Oregon Quarterly Winter 2016
Phil Knight’s $500 million investment; Tim Boyle’s gift for zebrafish; Adventures of scholarship recipients; Barbara Mossberg’s Purple State; Price Science Commons opens; Oregon’s 1916 Rose Bowl upset
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Unwind the Strands, Unlock the Secrets
A $10 million gift from the CEO of Columbia Sportswear gives the UO’s genetic research labs a vital boost
O the Places You Will Go
Three 2016 grads, who all received support from scholarships, share their stories of college and beyond
The Big Bang Reality
A new Knight Campus will bring an intersection of ideas to the busy corner of Franklin and Agate
The Day the Webfoots Put the West Coast on the Map
One hundred years ago, the UO’s football team silenced those who said West Coasters couldn’t win at football
Tapping into History
Darron Welch, BA ’92, uses many of the skills he learned as a history major as head brewer of the Pelican Brewing Company.
My Flight of Angels
In this excerpt from Teacher: Two Years in the Mississippi Delta (University Press of Mississippi, 2016), English instructor Mike Copperman, MFA ’06, looks back at some of the Mississippi Delta kids who fell under the radar in his fourth grade classroom.
The Best... Place to Dream
Student Melissa Epifano finds best place for daydreaming and researching on campus
Profile: Andrew Nelson
Andrew Nelson draws from his diverse degrees to blend different areas of study with entrepreneurship