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Running Down a Dream
The University of Oregon calls "Tracktown" home. And CAS is a part of what makes Tracktown special, whether it's faculty conducting innovative research or alumni making a difference.
Ten years ago, College of Arts and Sciences alum Alexi Pappas paid tribute to the world-class running culture in Eugene with her film
Tracktown
, which tells the story of Plumb Marigold, a young, talented and lonely distance runner preparing for the Olympic Trials.
In the week leading up to the Eugene Marathon — Tracktown's premier races on April 26 and 27 — Pappas is returning to Eugene to share her expertise and experience as a filmmaker with CAS cinema studies students. On April 22 Pappas is
hosting a filmmaking masterclass
for students, and on April 23, she is
screening her film
.
"I think what inspired me about Eugene and UO is that it is a place where people bring their hopes and dreams, and they try to cultivate them into reality,” said Pappas. “And it's a place that actually welcomes that and nurtures it. And so a movie about such a place and those types of people felt exciting to me.”
Go the Distance with Pappas
News from CAS
Duck Parents are rooted in history and giving for the future
April 20, 2026
BIOCHEMISTRY AND CHEMISTRY - For the McLeroy family, the University of Oregon is a thread that digs deep in their ancestral roots. From two undergrads now on campus to Samuel “Edgar” McClure, who earned a bachelor’s degree from the UO in 1883 and a master’s in 1886, and was the first chair of the UO chemistry department.
UO junior receives prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
April 16, 2026
COMPUTER SCIENCE - Armaan Hajarizadeh, a third-year computer science major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Clark Honors College, has been named a Goldwater Scholar. The prestigious national award recognizes undergraduates conducting research in the natural sciences, engineering, and mathematics. After earning his bachelor’s degree, he plans to attend graduate school and eventually pursue a career in academia.
A folklore legend about power and its limits
April 15, 2026
GERMAN AND SCANDINAVIAN, FOLKLORE — How does an oral Yiddish folk story become what is perhaps the most famous of all modern Jewish literary fantasies? Associate Professor of Scandinavian Gantt Gurley's research on this very question about the legend of golem is illuminating.
All news
»
We Love Our Supporters
Your Gift Changes Lives
Gifts to the College of Arts and Sciences can help our students make the most of their college careers. To do this, CAS needs your support. Your contributions help us ensure that teaching, research, advising, mentoring, and support services are fully available to every student. Thank you!
Give to CAS
Congratulations, Graduating Ducks!
The College of Arts and Sciences’ departments will hold commencement ceremonies on Monday, June 15, 2026.
CAS Commencement
What’s Happening in CAS?
Why is storytelling so important for College of Arts and Sciences students, whether they're pursuing creative writing or neuroscience? With the advent of AI and constant technological innovation, it's more important than ever to bring humans together. Find out more how the craft of storytelling is preparing students for an ever-changing world.
Also in the April CAS Connection issue, an economist weighs in on why the war in Iran and closure of the Strait of Hormuz leads to high prices around the world; alum, filmmaker and Olympic runner Alexi Pappas shares her perspective on ambition and failure; and a chemist shares research on how we can make labs more accessible for students — and more.
Read CAS Connection
Undergraduate Studies
Wherever your academic goals eventually take you at the UO, all Ducks begin their journey with foundational courses in CAS. More than 60 percent of students go on to pursue a major in a CAS department or program. With more than 50 departments and programs, there’s an intellectual home for almost any interest, talent, or career aspiration.
Undergraduate Majors and Minors
Undergraduate Admissions
Graduate Studies
The College of Arts and Sciences offers more than 30 master's programs and more than 20 doctoral programs across a diverse range of disciplines. Both as contributors to research teams and through their own scholarship and teaching, our CAS graduate students are indispensable to the vitality of the UO academic mission.
Graduate Programs
Graduate Admissions
Student Support Services
We provide our students with a variety of resources to help you thrive inside and outside the classroom. Through Tykeson Advising, we provide comprehensive academic and career advising from the start of your journey at the University of Oregon. Learn about career preparation and get assistance in selecting the very best classes. Connect with labs, libraries, IT and tutoring. Find your community on campus.
Academic Resources
Advising and Careers
Diversity Resources
World-Class Faculty
The College of Arts and Sciences faculty members are a driving force of the high-output, high-impact research activity that has earned the UO membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU). Our world-class faculty members are inspiring teachers.
Among them are five members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, four members of the National Academy of Sciences. They are committed to helping students discover their academic passion. Every day, they work to expand students’ intellectual horizons, preparing them for life after college with real-world knowledge and skills.
Faculty Directory
Faculty Research
Spotlight on CAS Academics
Choose Your Path
The College of Arts and Sciences offers more than 50 majors and nearly 70 minors across multiple departments and programs in the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. We also offer 36 master’s programs and 25 doctoral programs.
Humanities
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
School of Computer and Data Sciences
Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Meet our Dean
In the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), we are committed to excellence in research and teaching, student success, and diversity, equity, and belonging.
A liberal arts education—one that offers a breadth of intellectual approaches and perspectives and depth in a major discipline—is the foundation to a purposeful life as a life-long learner, engaged citizen, and leader. The skills you will learn here—from written and verbal communication to analytical and quantitative reasoning, to compassion and understanding—are those that employers seek and will open the door to a wealth of opportunities.
You will find
more than 50 majors
and a multitude of minors within CAS, and seemingly endless opportunities for personal exploration and discovery. Whether you are an incoming first-year student, a grad student or a transfer student, you can map an exciting future and be part of a fun, warm, engaged liberal arts community here. Come join us. And go Ducks!
More from Dean Chris Poulsen
The College of Arts and Sciences includes:
52
undergraduate degree programs
36
masters programs
25
PhD programs
11,000+
Undergraduate students in CAS Majors
800+
faculty members
1,200+
masters and PhD students in CAS
Happening at CAS
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Apr
23
NW-NALRC Community Project Planning and Development Workshops
3:30 p.m.
The Northwest Native American Language Resource Center's Community Project Planning and Development (CPPD) workshops are designed to help guide you through the process of...
NW-NALRC Community Project Planning and Development Workshops
April 1–30
3:30–4:30 p.m.
This is a virtual event.
https://nili.uoregon.edu/narlc/workshops/cppd
The Northwest Native American Language Resource Center's Community Project Planning and Development (CPPD) workshops are designed to help guide you through the process of creating a community-based project: from coming up with the idea, to building a solid organizational and logistical foundation, and all of the other necessary steps to get your project proposal completed. Overall, there are
15 CPPD workshops in this series
.
Each workshop also has an associated next-day drop-in assistance hour. This workshop series is meant to take participants with little to no experience in community project planning and development and help them complete their first project proposal. While we are focused on assisting with project planning and development of Alaskan Native/Native American Language projects, much of the content that you will be learning in these workshops is readily transferrable to other types of projects.
Registrants will have access to all workshops in this April offering. Attendance at all workshops in the offering is recommended but not required.
All instruction is provided online and instructors will join online. Participants will join remotely via zoom (please see technology section below.)
Workshops in this Offering
The CPPD workshops are offered in smaller, five workshop offerings. The first five workshops were offered in November and December of 2025. The workshops that are available in the April offering are:
Workshop 6: Identifying Long-Range Goals
Topic:
Supports facilitation of community discussions to identify vision-aligned, long-term goals that drive project outcomes.
Date:
4/1
Drop-In Assistance:
4/2
Workshop 7: Defining Barriers to Long-Range Goals
Topic:
Identifies internal and external barriers, explores strategies to surface challenges, and begin problem-solving approaches.
Date:
4/8
Drop-In Assistance:
4/9
Workshop 8: Creating Project Goals & Objectives
Topic:
Translates community vision into specific, measurable project goals and objectives using clear, structured frameworks.
Date:
4/15
Drop-In Assistance:
4/16
Workshop 9: Outcomes, Outputs, & Activities
Topic:
Distinguishes outcomes, outputs, and activities, aligns them within a project framework/logic model.
Date:
4/22
Drop-In Assistance:
4/23
Workshop 10: Building a Project Work Plan
Topic:
Hands-on strategies to create a work plan with timelines, milestones, responsibilities, and deliverables.
Date:
4/29
Drop-In Assistance:
4/30
Technology
The CPPD workshops will be held via Zoom and will use Canvas, a course management system, for materials and activities. Participants must have an email address. It will be best to join on a computer that has a stable internet connection, a webcam, and headphones (depending on your work environment). Using a computer rather than a mobile device will improve your experience - you will be able to better interact with others, participate in hands-on activities, and see presented materials.
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Apr
23
NW-NALRC Community Project Planning and Development Workshops 6-10
3:30 p.m.
The NW-NALRC's Community Project Planning and Development (CPPD) workshops are designed to help guide you through the process of creating a community-based project: from...
NW-NALRC Community Project Planning and Development Workshops 6-10
April 1–30
3:30–4:30 p.m.
This is a virtual event.
https://nili.uoregon.edu/narlc/workshops/cppd
The NW-NALRC's Community Project Planning and Development (CPPD) workshops are designed to help guide you through the process of creating a community-based project: from coming up with the idea, to building a solid organizational and logistical foundation, and all of the other necessary steps to get your project proposal completed. Overall, there are
15 CPPD workshops in this series
.
Each workshop also has an associated Next-Day Drop-In Assistance Hour. This workshop series is meant to take participants with little to no experience in Community Project Planning and Development and help them complete their first project proposal. While we are focused on assisting with project planning and development of Alaskan Native / Native American Language projects, much of the content that you will be learning in these workshops is readily transferrable to other types of projects.
Registrants will have access to all workshops in this April 2026 offering. Attendance at all workshops in the offering is recommended but not required.
The CPPD Workshops are offered in smaller, five workshop offerings. The first five workshops were offered in November and December of 2025. The workshops that are available in the April 2026 offering are:
Workshop 6: Identifying Long-Range Goals
Topic:
Supports facilitation of community discussions to identify vision-aligned, long-term goals that drive project outcomes.
Date:
4/1
Drop-In Assistance:
4/2
Workshop 7: Defining Barriers to Long-Range Goals
Topic:
Identifies internal and external barriers, explores strategies to surface challenges, and begin problem-solving approaches.
Date:
4/8
Drop-In Assistance:
4/9
Workshop 8: Creating Project Goals & Objectives
Topic:
Translates community vision into specific, measurable project goals and objectives using clear, structured frameworks.
Date:
4/15
Drop-In Assistance:
4/16
Workshop 9: Outcomes, Outputs, & Activities
Topic:
Distinguishes outcomes, outputs, and activities, aligns them within a project framework/logic model.
Date:
4/22
Drop-In Assistance:
4/23
Workshop 10: Building a Project Work Plan
Topic:
Hands-on strategies to create a work plan with timelines, milestones, responsibilities, and deliverables.
Date:
4/29
Drop-In Assistance:
4/30
Technology
The CPPD workshops will be held via Zoom and will use Canvas, a course management system, for materials and activities. Participants must have an email address. It will be best to join on a computer that has a stable internet connection, a webcam, and headphones (depending on your work environment). Using a computer rather than a mobile device will improve your experience - you will be able to better interact with others, participate in hands-on activities, and see presented materials.
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Apr
23
Geography Colloquium Series: ‘Illegality’ and the Transformation of Low-Wage Labor Regimes in the Context of Rural Gentrification
4:00 p.m.
Join the Department of Geography for the Colloquium Series talk with Lise Nelson on ‘Illegality’ and the Transformation of Low-Wage Labor Regimes in the Context...
Geography Colloquium Series: ‘Illegality’ and the Transformation of Low-Wage Labor Regimes in the Context of Rural Gentrification
April 23
4:00 p.m.
Condon Hall
106
https://socialsciences.uoregon.edu/geography/research/colloquium
Join the Department of Geography for the Colloquium Series talk with Lise Nelson on ‘Illegality’ and the Transformation of Low-Wage Labor Regimes in the Context of Rural Gentrification.
Over the last three decades, domestic amenity or lifestyle migration across the United States has accelerated processes of rural gentrification, shifting landscapes of production to landscapes of consumption--from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to Highlands, North Carolina. This talk explores how employers recruit low-wage, mostly undocumented Latine immigrants to work in gentrifying rural communities historically “off the map” of immigrant settlement, drawing on qualitative fieldwork in Colorado and Georgia. I trace how, over time, employers transformed their business model to reach new levels of profitability predicated on access to racially marked, “illegal” workers even as public, commodified images of these places celebrated them as sites of luxury, recreation, and whiteness. I contribute to debates about rural gentrification, geographies of immigrant settlement, and to the ways scholars theorize immigrant networks, illegality, and labor in the contemporary United States.
Lise Nelson is Professor in the School of Geography, Development and Environment at the University of Arizona. She is author of
Illegality and the Production of Affluence: Undocumented Labor and Gentrification in Rural America
(2025—University of California Press). She was a member of the geography faculty at the University of Oregon between 2001-2013.
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Apr
23
What is Research? (2026)
5:30 p.m.
What is Research? (2026) explores various natures, purposes, and roles of research across disciplines, fields, and areas. The event considers frameworks of systematic and creative...
What is Research? (2026)
April 23–25
5:30 p.m.
UO Portland
https://whatis.uoregon.edu
What is Research?
(2026) explores various natures, purposes, and roles of research across disciplines, fields, and areas. The event considers frameworks of systematic and creative inquiry, including methods, designs, analyses, discoveries, collaborations, dissemination, ethics, integrity, diversity, media/technologies, and information environments.
The thirteenth gathering delves into research in its many forms, including searching, critically investigating, and re-examining existing knowledge, as well as emerging functions and procedures in machine intelligence and computation. It highlights pluralities of research pathways, examining time-honored approaches and new ways of knowing, precedents, issues, and futures. It considers challenges and possibilities that researchers face in today’s rapidly changing world, and ways to promote ethical, inclusive, and impactful research.
Featured participants include:
•
N. Katherine Hayles
, Literature, Duke University and English, UCLA
•
Colin Koopman
, Philosophy/Digital Humanities/New Media and Culture, University of Oregon
•
Vera Keller
, History/European Studies, University of Oregon
•
Daniel Kreiss
, Information, Technology, and Public Life, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
•
Liska Chan
, Landscape Architecture/Environmental Futures, University of Oregon
•
Mark A. Bedau
, Philosophy, Reed College and Complex Systems, Portland State University
•
Bernd Reiter
, Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, Texas Tech University
•
Jakki Bailey
, Media Studies/Immersive Media Communication, University of Oregon Portland
•
Tibor Solymosi
, Philosophy, Villanova University and Embodied Education, Aarhus University, Denmark
•
Alexis Merculief
, Prevention Science/Counseling Psychology, University of Oregon Portland
•
Adell Amos
, Law/Environmental and Natural Resources Law, University of Oregon
•
Victor Pickard
, Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania
In cooperation with the International Association for Media and Communication Research.
The event celebrates three decades of the Communication and Media Studies Doctoral Program in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon.
Registration required. Please see the
website
for more details.
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Running Down a Dream
The University of Oregon calls "Tracktown" home. And CAS is a part of what makes Tracktown special, whether it's faculty conducting innovative research or alumni making a difference.
Ten years ago, College of Arts and Sciences alum Alexi Pappas paid tribute to the world-class running culture in Eugene with her film
Tracktown
, which tells the story of Plumb Marigold, a young, talented and lonely distance runner preparing for the Olympic Trials.
In the week leading up to the Eugene Marathon — Tracktown's premier races on April 26 and 27 — Pappas is returning to Eugene to share her expertise and experience as a filmmaker with CAS cinema studies students. On April 22 Pappas is
hosting a filmmaking masterclass
for students, and on April 23, she is
screening her film
.
"I think what inspired me about Eugene and UO is that it is a place where people bring their hopes and dreams, and they try to cultivate them into reality,” said Pappas. “And it's a place that actually welcomes that and nurtures it. And so a movie about such a place and those types of people felt exciting to me.”
Go the Distance with Pappas
News from CAS
Duck Parents are rooted in history and giving for the future
April 20, 2026
BIOCHEMISTRY AND CHEMISTRY - For the McLeroy family, the University of Oregon is a thread that digs deep in their ancestral roots. From two undergrads now on campus to Samuel “Edgar” McClure, who earned a bachelor’s degree from the UO in 1883 and a master’s in 1886, and was the first chair of the UO chemistry department.
UO junior receives prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
April 16, 2026
COMPUTER SCIENCE - Armaan Hajarizadeh, a third-year computer science major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Clark Honors College, has been named a Goldwater Scholar. The prestigious national award recognizes undergraduates conducting research in the natural sciences, engineering, and mathematics. After earning his bachelor’s degree, he plans to attend graduate school and eventually pursue a career in academia.
A folklore legend about power and its limits
April 15, 2026
GERMAN AND SCANDINAVIAN, FOLKLORE — How does an oral Yiddish folk story become what is perhaps the most famous of all modern Jewish literary fantasies? Associate Professor of Scandinavian Gantt Gurley's research on this very question about the legend of golem is illuminating.
All news
»
We Love Our Supporters
Your Gift Changes Lives
Gifts to the College of Arts and Sciences can help our students make the most of their college careers. To do this, CAS needs your support. Your contributions help us ensure that teaching, research, advising, mentoring, and support services are fully available to every student. Thank you!
Give to CAS
Congratulations, Graduating Ducks!
The College of Arts and Sciences’ departments will hold commencement ceremonies on Monday, June 15, 2026.
CAS Commencement
What’s Happening in CAS?
Why is storytelling so important for College of Arts and Sciences students, whether they're pursuing creative writing or neuroscience? With the advent of AI and constant technological innovation, it's more important than ever to bring humans together. Find out more how the craft of storytelling is preparing students for an ever-changing world.
Also in the April CAS Connection issue, an economist weighs in on why the war in Iran and closure of the Strait of Hormuz leads to high prices around the world; alum, filmmaker and Olympic runner Alexi Pappas shares her perspective on ambition and failure; and a chemist shares research on how we can make labs more accessible for students — and more.
Read CAS Connection
Undergraduate Studies
Wherever your academic goals eventually take you at the UO, all Ducks begin their journey with foundational courses in CAS. More than 60 percent of students go on to pursue a major in a CAS department or program. With more than 50 departments and programs, there’s an intellectual home for almost any interest, talent, or career aspiration.
Undergraduate Majors and Minors
Undergraduate Admissions
Graduate Studies
The College of Arts and Sciences offers more than 30 master's programs and more than 20 doctoral programs across a diverse range of disciplines. Both as contributors to research teams and through their own scholarship and teaching, our CAS graduate students are indispensable to the vitality of the UO academic mission.
Graduate Programs
Graduate Admissions
Student Support Services
We provide our students with a variety of resources to help you thrive inside and outside the classroom. Through Tykeson Advising, we provide comprehensive academic and career advising from the start of your journey at the University of Oregon. Learn about career preparation and get assistance in selecting the very best classes. Connect with labs, libraries, IT and tutoring. Find your community on campus.
Academic Resources
Advising and Careers
Diversity Resources
World-Class Faculty
The College of Arts and Sciences faculty members are a driving force of the high-output, high-impact research activity that has earned the UO membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU). Our world-class faculty members are inspiring teachers.
Among them are five members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, four members of the National Academy of Sciences. They are committed to helping students discover their academic passion. Every day, they work to expand students’ intellectual horizons, preparing them for life after college with real-world knowledge and skills.
Faculty Directory
Faculty Research
Spotlight on CAS Academics
Choose Your Path
The College of Arts and Sciences offers more than 50 majors and nearly 70 minors across multiple departments and programs in the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. We also offer 36 master’s programs and 25 doctoral programs.
Humanities
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
School of Computer and Data Sciences
Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Meet our Dean
In the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), we are committed to excellence in research and teaching, student success, and diversity, equity, and belonging.
A liberal arts education—one that offers a breadth of intellectual approaches and perspectives and depth in a major discipline—is the foundation to a purposeful life as a life-long learner, engaged citizen, and leader. The skills you will learn here—from written and verbal communication to analytical and quantitative reasoning, to compassion and understanding—are those that employers seek and will open the door to a wealth of opportunities.
You will find
more than 50 majors
and a multitude of minors within CAS, and seemingly endless opportunities for personal exploration and discovery. Whether you are an incoming first-year student, a grad student or a transfer student, you can map an exciting future and be part of a fun, warm, engaged liberal arts community here. Come join us. And go Ducks!
More from Dean Chris Poulsen
The College of Arts and Sciences includes:
52
undergraduate degree programs
36
masters programs
25
PhD programs
11,000+
Undergraduate students in CAS Majors
800+
faculty members
1,200+
masters and PhD students in CAS
Happening at CAS
View this profile on Instagram
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) • Instagram photos and videos
Apr
23
NW-NALRC Community Project Planning and Development Workshops
3:30 p.m.
The Northwest Native American Language Resource Center's Community Project Planning and Development (CPPD) workshops are designed to help guide you through the process of...
NW-NALRC Community Project Planning and Development Workshops
April 1–30
3:30–4:30 p.m.
This is a virtual event.
https://nili.uoregon.edu/narlc/workshops/cppd
The Northwest Native American Language Resource Center's Community Project Planning and Development (CPPD) workshops are designed to help guide you through the process of creating a community-based project: from coming up with the idea, to building a solid organizational and logistical foundation, and all of the other necessary steps to get your project proposal completed. Overall, there are
15 CPPD workshops in this series
.
Each workshop also has an associated next-day drop-in assistance hour. This workshop series is meant to take participants with little to no experience in community project planning and development and help them complete their first project proposal. While we are focused on assisting with project planning and development of Alaskan Native/Native American Language projects, much of the content that you will be learning in these workshops is readily transferrable to other types of projects.
Registrants will have access to all workshops in this April offering. Attendance at all workshops in the offering is recommended but not required.
All instruction is provided online and instructors will join online. Participants will join remotely via zoom (please see technology section below.)
Workshops in this Offering
The CPPD workshops are offered in smaller, five workshop offerings. The first five workshops were offered in November and December of 2025. The workshops that are available in the April offering are:
Workshop 6: Identifying Long-Range Goals
Topic:
Supports facilitation of community discussions to identify vision-aligned, long-term goals that drive project outcomes.
Date:
4/1
Drop-In Assistance:
4/2
Workshop 7: Defining Barriers to Long-Range Goals
Topic:
Identifies internal and external barriers, explores strategies to surface challenges, and begin problem-solving approaches.
Date:
4/8
Drop-In Assistance:
4/9
Workshop 8: Creating Project Goals & Objectives
Topic:
Translates community vision into specific, measurable project goals and objectives using clear, structured frameworks.
Date:
4/15
Drop-In Assistance:
4/16
Workshop 9: Outcomes, Outputs, & Activities
Topic:
Distinguishes outcomes, outputs, and activities, aligns them within a project framework/logic model.
Date:
4/22
Drop-In Assistance:
4/23
Workshop 10: Building a Project Work Plan
Topic:
Hands-on strategies to create a work plan with timelines, milestones, responsibilities, and deliverables.
Date:
4/29
Drop-In Assistance:
4/30
Technology
The CPPD workshops will be held via Zoom and will use Canvas, a course management system, for materials and activities. Participants must have an email address. It will be best to join on a computer that has a stable internet connection, a webcam, and headphones (depending on your work environment). Using a computer rather than a mobile device will improve your experience - you will be able to better interact with others, participate in hands-on activities, and see presented materials.
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Apr
23
NW-NALRC Community Project Planning and Development Workshops 6-10
3:30 p.m.
The NW-NALRC's Community Project Planning and Development (CPPD) workshops are designed to help guide you through the process of creating a community-based project: from...
NW-NALRC Community Project Planning and Development Workshops 6-10
April 1–30
3:30–4:30 p.m.
This is a virtual event.
https://nili.uoregon.edu/narlc/workshops/cppd
The NW-NALRC's Community Project Planning and Development (CPPD) workshops are designed to help guide you through the process of creating a community-based project: from coming up with the idea, to building a solid organizational and logistical foundation, and all of the other necessary steps to get your project proposal completed. Overall, there are
15 CPPD workshops in this series
.
Each workshop also has an associated Next-Day Drop-In Assistance Hour. This workshop series is meant to take participants with little to no experience in Community Project Planning and Development and help them complete their first project proposal. While we are focused on assisting with project planning and development of Alaskan Native / Native American Language projects, much of the content that you will be learning in these workshops is readily transferrable to other types of projects.
Registrants will have access to all workshops in this April 2026 offering. Attendance at all workshops in the offering is recommended but not required.
The CPPD Workshops are offered in smaller, five workshop offerings. The first five workshops were offered in November and December of 2025. The workshops that are available in the April 2026 offering are:
Workshop 6: Identifying Long-Range Goals
Topic:
Supports facilitation of community discussions to identify vision-aligned, long-term goals that drive project outcomes.
Date:
4/1
Drop-In Assistance:
4/2
Workshop 7: Defining Barriers to Long-Range Goals
Topic:
Identifies internal and external barriers, explores strategies to surface challenges, and begin problem-solving approaches.
Date:
4/8
Drop-In Assistance:
4/9
Workshop 8: Creating Project Goals & Objectives
Topic:
Translates community vision into specific, measurable project goals and objectives using clear, structured frameworks.
Date:
4/15
Drop-In Assistance:
4/16
Workshop 9: Outcomes, Outputs, & Activities
Topic:
Distinguishes outcomes, outputs, and activities, aligns them within a project framework/logic model.
Date:
4/22
Drop-In Assistance:
4/23
Workshop 10: Building a Project Work Plan
Topic:
Hands-on strategies to create a work plan with timelines, milestones, responsibilities, and deliverables.
Date:
4/29
Drop-In Assistance:
4/30
Technology
The CPPD workshops will be held via Zoom and will use Canvas, a course management system, for materials and activities. Participants must have an email address. It will be best to join on a computer that has a stable internet connection, a webcam, and headphones (depending on your work environment). Using a computer rather than a mobile device will improve your experience - you will be able to better interact with others, participate in hands-on activities, and see presented materials.
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Apr
23
Geography Colloquium Series: ‘Illegality’ and the Transformation of Low-Wage Labor Regimes in the Context of Rural Gentrification
4:00 p.m.
Join the Department of Geography for the Colloquium Series talk with Lise Nelson on ‘Illegality’ and the Transformation of Low-Wage Labor Regimes in the Context...
Geography Colloquium Series: ‘Illegality’ and the Transformation of Low-Wage Labor Regimes in the Context of Rural Gentrification
April 23
4:00 p.m.
Condon Hall
106
https://socialsciences.uoregon.edu/geography/research/colloquium
Join the Department of Geography for the Colloquium Series talk with Lise Nelson on ‘Illegality’ and the Transformation of Low-Wage Labor Regimes in the Context of Rural Gentrification.
Over the last three decades, domestic amenity or lifestyle migration across the United States has accelerated processes of rural gentrification, shifting landscapes of production to landscapes of consumption--from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to Highlands, North Carolina. This talk explores how employers recruit low-wage, mostly undocumented Latine immigrants to work in gentrifying rural communities historically “off the map” of immigrant settlement, drawing on qualitative fieldwork in Colorado and Georgia. I trace how, over time, employers transformed their business model to reach new levels of profitability predicated on access to racially marked, “illegal” workers even as public, commodified images of these places celebrated them as sites of luxury, recreation, and whiteness. I contribute to debates about rural gentrification, geographies of immigrant settlement, and to the ways scholars theorize immigrant networks, illegality, and labor in the contemporary United States.
Lise Nelson is Professor in the School of Geography, Development and Environment at the University of Arizona. She is author of
Illegality and the Production of Affluence: Undocumented Labor and Gentrification in Rural America
(2025—University of California Press). She was a member of the geography faculty at the University of Oregon between 2001-2013.
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23
What is Research? (2026)
5:30 p.m.
What is Research? (2026) explores various natures, purposes, and roles of research across disciplines, fields, and areas. The event considers frameworks of systematic and creative...
What is Research? (2026)
April 23–25
5:30 p.m.
UO Portland
https://whatis.uoregon.edu
What is Research?
(2026) explores various natures, purposes, and roles of research across disciplines, fields, and areas. The event considers frameworks of systematic and creative inquiry, including methods, designs, analyses, discoveries, collaborations, dissemination, ethics, integrity, diversity, media/technologies, and information environments.
The thirteenth gathering delves into research in its many forms, including searching, critically investigating, and re-examining existing knowledge, as well as emerging functions and procedures in machine intelligence and computation. It highlights pluralities of research pathways, examining time-honored approaches and new ways of knowing, precedents, issues, and futures. It considers challenges and possibilities that researchers face in today’s rapidly changing world, and ways to promote ethical, inclusive, and impactful research.
Featured participants include:
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N. Katherine Hayles
, Literature, Duke University and English, UCLA
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Colin Koopman
, Philosophy/Digital Humanities/New Media and Culture, University of Oregon
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Vera Keller
, History/European Studies, University of Oregon
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Daniel Kreiss
, Information, Technology, and Public Life, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Liska Chan
, Landscape Architecture/Environmental Futures, University of Oregon
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Mark A. Bedau
, Philosophy, Reed College and Complex Systems, Portland State University
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Bernd Reiter
, Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, Texas Tech University
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Jakki Bailey
, Media Studies/Immersive Media Communication, University of Oregon Portland
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Tibor Solymosi
, Philosophy, Villanova University and Embodied Education, Aarhus University, Denmark
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Alexis Merculief
, Prevention Science/Counseling Psychology, University of Oregon Portland
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Adell Amos
, Law/Environmental and Natural Resources Law, University of Oregon
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Victor Pickard
, Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania
In cooperation with the International Association for Media and Communication Research.
The event celebrates three decades of the Communication and Media Studies Doctoral Program in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon.
Registration required. Please see the
website
for more details.
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