’s history of art and architecture department. She has been at the UO since 2005.

Kate Mondloch

Provost and […]