dean’s welcome
Welcome from the Graduate School Dean
Welcome from the Graduate School Dean mypleasure pleasure to to welcome University of Oregon It Itisismy welcomeyou youtotothethe University of Oregon Graduate School’s eighth annual Graduate Student Research Graduate School’s seventh annual Graduate Student Forum Forum, an event showcasing outstanding graduate research --and an scholarship event showcasing the outstanding graduate research, from across campus and highlighting the imscholarship, and creative expression campus portant role that graduate students playfrom in ouracross university com- and highlighting the important role that graduate students play in munity. our university community. Oregon graduate education is dedicated to the work of prepar-
ing new generations of scholars, researchers, social and Oregon graduate education is dedicated to theand work of preparing political leaders who help transform our communities— new generations of will scholars, researchers, and social and global and local—into places where goods ofour thecommunities— community political leaders who will help transform are widely shared, the environment matters, and the economic global and local—into places where goods of the community future is bright and sustainable. are widely shared, the environment matters, and the economic future is bright and sustainable. The Grad Forum provides an opportunity to showcase graduate student research and scholarship on a grand scale.
Students will present a wide variety of topics, from how electron vortices are like “twisted light, ” and howwill religion influpresent short, accessible summaries of their research. In addition, approximately 70 students participate ences end-of-life medical decisions, to how Jane Fonda’s 1980s home-workout videos reflect victim-blaming political rhetoric of that era.
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Crossing Borders, Crossing Cultures, Crossing Frontiers: Language, migration, identity, and the
synthesis Today there will beof8cultures panel discussions, approximately 70 poster presenters, and, for the first time, the UO Three Minute• Thesis (3MT) New Competition, willApproaches present three summariesand of their using a single Breaking Groundwhere in thestudents Sciences: tominute reproducibility dataresearch management, PowerPoint slide. The winners will advance to the Statewide finals, which are being held on Saturday, May 20th at 3:30 pm • at University of Oregon’s Erb Memorial Union (EMU) in the Cedar/Spruce Rooms. and continuing catastrophes
Competitive awards totaling $3,000 will be granted to this year’s participants. Awards will go to two teams of panel • presenters, eight poster presenters, and four 3MT presenters. These awards have been made possible by the generous support of our Grad Forum teams include faculty, community members, and Competitive awards totalingpartners. $3,000 Judging will be granted to four teams of panel presenters. Upstaff. to eight poster
presenters and two “blitz” presenters will be awarded $250 each. Judges include teams of faculty, community
This year’s Grad Forum highlights the diverse range of work being conducted by your colleagues every day in classrooms, laboratories, libraries, and studios. Today’s event is a true interdisciplinary, intellectual exchange that opens Forum partners. doors for students to make new connections, spark fresh ideas, and jump start their professional careers. We want to thank everyone who made today’s event possible — our graduate student participants, their faculty ad-
day in classrooms, and studios. Today’s is a trueand interdisciplinary intellectual visors and mentors,laboratories, the Graduatelibraries, School Student Advisory Board,event our industry community partners, our panel exchange thatjudges opensand thevolunteers, door for students make spark fresh ideas,Your andparticipation jump start their moderators, and each to and everynew one connections, of you attending today’s forum. is essential to creating a community of engaged and inspired graduate scholars who will generate the research discoveries professional careers. of tomorrow.
We want to thank everyone who made today’s event possible — our graduate student participants, their faculty advisors and mentors, the Graduate School Student Advisory Board, our industry and community Scott L. Pratt partners, our panel moderators, judges and volunteers, and each and every one of you attending today’s Dean of the Graduate School forum. Your participation is essential to creating a community of engaged and inspired graduate scholars Professor, Department of Philosophy who will generate the research discoveries and art of tomorrow. Scott L. Pratt Dean of the Graduate School
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