University of Oregon professor Jon Erlandson was among 164 artists, scientists, scholars, authors and institutional leaders inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at a ceremony in Cambridge, Mass., this month.
Tuesday’s lunch, titled “Current Federal Funding Landscape FY2014 and Beyond: Interdisciplinary Topics and Themes,” was part of October Research Month and sponsored by University Advancement and the Office for Research, Innovation and Graduate Education.
The English translation of a Spanish-language report on an archive documenting human rights abuses in Guatemala and a new documentary film on the same subject will help raise awareness of human rights around the world.
The translation and film are the result of a collaboration between academic units at the University of Oregon and Guatemala’s Archivo Histórico de la Policía Nacional (AHPN). With funding support from the Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC), and other campus units, two UO faculty members, Carlos Aguirre and Gabriela Martínez, headed up the projects for the UO.
Oregon's first – and only – woman Gov. Barbara Roberts has had a long and inspiring political career in local and state government, starting when she was elected to a school board in 1973.
