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Parsa Aghel prepares for an oral argument on a case at the University of Chicago Law School.

Language as a tool for justice

November 19, 2025

Inspired by his parents, Parsa Aghel, BS '22 (political science, economics, Clark Honors College), sees storytelling as a tool for social change when it comes to the law.

A person holding a crate full of various vegetables.

Feeding Oregon: UO alumni work to end hunger

November 19, 2025

Shannon Oliver, MBA ’13; Ian Dixon-McDonald, BA ’06 (humanities); and Rebecca Sprinson, BA ’09 (women’s and gender studies); are in the fight to end hunger. The three alumni share what led them to careers in food banking and what inspires hope to keep serving.

What's your Duck travel persona?

Learn your Duck travel persona

November 19, 2025

Take a personality quiz on our Alumni Travel Blog, and we’ll match you with the perfect UOAA Travel Program tour and holiday gift.

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Laura Clarke Wins UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching

Laura Clarke Wins UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching

July 19, 2022
Laura Clarke, PhD '98, a physics professor in the College of Sciences, has received the 2022 UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching. The honor is the university system’s most prestigious teaching award, recognizing and encouraging faculty’s extraordinary teaching contributions.
Jared Talbot: Sharing zebrafish of every stripe

Jared Talbot: Sharing zebrafish of every stripe

June 28, 2022
Jared Talbot, PhD '11, wants to share zebrafish with the scientific community — and now he has an award to prove it. Talbot came to the University of Maine as an assistant professor in 2019 and is now one of five researchers at the university who specializes in using zebrafish as a model organism for scientific studies — a test subject used as a proxy for human beings.
Homecoming for Liz Shuler

Homecoming for Liz Shuler

June 24, 2022
After graduating from University of Oregon, Liz Shuler, BA '92, went to work in 1993 at Portland-based IBEW Local 125, her father’s local. Today, 51, she’s America’s top union leader, AFL-CIO president.
Career News
Swan song for Winchester Musica Viva director is this weekend

Swan song for Winchester Musica Viva director is this weekend

November 23, 2022
Two years of pandemic in their wake, artistic director Ken Nafziger, DMA '70, and the singers of Winchester Musica Viva will return to accustomed places this weekend at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church on Boscawen Street in Winchester. But the reunion with their audience will be Nafziger’s last two concerts as Viva’s artistic director.
Punting stereotypes: Milwaukie home to women’s tackle football team

Punting stereotypes: Milwaukie home to women’s tackle football team

November 23, 2022
The Oregon Ravens give women the chance to play a game mostly dominated by men. One of those team members is Kylee O’Connor, MS '22, who is a jack of all trades. The 25-year-old is a running back, receiver, free safety, and placekicker, along with special teams and returns.
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