3:00–4:00 p.m.
Graduate students! Perfect your skills in creating captivating and concise posters tailored for the Graduate Research Forum and any upcoming conference. This webinar will equip you with the essential principles of modern poster design, enabling you to simplify complex ideas, integrate visuals effectively, and deliver your message within the strict space confines of a poster. Whether you're a novice or an experienced presenter, don't miss this opportunity to learn the art of creating impactful poster that reinforce your research narrative and engage your audience. Register at https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/b75dada44ac6432e9100b9271193c184
6:00–7:00 a.m.
As graduate students wrap up their thesis work and consider next steps, many may consider a postdoc. This session, generously made possible by the University of Tennessee Knoxville, will provide a brief presentation, which will be followed with a panel of faculty, who serve as postdoc mentors. Panelists will share their perspective and offer their advice with ample time for questions and answers. Graduate students are welcome to attend; doctoral students in dissertation stage are the intended audience. Go to https://tiny.utk.edu/grad-to-postdoc
3:00–4:00 p.m.
Graduate students! Perfect your skills in creating captivating and concise posters tailored for the Graduate Research Forum and any upcoming conference. This webinar will equip you with the essential principles of modern poster design, enabling you to simplify complex ideas, integrate visuals effectively, and deliver your message within the strict space confines of a poster. Whether you're a novice or an experienced presenter, don't miss this opportunity to learn the art of creating impactful poster that reinforce your research narrative and engage your audience. Register at https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/e96c6b04da494caeb5998923151098d9.
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Enjoy stress-free time together with disabled and neurodivergent graduate students from across campus. Share experiences, exchange resources, or consult with a GE from the Accessible Education Center.
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Please join us on April 17th, 2025 at 10:00am PST for an event at the Gerlinger Alumni Lounge about the Chateaubriand Fellowship & other research opportunities in France for undergraduate and graduate students. The Chateaubriand Fellowship is a PhD exchange program that allows US University students to conduct research in France for a period of 4-9 months. Fellows receive a monthly stipend, as well as assistance for airfare and health insurance.
Please register at: https://forms.gle/8DZowyaYvRfvUrc5A
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Connect with International students across campus to share experiences, exchange knowledge, and develop a network of support. Drop-ins are welcome and lunch will be served.
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Why YOU should come to this Expo...
You're curious about your future. Explore different career paths and job roles across industries. EXPOse yourself to unique career pathways that can use your career readiness skills and passions to make an impact in the world. You want to make connections. These organizations LOVE to hire Ducks and want to help you find your career fit. You might even meet UO alumni recruiting for them at the expo. Ask a recruiter what career readiness skills you can be building now to make you a top candidate in the present or future (and add them to your Linkedin network for future connections!). You want to find a job, internship, year of service, volunteer opportunity, and more! If you're actively job searching, have your resume ready to hand out and a short and sweet synopsis about yourself and your professional interests ready to go! If you're just exploring options, collect contact info, do some additional research, and do an informational interview to learn more before you apply. You want to build your confidence! Practice asking questions of employers AND sharing about who you are and what you're passionate about. Every expo you attend and each time you approach a recruiter, you get more and more comfortable presenting yourself in a professional manner. You want a FREE professional headshot! Dress to impress and get a headshot taken you can use on your Linkedin!WHO'S COMING? Find your career fit with over 70+ employers comprised of private industry; public, educational, and non-profit organizations; local government, the federal government, law enforcement, and military--ALL on campus and excited to share more with you about their organization and early career talent opportunities. Open to students from ALL majors, classifications, and identities. Every expo looks a little different so come each term to keep exploring and expanding your career opportunities!
WHAT NEXT? Register for the Expo on Handshake today to learn about all the companies coming, and positions of interest you can be researching. We'll also send you tips and advice for how to make the most of the expo, including Career Readiness Week workshops like our Resume Extravaganza so you can have a great resume to hand to potential employers!
The University Career Center gives a special thanks to Enterprise Mobility, and Sherwin Williams for sponsoring all of our Spring Career Readiness Week events and workshops!
For a full list of Spring Career Readiness Week (April 11–18) events and workshops, check out http://career.uoregon.edu/events
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The Limits and Possibilities of Cross-border Latinidades & Indigeneities April 24 / 12pm-5pm / Ford Lecture Hall, JSMA
The Limits and Possibilities of Cross-border Latinidades & Indigeneities symposium will bring together interdisciplinary Latinx and Indigenous scholars and researchers studying settler colonialism, transnational Indigeneities, and race through archival and ethnographic approaches. The conference will explore the boundaries between Indigeneity and Latinidad, both historically and in the present. It examines shifting borders and interactions of Indigenous and Latine people and diasporas, focusing on regions that are now California, Texas, Oregon, Mexico, and Central America.
12pm-1pm: Conference Opening and Keynote Presenters: María Josefina Saldaña-Portillo (New York University); Moderated by Chris Chavez (SOJC, University of Oregon); Special remarks by Jason Younker, Assistant Vice President, Advisor to the President on Sovereignty and Government-to-Government Relations, Chief, Coquille Tribe
1pm-2pm: Pre-1848 Mexican Borderlands: Californio Ranchero Culture and Indigenous California Presenters: Yvette Saavedra (Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of Oregon) and Naomi Sussman (History, University of Oregon); Moderated by Laura Pulido (Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies, University of Oregon)
2pm-3pm: Media, History and Citizenship of Indigenous and Latinx Peoples: Contested Lands and Identities across the Borderlands Presenters: Ramón Resendiz (Indiana University, UO Anthropology) and Rachel Nez (Navajo Diné Nation, Fort Lewis College); Moderated by Gabe Sanchez (Anthropology, University of Oregon)
3pm-4pm: Building Comunidad and Transborder Territories in Indigenous Diasporas From Mexico and Guatemala Presenters: Daina Sanchez (UC Santa Barbara) and Lynn Stephen (Anthropology, University of Oregon); Moderated by Jason Younker (University of Oregon)
4pm-5pm: Closing Remarks and Conversation Closing remarks from Miguel Gualdrón Ramírez (Philosophy, University of Oregon) and María Josefina Saldaña-Portillo (New York University)
5pm-6pm: Post-conference Reception Mingle with presenters and enjoy complimentary food and refreshments. All are welcome!
Questions? Email cllas@uoregon.edu
6:00–10:00 p.m.
The Women’s Center is beyond excited to invite you to our annual Take Back the Night Rally, March and Speak-Out Against Sexual and Domestic Violence.
Take Back the Night is on Thursday, April 24th, 2025 starting with the Rally at 6:00pm followed by the March at 7:00pm and Student-Led Speak-Out at 8pm.
The Rally begins in the EMU Amphitheater at 13th and University St. followed by an approximately 1.6 mile March from the UO Campus through the streets of Eugene and back to UO Campus in the EMU Cedar and Spruce Rooms where the Student-Led Speak Out (by and for students) is held.
The UO Women’s Center holds this event in collaboration with the UO Campus Community (UO Muxeres, UOIWMGW, Prevention SVPE,UO Green and Yellow Garter Band and more). Community Collaborators will be on hand from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm at tables surrounding the Rally Area.
Take Back the Night Rally, March and Speak-Out Against Sexual and Domestic Violence is an event for the entire University of Oregon Campus Community. Take Back the Night is a yearly international protest founded in 1976 which seeks to raise awareness about the realities of Sexual and Domestic Violence on campus and in the community, both for Survivors of Sexual and Domestic Violence and those who want to support and bear witness in solidarity. Take Back the Night is a Survivor-Centered event that begins with a Rally in the EMU Amphitheater, continues as a March through the streets of Eugene to symbolize reclaiming people’s safety on public streets at night, and ends with a Student-Led Speak-Out on campus during which Survivors and Allies can share personal stories of how Sexual and Domestic Violence has impacted their lives.
The Rally will feature UO Student Speakers from diverse intersecting identities and lived experiences, including the Native American Community, Latine Community, LGBTQIA2S+ Community, a Child Abuse Prevention Advocacy Organization and more.
Our theme for this year’s event is REST IS RESISTANCE, inspired by the work of Black Activist Tricia Hersey. As well, we will continue to center marginalized communities too often left out of essential dialogue about Sexual and Domestic Violence - despite being disproportionately impacted by these systems of oppression. As always, the Women’s Center is committed to providing this essential event to support Survivors, educate the community and prevent future harm.
ASL Interpretation will be provided at the Rally. This event is wheelchair accessible and will have transportation available during the March and back to Student-Led Speak-Out. We ask that no UO Professional Staff or Media be present during the Student Led Speak-Out portion of the event to provide a sacred space for students to have dialogue circles of peer-to-peer support.Event will take place **rain or shine** and is free and open to the public. We support and believe survivors in ALL WEATHER! Masks are not required but highly encouraged. Questions regarding Take Back the Night should be directed to
UO Women’s Center Program Assistant, Karyn Schultz (karyns@uoregon.edu) UO Women's Center Leadership Fellow, alejandra pedraza (apedraza@uoregon.edu) UO Women’s Center Sexual Violence Prevention & Education Student Coordinator, Lola Sponaas (svpewc@uoregon.edu)
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The Department of Cinema Studies proudly announces the 10th Annual Harlan J. Strauss Visiting Filmmaker Series with award-winning Director Sean Wang.
Join cinema studies for a screening of Sean Wang’s 2024 feature film DÌDI (弟弟) followed by an in-person Q&A and reception with the award-winning writer and director.
Free and open to the community.
For more information about the screening, please visit cinema.uoregon.edu.
Sean Wang is an Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker from the Bay Area. He began his career developing and directing commercials at Google Creative Lab. Since then, his work has screened at globally renowned film festivals including Sundance, SXSW, and TIFF. He is a former Sundance Ignite and TAAF fellow, and 2023 Sundance Screenwriters and Directors Lab Fellow. In 2024, he was named a BAFTA Breakthrough Artist and received the Sundance Vanguard Award for Fiction.
His most recent short film, Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó (Grandma & Grandma), premiered at SXSW 2023 where it won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award and was acquired by Disney+. It went on to screen at dozens of film festivals worldwide, earning top honors at AFI Fest and SIFF, and was nominated for Best Documentary Short Film at the 96th Academy Awards.
His feature directorial debut, Dìdi (弟弟), premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival where it won the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award, Special Jury Prize for Best Ensemble Cast, and was acquired by Focus Features for a global theatrical release. Sean was nominated by the DGA for Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film and the film was named a New York Times Critics Pick, nominated for 4 Independent Spirit Awards, winning 2 for Best First Screenplay and Best First Feature, and was named one of the top ten independent films of 2024 by the National Board of Review.
The UO Cinema Studies Visiting Filmmaker Series is Funded by the Generous Harlan J. Strauss Visiting Filmmaker Endowment.
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Preserving Latinx Stories: A Conversation with NPR's VP of Research, Archives, and Strategy Laura Soto-Barra
April 30 / 12pm-1pm / Zoom
Join us for a virtual conversation with Laura Soto-Barra, NPR's Vice President of Research, Archives, and Strategy. Learn about NPR's archival work, the significance of preserving Latinx stories from the 1980s, and efforts to digitize and preserve Latinx voices. Moderated by Chris Chávez, CLLAS Director.
CLICK HERE TO JOIN VIA ZOOM
4:00–7:00 p.m.
The Division of Graduate Studies invites you to a celebration of the research, scholarship, and creative expressions of UO graduate students. The forum regularly showcases the work of more than 100 students representing more than 35 disciplines. Join us for the popular poster and networking session !
To participate, all graduate-level students are invited to submit a proposal by April 16, 2025. All accepted posters will be judged. Posters are categorized by field; first place in each category will win $300.
For more information, go to https://graduatestudies.uoregon.edu/forum
1:00–2:00 p.m.
Enjoy stress-free time together online with disabled and neurodivergent graduate students from across campus. Share experiences, exchange resources, or consult with a GE from the Accessible Education Center.
Join the School of Journalism and Communication for our 2025 Commencement ceremony on Monday, June 16th at 4:00 pm in Matthew Knight Arena.
4:00–6:00 p.m.
Join the School of Journalism and Communication for our 2025 Commencement ceremony on Monday, June 16th at 4:00 pm in Matthew Knight Arena.