Research on rethinking weight, weight stigma and weight bias is featured in the winter edition of Oregon Quarterly. A profile of Trygve Faste, the Tim and Mary Boyle Chair in Material Studies and Product Design captures his approach to design and how he incorporates a professional and artistic background in his teaching. Also: features research on the perils of online workspaces by Maxwell Foxman, an assistant professor of media studies and game studies in the School of Journalism and Communication; insights on the energy-saving benefits of skylights and other passive solar heating systems by Alexandra Rempel, an assistant professor in the School of Architecture & Environment; Nathan Harris, BA ’14 (English), author of breakout success, The Sweetness of Water; Ramón Alvarado, an assistant professor of philosophy and the Presidential Initiative in Data Science; a remembrance of 1970s basketball coach Dick Harter; and a Duck Tale by Raphe Beck on the fight song.
