A look back at UOAA news in 2022
In 2022, Shout has seen a variety of stories featuring diverse Oregon alumni, history, and updates from around campus. Let’s take a look back at the top 10 stories that caught our readers’ attention.
#10 – Alumna’s poignant memoir to become a movie
Chronology of Water, a memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch, BA ’89, PhD ’98 (English), centers around her time at the UO and is being made into a movie directed by Kristin Stewart.
#9 – Duck Love Stories
We asked our alumni to share their UO love stories, and we received dozens of submissions. Discover couples whose experiences will forever be linked to their time at the UO.
#8 – Breaking barriers: women in government
UO alumnae have held key positions in national, international, state, and local positions. Discover the long legacy that women have made in public service and their commitment to the next generation of leaders.
#7 – Recent grads turned Tiktok entrepreneurs
Alumni Connor Bussey, BS ’19 (business administration), and Adam Faris, BS ’20 (general social science), take on the popular TikTok platform.
#6 – Celebrating Native voices
Native Duck and UOAA Board member Tana Atchley Culbertson, BA ’00 (electronic media production), interviews Jason Younker, MS ’98, PhD ’03 (anthropology), on his new position as chief of the Coquille Indian Tribe.
#5 – Women in Sports: Title IX Anniversary
Discover the long legacy that women have made in sports at the UO and beyond.
#4 – UO alumni win races in the November election
Oregon alumni are active citizens and community leaders. Here’s a look at some who won their races this election season.
#3 – Understanding human-elephant conflict
Prithiviraj Fernando, MS ’93, PhD ’98 (biology), and Herve Memiaghe, a landscape architect PhD student, use research to save elephant populations in Sri Lanka and Gabon.
#2 – Son's death spurs family to share their story of suicide to help others
Kiefer Ross Leutschaft, ’17 (economics), died by suicide at the age of 26. This is what his parents, Brian, BS ’89 (psychology), and Julie Leutschaft, BA ’88 (English), want families and friends to know.
#1 – Football alumni: Where are they now?
Discover the paths that alumni have taken after their time playing football for the University of Oregon.