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UO professor’s film about Afghan girls’ robotics team is on the big screen

In 2017, an all-girls robotics team from Afghanistan captured international attention as they fought for a chance to compete on the world stage. Now their story is on the big screen in "Rule Breakers," brought to life by Jason Brown, a creative writing professor and director of the program in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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New book explores state-socialist Yiddish cultures during the Cold War

The perpetrators of World War II left mass destruction in their wake across much of Europe, physically and culturally. A new book, co-edited by Miriam Chorley-Schulz, assistant professor and Mokin Fellow of Holocaust Studies, examines cultural activities, the political engagement and the work of cultural activists who remained in Eastern Europe after the war, specifically related to Yiddish language and culture. 
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Heritage language learning opportunities expand at University of Oregon

Several Tribes from the Pacific Northwest are working diligently to revitalize the endangered Native American language, Ichishkíin, and a committed group of educators, linguists and Tribal members at the University of Oregon are supporting those efforts. The latest achievement is the extension of the two-year language learning program to include a third year of instruction in at the University of Oregon.
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Pigeons vs. AI: Should We Ever Replace Doctors with Pigeons?

PHILOSOPHY - Pigeons and AI share something in common: They can’t care about patients. In Ramón Alvarado’s latest paper published in the American Journal of Bioethics, he and co-author Nicolae Morar, a bioethicist and environmental philosopher at the UO, underscore that health care isn’t just about finding results. It's about actually caring for patients. That’s a level of engagement from providers not easily replicated by a machine.

World’s largest linguistics summer school coming to Oregon

LINGUISTICS – Linguistics scholars from all over the world are invited to Eugene this summer to immerse themselves in the study of linguistics at the annual Linguistic Society of America’s Summer Institute. Registration is now open for the five-week summer school, hosted — for the first time — by University of Oregon’s Department of Linguistics in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Advancing representation in theatre

THEATRE ARTS – Olga Sanchez has dedicated her career to creating, directing and teaching theatre that amplifies underrepresented voices. After 20 years working in theatre, she wanted to share her work in an academic setting. She found her place in the doctoral program in University of Oregon's Theatre Arts department and is now a professor at Middlebury College.
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