Janis Weeks, a CSWS faculty affiliate and professor in the UO Department of Biology, Institute of Neuroscience, and African Studies Program, is the first UO researcher to be awarded a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. UO was named…
Category: Research
“Economies of Blood in East Africa: From Witchcraft to Transfusions,” Dr. Melissa Graboyes
Knight Library Browsing Room 1501 Kincaid St. African Studies Lecture Series Africa/Economies Please join us Thursday, May 22nd, from 12-1.15 pm in the Knight Library Browsing Room for the final lecture this year in the African Studies Lecture Series. The…
Kimberly Theidon — “Speaking of Silences: Gender, Violence and Reparations in Peru”
204 Condon Hall 1321 Kincaid University of Oregon A talk by Dr. Kimberly Theidon (Harvard University) Kimberly Theidon is a medical anthropologist focusing on Latin America. Her research interests include domestic, structural and political violence; gender studies; human rights and…
“Botanical Interventions: Rebuilding Landscapes, Reshaping Communities” — Oliver Kellhammer & Jennifer Burns Levin
Hendricks Hall Hearth Rm (1st floor) 1408 University St., UO campus A Fireside Conversation with Oliver Kellhammer, a permaculture artist, writer, and teacher specializing in ecological restoration and land art, and Jennifer Burns Levin, who teaches literature in the UO…
“Racial Representations” — Symposium Highlights
Students, faculty and community members enjoyed a full day of literary readings and commentary on race at the University of Oregon on April 26, 2013, when a group of innovative scholars who specialize in African American literature gathered to share…
Kerns awarded grant examining architecture of women’s health centers | Department of Architecture
Source: Kerns awarded grant examining architecture of women’s health centers | Department of Architecture Wednesday, May 1, 2013—Architecture Adjunct Instructor Jolie Kerns has been awarded a $6,000 research grant from the UO Center for the Study of Women in Society…
