Danny Pimentel, SOJC assistant professor of immersive psychology, won the 2025 Rising Star Award from Augmented World Expo. He was recognized for using immersive technologies to inspire prosocial and pro-environmental behavior.

Andrew DeVigal, director of the Agora Journalism Center, was featured on an episode of the Schmidt Show PDX podcast exploring the crossroads of journalism, democracy, and technology.

In a Poynter Institute commentary, Andrew DeVigal, director of the Agora Journalism Center, urged passage of a bill that would require tech companies to compensate local news sources for their content.

Three 2024 graduates of the Immersive Media Communications Master’s program—Luke Walker, Sam Morrison, and Kathleen Darby—placed third in Lenslist’s Spectacles Challenge for “Otter Rock: Beneath the Surface.”

At the grand opening of the new UO Portland Campus, SOJC Portland faculty, staff, and students showcased the new home of the Oregon Reality Lab, Agora Journalism Center, and three master’s programs.

An SOJC student-led organization called Snap AR Scholars is working with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to change the way people interact with the ocean to drive conservation.

A report by the SOJC’s Agora Journalism Center has found that Oregon’s local news ecosystem has continued to decline since its first study two years ago. It also outlines efforts to reverse the trend.

Damian Radcliffe, SOJC Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, talks with the Your News Biz newsletter about his research with the Agora Journalism Center and trends in local news production.