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Graduate Studies Newsletter - January 10, 2025
3MT Event Recap; TEP GE Drop-In Office Hours; Data|Media|Digital Graduate Student Symposium Call for Submissions; Oregon Humanities Center Graduate Research Support Fellowship and Dissertation Fellowship Program; Requesting Institutional Support of External Fellowships; Open GE Positions; Upcoming Events; Emily Arnesen and Kyutaro Matsuzawa #gradflock Kudos; Graduate Writing Circles; Student Grievance Policy; Winter 2025 Degree Completion Deadlines
Graduate Studies Newsletter
November 8, 2024 - Event Recap: 2024 Oregon Postdoc Symposium; Funding, Opportunities, and Support; Upcoming Events; #gradflock Kudos: Professional Development Award Winner Sanjula Rajat; Professional Development Award; Policy Highlight: GE Absences and Leave Policies; 2024-2025 Future Stewards Spotlights: Kiyava Deville and Kes-e-loh McQuillen
Graduate Studies Newsletter
October 18, 2024 - Three Minute Thesis (3MT), funding, opportunities, support, upcoming events, #gradflock, kudos: UO's 42 National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellows, faculty research database, Preferred Name Policy, alumna spotlight: Elena Fracchia, MPA '11, BA '06.

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Naomi, a black woman with long, dark hair, smiles while standing on the Minnesota Vikings' field.
Becoming a Leader in Career Preparation
Experiential learning and a tailored curriculum prepared Naomi Evans, MNM '23, for the career of a lifetime. Read more about her story and how the Division of Graduate Studies is strengthening the UO's comprehensive approaches to graduate student professional and career development.
Emily Arnesen and Kyutaro Matsuzawa stand together under autumn foliage.
Economics Graduate Students Find Link Between Legal Sports Gambling and Intimate Partner Violence
PhD candidates Emily Arnesen and Kyutaro Matsuzawa's recently published paper is receiving national recognition for its policy implications. Hear more about their findings in an interview with Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Carmelli Hess smiles at the camera in front of a bright orange background.
Note to Brands: Authentic Representation Matters
Carmelli Hess, BA '23, MA '24 (advertising), explores how brands can authentically represent the Latinx and Filipinx communities in their advertising campaigns. Photo courtesy of Carmelli Hess.
Individual photos of eight of the new Graduate Research Fellows.
A Dozen UO Graduate Students Earn Coveted Research Fellowships
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Graduate Research Fellowships to 12 UO graduate students. Learn more about the NSF Fellowship, the 12 new fellows, and their research.
In a lab bathed in red light, Angelique smiles at the camera while using a microscope.
Curiosity About Octopus Brains Earns Grad Student a Prized Fellowship
When neuroscience graduate student Angelique Allen isn’t climbing sheer rock faces or running science outreach events, she’s immersed in the brain of the octopus. Learn more about her research and recent Gilliam Fellowship.
Researcher points to a computer image of cells.
Muscle Tissue Changes Could be Driving Sex-Based Injury Risk, say Physiologists
Research led by Damien Callahan, an exercise physiologist at the University of Oregon, and graduate student Grace Privett is among the first to study in detail how the mechanical properties of muscles change in response to exercise in women.
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Digital Games may be an Overlooked Ally in Mental Health
A study led by Waseq Rahman, PhD '24 (communication and media studies), in collaboration with UO assistant professor Maxwell Foxman and Michigan State University associate professor David Markowitz, finds that digital games play a role in psychological well-being.
Krista receiving her UO Senate Award, standing next to Kaito, the PhD student who nominated her.
Vice Provost for Graduate Studies Receives UO Senate Award
Krista Chronister, vice provost for graduate studies and UO alumna, becomes one of two recipients of the 2024 UO Senate Award for Shared Governance, Transparency, and Trust.
Mustafa T. Kasubhai, a Muslim American judge, smiles behind his bench.
Reflecting on a Career of Public Service
UO alumnus Mustafa T. Kasubhai, JD '96, receives the 2024 Frohnmayer Award for Public Service. Learn more about the first Muslim American federal judge.
Jennifer M. Gómez smiling next to graphic of her book cover. Credit: Boston University School of Social Work
Oregon Alumna Receives Award for New Book on Black Women and Girls’ Experience of Trauma
Jennifer M. Gómez's award-winning book connects a multitude of disciplines to expand research she started as a doctoral student at UO. Photo Credit: Boston University School of Social Work