Are you considering a College of Arts and Sciences program, or have you recently declared? Come to learn more about the 51 majors, 69 minors and dozens of clubs CAS has to offer. This will be a fun tabling event with snacks and swag as well as lots of information for students about academic advising, CAS programs, experiential learning opportunities, scholarships, and more.  

·                     Engage with faculty in the departments you are interested in

·                     Discover student clubs, organizations, and experiential learning opportunities 

·                     Explore courses you would take to major or minor in CAS

·                     Connect with Tykeson advisors and the University Career Center 

Faculty and students will be presenting interesting things happening in CAS:

·                     Oregon Abroad: Coastal Environments

·                     Romance Languages

·                     Prison Education Program

·                     Cybersecurity

·                     Pine Mountain Observatory

·                     Psychology

·                     Geology Club

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Physical Chemistry Seminar Series

Professor Anatoly Kolomeisky, Rice University Hosted by: Marina Guenza

How To Find Targets That Are Always Hidden: The Story of Nucleosome-Covered DNA and Pioneer Transcription Factors

All major biological processes start after transcription factors detect specific regulatory sequences on DNA and initiate genetic expression by associating to them. But in eukaryotic cells, much of the DNA is covered by nucleosomes, preventing the transcription factors from binding to their targets. At the same time, experiments show that there are several classes of proteins, called “pioneer transcription factors”, that can penetrate chromatin structures. However, the underlying microscopic mechanisms remain not well understood. We propose a new theoretical approach that might explain these observations. It is argued that due to structural similarity with linker histones, pioneer transcription factors might weaken the interactions between the DNA and the nucleosome by substituting them with similar interactions between pioneer transcription factors and DNA. Using this idea, we develop a discrete-state stochastic framework that allows for explicit calculations of target search dynamics on nucleosomal DNA. It is found that finding specific sequences on nucleosomal DNA for pioneer transcription factors might be significantly accelerated while the search is slower on naked DNA segments in comparison with normal transcription factors. In addition, it is shown that nucleosome breathing makes the target search by pioneer transcription factors even faster, and theoretical arguments to explain these observations are presented. Our theoretical predictions are supported by Monte Carlo computer simulations, and they also agree with available experimental observations, providing new microscopic insights on complex nature of protein-DNA interactions.   

This is an open Town Hall meeting to envision the future of Friendly Hall. Friendly Hall received a strong financial support for this renovation through the Higher Education Commission of the State of Oregon.

UO NAIS and UO Comics and Cartoon Studies are excited to welcome Arigon Starr (Kickapoo) as the final speaker in our year-long Indigenous Comics Speaker Series highlighting and celebrating Indigenous comics artists and storytellers. We invite the campus and community to join us for a public lecture entitled "Storyteller for Life" from 4:30-5:45 pm in the Knight Library Browsing Room on the UO campus. In partnership with local comics vendor Books with Pictures, Arigon will also be selling and signing copies of her work from 5:45-6:15 pm following the public talk and Q&A.

Arigon Starr (Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma) is the creator of Native American superhero “Super Indian.” The character began as a radio theater project in 2007, with Arigon transforming her radio plays into comic art which were eventually compiled into three graphic novels. Her work as an artist and writer ranges across many genres, including the historical comic “Tales of the Mighty Code Talkers” to political/social commentary comics for “The Nib.” In 2023, she teamed with Cherokee Nation writer Traci Sorell for the children’s picture book Contenders: Two Native Americans, One World Series. Additionally, Arigon is a singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and playwright, and was recently profiled on the PBS series “Native America.”

This series is made possible by generous support from: UO NAIS, Comics and Cartoon Studies, English, Oregon Humanities Center, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Museum of Natural and Cultural History, History, Office of the President, Division of Equity and Inclusion, Center for Environmental Futures, Center for the Study of Women and Society, Environmental Studies, Comparative Literature, and Political Science.

Traffic (Steven Soderbergh, 147 mins., 2001)

Shooting the Mafia: Photographer Letizia Battaglia (Kim Longinotto, 94 mins., 2019)  

Three UO humanities faculty whose scholarship engages the natural sciences in various ways will talk about their work across the divide between science and the humanities and why that work matters: why it's important for humanists to study the sciences, to work with scientists, and to interrogate the two cultures divide, especially in this moment.

Vera Keller, Professor and Department Head of History, is a historian of early modern Europe particularly interested in the emergence of experimental science and the entanglements of research with capitalism, colonialism, and political economy and more broadly in the history of knowledge, of research, and of the research disciplines.

Nicolae Morar is an Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, and associate member of the UO Institute for Ecology and Evolution. Professor Morar’s research interests lie at the intersection of biology, ecology, and bioethics. His work considers how various conceptual analyses in philosophy of biology and ecology influence and transform debates in bioethics, and in ethics broadly construed.

Cera Smith is an Assistant Professor of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies and Black Studies. Professor Smith’s research focuses on twentieth and twenty-first century U.S. Black literature, Black Studies, and the health humanities. Their current book project analyzes how and why U.S. Black artists use biology to depict racialized life.

Join the Dept. of History and Preetham Sridharan for a Work–in–Progress Workshop, “Humble Enlightenment: Johann Georg Hamann’s Receptivity to the ‘Poetic Language’ of Nature and History in German Pietist Theology (1730–88).” 

Tuesday, April 23rd from 3:30 to 5:00 pm in McKenzie Hall 375. 

 UAG School of Medicine is the first medical school in Latin America to offer a US-style curriculum. At this information session, students will have the opportunity to learn more about UAG’s admissions process, curriculum, life on UAG campus and more!

Sponsored by Tykeson College & Career Pre-Health Advisors as part of the University Career Center's Health Grad & Career Expo, 4/24 11-2pm EMU Ballrooms 

Want to learn more about graduate school or different types of part-time/full-time jobs, internships, volunteer opportunities, and careers in the health professions? The Health Grad & Career Expo is your chance to get curious about your present and future in healthcare! This expo is a mix of graduate schools, health-related businesses, non-profits, and government agencies excited to share more with you about their organization/program and early career talent and educational opportunities. Great for students exploring career paths as well as students ready to start applying for the year ahead. 

Register on Handshake today to learn about all the schools and organizations coming, positions of interest, and get tips and advice for how to make the most of the expo. 

For more information, visit the Unviersity Career Center in Tykeson-Garden Level to learn more about how the UCC supports students applying to grad school through career coaching and document reviews! Also check out our NEW online career exploration resources around Health & Scientific Discovery!