News and Updates

Not-for-credit workshops have been part of our program offerings for years, but they have been slow to restart since the pandemic. We are delighted, therefore, to have been invited by two OSCI groups – New Horizons and the Asian Club – to hold a two-part...

On Wednesday, our program was pleased to attend the monthly meeting for the OSP Latino Club. Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zacarias, a UO alum and current member of staff presented his research on the Aztec culture and Nahuatl language to over 140 members of the club. Among...

Summer schedules mean that we aren’t able to offer Inside-Out classes, but we continue to be present in the prisons through in-person and packet/correspondence classes. This summer we have 102 students in four prisons taking six classes. As usual, we are...

Remarks by Jamie Bufalino, Department Head for General Social Sciences 6/22/2023 It is my great privilege to be here today to celebrate Kevin’s achievement of the bachelor’s degree in General Social Sciences from the University of Oregon. The general social sciences...

On May 11th, our program had the honor of virtually welcoming Sister Helen Prejean to the University of Oregon. Sister Helen joined students, faculty, and community members in Lillis Hall via Zoom, as she had just arrived back to Louisiana after sharing time with...