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Your Tour Guides to CAS

A womanAsk an economist about the economy. Or a sociologist about society. Maybe you'd like to see the renowned InfoGraphics Lab? We're ready to connect you with faculty and facilities from any of the 14 departments and programs in Social Sciences. Contact Kat Walsch at (541) 346-0607 or kwalsch@cas.uoregon.edu.A woman




How long has it been since you've been back to campus? The Development Office invites all alumni back to campus for an individualized tour. Care to have coffee with a philosopher? Or a backstage tour of the renovated Robinson Theatre? Whether your interest is in Classics, Folklore, Linguistics, or any of the 16 departments and programs in Humanities, we can introduce you to faculty and tailor a tour just for you. Contact Katrina McGee at (541) 346-3903 or katrinaw@cas.uoregon.edu.

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Go underground -- visit the nanotechnology lab. This is just one of dozens of UO science facilities you can personally tour. Here's your opportunity to meet with research scientists from the nine departments in the Natural Sciences to learn about their latest work. Contact Sarah Cheesman, (541) 346-0044 or sec@cas.uoregon.edu.




Campaign Oregon Brings in $160 Million for CAS

The UO's highly successful seven year Campaign Oregon, which ended December 31, 2008, has enormously benefited the College of Arts and Sciences. Overall, the campaign brought in more than $850 million for the university.

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More than $160 million of the campaign total has benefited the College of Arts and Sciences -- or more than double the original CAS campaign goal of $75 million. The pie chart shows how the dollars have been allocated.
  
 

 
 

Online Extras

Sing Along With A Mt. St. Helens Ballad

A guitarWhen the volcano erupted, a UO professor discovered that local residents consoled themselves through song.

What's Your Story?

An erupting mountainWhere were you on May 18, 1980? Got a Mt. St. Helens tale to tell?

Suspended Animation

Watch Mark Roth's talk on "hibernation on demand" at the recent TED Conference.

Peer Into Alan Alda's Brain

A man in a suit and tieJoin UO neuroscientists as they bring the host of the PBS series, The Human Spark into their brain research lab.
 

Autism and Animals

TempleGrandinCropped.jpgTemple Grandin, perhaps the world's best known person with autism, drew an overflow crowd to her UO talk.

Once In a Lifetime

A manThat's how Roger Jacob describes his chance to study his tribal language, Sahaptin, with Yakama elder Virginia Beavert.

From Chechnya, With Love

A womanWatch a slideshow about Elena Rodina's journalistic globetrotting, from the Arctic Circle to Cuba.