Winter 2023

Photo looking down a rectangular staircase
UO students at Howard University in DC
Politics & SocietyDuck Life

UO Students Experience Black History and Culture in DC

Fourteen visit Washington, DC as part of a trip sponsored by the UO Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center

Halprin's Maze: sculpture-like work that includes ducts for heating and cooling
Art, Design & Literature

Eye for Architecture

Prize-winning photography became a second calling for Michael Wilkes, a College of Design alumnus and devoted Duck

Mat Johnson illustration
Art, Design & Literature

Mat Johnson Gains Visibility with Invisible Things

With his latest novel, the UO faculty member is getting critical notice while inspiring his creative writing students

collage of professor Daisy-O’lice Williams showing architect Paul Revere Williams and her dog
Environment & Sustainability

Digital Collage Inspires Architecture Ideas

Associate professor specializes in architectural visualization and the role of digital collage in the student design process

Students at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology take notes while on the coast
Viewpoints

Letters: Wildfire inaccuracies and OIMB kudos

Criticism of “inaccurate” feature on wildfire filmmaker and praise for the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology

Professor Whitney Phillips at a blackboard with student in foreground
Media & CommunicationsViewpoints

Four ways to avoid polluting the social media ecosystem

Students in Whitney Phillips’s J-397 Media Ethics class explore ethical problems in media such as privacy and violence

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