For the first time in program history, the Oregon softball team is the No. 1 ranked team in the nation.The Ducks are a unanimous No. 1 as head coach Mike White's squad picked up the top spot in both the USA Today/NFCA top-25 poll and the ESPN.com/USA Softball top-25 poll.Oregon's No. 3 ranking in both polls at the end of the regular season last year was the team's previous best before climbing to No. 2 earlier this year.The Ducks started the 2014 season ranked No. 8 in both polls.

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Art historian Johanna Seasonwein, currently at Princeton University Art Museum, will join UO's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art in July

Climate change expert Kate Larsen will be the keynote speaker for UO's third annual Climate Change Research Symposium

Graves, who took Gonzaga to the last six NCAA Tournaments, signs a six-year contract with Oregon