Sports Product Design Students Excel at Merino Wool Challenge
Today’s performance sports gear is made from spandex, polyester and even Kevlar. But UO students have been developing new ideas for an old-school staple: wool.
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Professor Emeritus Howard Davis's Latest Book Meditates on Insights from a Hundred Places
Davis's latest book meditates on his personal insights that have come visiting one hundred places over several decades. Davis writes poetically about everything from the mundane to the famous, with some of the sights emblematic of beauty, some the product of fine craftsmanship, some active, and some quiet, but all memorable.
PPPM Professor Diana Mason Talks with KLCC about the Changing Relationship of Volunteers and Organizations
PPPM Professor, Diana Mason, talked alongside other volunteer experts to KLCC about the new trends in volunteering, where volunteers are engaging in shorter terms of engagement instead of long, multiyear engagements with hundreds of hours of service dedicated to a single organization in a year.
Art Student Earns 2026 Cornelia Hoppe Art Exhibit Award
The Department of Art at the School of Art + Design is celebrating Ava Murakami's, Art '27, well-deserved recognition as the 2026 Cornelia Hoppe Art Exhibit artist.
Sports Product Design Professor Jumps into Olympic Gear Conversation
The Olympic Winter and Summer Games are a time of celebration and reflection, as more than 200 countries come together to compete and showcase athletes in a myriad of different sports and traditions. Another important part of the Games are the innovative materials and uniforms used by the athletes. Sports Product Design Professor Susan Sokolowski understands the hard work and time that goes into designing these innovative sporting goods for athletes and takes time to talk with OregonNews about the gear at this year's Games.
PPPM Awards are Coming May 28!
A RARE and PPPM alumna and Ford Family Foundation leader, a pioneer in education, and a spatial strategist and design researcher are the 2026 winners of three public service awards presented by the UO School of Planning, Public Policy and Management and the PPPM Advisory Council. The awards ceremony will take place May 28 at the Ford Alumni Center on the University of Oregon campus.
LArch Associate Professor Selected for 2026-27 LAF Fellowship for Innovation and Leadership
Congratulations to Liska Chan for her well-deserved selection for the 2026-27 LAF Fellowship for Innovation and Leadership.
New Masters Programs are Here to Stay
The College of Design has developed two new options for students looking to get more value from their time at the University of Oregon. The goal? To give high-achieving art history majors and planning, public policy and management majors an opportunity to earn a BA and MA within five years.
Meet the HAA MA Graduate who Joined JSMA as its Executive Director
The new executive director of the JSMA, Olivia Miller MA '09 (art history), returns to a museum and a university that shaped her. Read more about her journey.
Portland Parks Foundation Panel Treats Crowd to Tales of Historic Landmark
All across the United States, there are examples of history and artistic expression left behind by previous generations, with communities featuring culturally significant statues, monuments, portraits, graffiti, posters, signs, architecture, and more. Some of these pieces come with a complicated history and have been at the center of periods of civil unrest, especially in recent years, as the public grapples with the history of the object.