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Graduate Student Success is Built Together


The Graduate Education Excellence Awards recognize the faculty, graduate students, and staff whose work helps graduate students flourish at the University of Oregon.

Meet this year's recipients

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26%
Students of Color
16%
International Students
57%
Master's Students
43%
Doctoral Students
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Graduate Employment

Teaching, research, and administrative appointments provide financial support while helping you build professional experience.

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All GEs at the UO receive labor union representation.

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3,390
students enrolled in graduate and law programs
83%
doctoral students funded with Graduate Employee appointments
$2M+
fellowships and awards administered annually

 

News

The 2026 Graduate Education Excellence Awards recognize the faculty, graduate students, and staff who create mentorship, community, and student support systems across the UO.
Five graduating graduate students reflect on their time at the UO.
For Waterleaf founder and CEO Adam DeHeer, MLA '19, the seeds of sustainable entrepreneurship were first planted as a UO graduate student researching public sanitation in South America.

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Events for Graduate Students

Events

Building Community: Exploring Eugene’s Murals

8:00 a.m.

Celebrate the murals of Eugene with this exhibit featuring the City of Eugene's 20x21EUG Mural Project and Urban Canvas murals. The purpose of the exhibit is to...

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15

Building Community: Exploring Eugene’s Murals
September 15–December 3
8:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
Erb Memorial Union (EMU) Adell McMillan Gallery

Celebrate the murals of Eugene with this exhibit featuring the City of Eugene's 20x21EUG Mural Project and Urban Canvas murals. The purpose of the exhibit is to create opportunities for UO students to learn about and engage with the city of Eugene and the greater Eugene community. https://www.eugene-or.gov/4636/Murals

The Ducks in Downtown section will of the display will be photos from you, out in town seeing the wonderful art.

Send in a photo with a Eugene mural to be a part of the exhibit and a chance to win a prize pack! Email a selfie of you with a Eugene mural to mcmillangallery@uoregon.edu. The submissions will be accepted starting September 15. Prizes drawing will be Friday of week 5 and week 10. To have your picture displayed in the gallery exhibit, you must sign a model release form. more information on our instagram https://www.instagram.com/uomcmillangallery/ or email us. Only photos on display at the date of the drawing will be entered into the raffle. All are welcome to submit photos for the gallery, but only UO students are eligible to be entered into the raffle. 

Reception October 13 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. free refreshments, open to all

Calendar entry image of mural by AIKO (Japan/USA) Reflection

Latent 80s with Spidersound

8:00 a.m.

Join us every Tuesday at 8am for Latent 80s with Spidersound. Obscure and semi-obscure music the 1980s and thereabouts — new wave, alternative, synthpop, punk, etc. To...

Sep

15

Latent 80s with Spidersound
June 23–September 22
8:00–10:00 a.m.

Join us every Tuesday at 8am for Latent 80s with Spidersound. Obscure and semi-obscure music the 1980s and thereabouts — new wave, alternative, synthpop, punk, etc.

To see playlists from past shows: https://spinitron.com/KWVA/show/140922/Latent-80s

Corporate Sponsored Research — Pitch Perfect: Presenting to Industry Research Sponsors

9:00 a.m.

The second workshop in OVPRI's Corporate Sponsored Research series for UO faculty: Learn how companies make decisions about their academic collaborations, understand the...

Sep

15

Corporate Sponsored Research — Pitch Perfect: Presenting to Industry Research Sponsors
September 15
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Knight Library 106 Browsing Room

The second workshop in OVPRI's Corporate Sponsored Research series for UO faculty:

  • Learn how companies make decisions about their academic collaborations, understand the benefits and challenges of industry engagement, and receive practical advice for successful industry interactions.  
  • For UO faculty seeking industry research funding
  • STEM-focused, but other disciplines are welcome
  • In follow-up 1:1 sessions, select faculty will have the chance to get direct feedback. Morning workshop 9:00 a.m.–noon; afternoon 1:1s 1:00–5:00 p.m. on the UO campus. Consultation slots are limited and selective — indicating interest early is best. 

In person event — Register.

Led by Todd Cleland, who leverages his extensive background in facilitating collaborations between industry and academia to deliver exceptional client service. With twenty plus years of practical corporate experience in developing technology strategy, incubating new businesses, and managing strategic engagements with outside companies, and eleven years developing corporate partnerships at a major research university, he brings both a university and industry perspective to client projects.

Todd most recently served as senior director for corporate relations at the University of Washington, where he led the central corporate relations team, managing some of the university’s most important corporate relationships while driving strategic projects to enhance industry engagements. Prior to his academic career, Todd held a variety of research and development management roles during his two decades at Hewlett-Packard.

Based in Washington State, Todd received a BSE in chemical engineering from Princeton and a PhD in chemical engineering from UC Berkeley. He also holds an SM/MBA in technology management from MIT’s Sloan School of Business.

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