Events

Oct 14
How to Be Ready for the BIG10 Academia Career Fair 11:00 a.m.

Attending the BIG10 Academia Career Fair? Are you not too familiar with a virtual career fair and how it works on Handshake, specifically? Join gradCAREERS to learn how to put...
How to Be Ready for the BIG10 Academia Career Fair
October 14
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
This is a virtual event.

Attending the BIG10 Academia Career Fair? Are you not too familiar with a virtual career fair and how it works on Handshake, specifically? Join gradCAREERS to learn how to put your best foot forward - before, during and after any virtual fair!

Attending a virtual career fair will give you an edge in landing that next job or internship. Academic and research institutions, organizations and companies who will attend this fair and all future ones want to hire UO graduate students and postdoctoral scholars —and they’ll host virtual sessions to find the students they want to interview. If you are a graduate student or postdoc scholar, register now for this free zoom session!

Oct 14
How to: Resume and Cover Letter Tips Workshop 2:00 p.m.

Are you looking for ways to really stand out as a candidate? Come learn about the basics of resume and cover letter writing and have the opportunity to ask questions on...
How to: Resume and Cover Letter Tips Workshop
January 29–October 14
2:00–3:00 p.m.
Willie and Donald Tykeson Hall 50P-University Career Center Conference Room

Are you looking for ways to really stand out as a candidate?

Come learn about the basics of resume and cover letter writing and have the opportunity to ask questions on formatting, structure, your own resume tailoring, and much more! Questions welcomed and encouraged!

This workshop is hosted by the University Career Center's Career Readiness Coaching team!  To learn more about career coaching, drop-in peer advising, and other career readiness workshops and events visit career.uoregon.edu/coaching or stop by the UCC in Tykeson Hall-Garden Level

This event is part of the 2024 Fall Career Readiness Week. To learn more about all of the week's events visit http://career.uoregon.edu/events

 

Oct 14
Physical Chemistry Seminar: “Spectroscopic Studies of Nucleic Acid Structure, Dynamics and Photophysics” 2:00 p.m.

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Physical Chemistry Seminar Series Professor Julia Widom, University of Oregon Title: Spectroscopic Studies of Nucleic Acid...
Physical Chemistry Seminar: “Spectroscopic Studies of Nucleic Acid Structure, Dynamics and Photophysics”
October 14
2:00 p.m.
Willie and Donald Tykeson Hall 140

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Physical Chemistry Seminar Series

Professor Julia Widom, University of Oregon

Title: Spectroscopic Studies of Nucleic Acid Structure, Dynamics and Photophysics

RNA performs a diverse set of biological functions, many of which require it to fold into specific structures. Many techniques have been developed to study RNA folding, a number of which are based on fluorescence detection.

I will present work in which we used fluorescent analogues of the natural RNA bases to selectively probe the structures of different conformational subpopulations of RNA.

We investigated the photophysical properties of base analogues in different structural contexts using a combination of time-resolved fluorescence measurements and fluorescence-detected circular dichroism spectroscopy, which circumvents the ensemble averaging that typically limits the power of bulk spectroscopic methods such as CD.

Ensemble averaging can also be avoided by performing measurements on single molecules. I will present work in which we utilized single-molecule microscopy to investigate the ensemble of structures adopted by RNA “switches”. These studies reveal how the 3D structure of RNA is impacted by intrinsic factors such as base sequence and extrinsic factors such as the binding of small molecules.

Oct 14
History Pub Lecture Series: "Malaria Eradication in Africa, 1920-2020: A History of Failures, but What About the Present?" 7:00 p.m.

"Malaria Eradication in Africa, 1920-2020: A History of Failures, but What About the Present?" Associate Professor Melissa Graboyes The UO Department of History and...
History Pub Lecture Series: "Malaria Eradication in Africa, 1920-2020: A History of Failures, but What About the Present?"
October 14
7:00 p.m.
Whirled Pies Downtown

"Malaria Eradication in Africa, 1920-2020: A History of Failures, but What About the Present?"

Associate Professor Melissa Graboyes

The UO Department of History and the Lane County Historical Society present a series of talks with scholars about history, from the local to the global. Join us for stories, food, and conversation in a casual setting! Free and open to everyone. For more information, please visit history.uoregon.edu.

Oct 15
Department of History Coffee Hour 10:00 a.m.

Please join us Tuesday mornings for a free cup of coffee, pastries, and conversation with your history department community! We’re excited to continue this tradition...
Department of History Coffee Hour
October 8–December 3
10:00–11:00 a.m.
McKenzie Hall 335

Please join us Tuesday mornings for a free cup of coffee, pastries, and conversation with your history department community! We’re excited to continue this tradition for our history undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff. We hope to see you there!

Oct 15
Disabled and Neurodivergent Graduate Student Time Together 11:00 a.m.

Meets Week 3 in person and Week 7 online each term First meeting in person Tuesday, October 15 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Graduate Student Lounge, Susan Campbell...
Disabled and Neurodivergent Graduate Student Time Together
October 15
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Susan Campbell Hall 111 - Graduate Student Lounge

Meets Week 3 in person and Week 7 online each term

First meeting in person

Tuesday, October 15 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Graduate Student Lounge, Susan Campbell Hall, Room 111 RSVP

This event is co-sponsored by the Accessible Education Center and the Division of Graduate Studies.

Oct 15
The Roots of Polarization: From the Racial Realignment to the Culture Wars noon

A Morse Bookmarks event featuring Neil O'Brian, assistant professor of political science at UO.  In the late twentieth century, gay rights, immigration, gun control,...
The Roots of Polarization: From the Racial Realignment to the Culture Wars
October 15
noon
William W. Knight Law Center 110

A Morse Bookmarks event featuring Neil O'Brian, assistant professor of political science at UO. 

In the late twentieth century, gay rights, immigration, gun control, and abortion debates all burst onto the political scene, scrambling the parties and polarizing the electorate. Neil A. O’Brian traces the origins of today’s political divide on these issues to the 1960s when Democrats and Republicans split over civil rights. It was this partisan polarization over race, he argues, that subsequently shaped partisan fault lines on other culture war issues that persist to this day.

Neil O’Brian is an academic expert in U.S. politics with focus on public opinion, political parties and polarization. In May 2024, he was named a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Oct 15
How to Be Ready for the Graduate Student & Postdoc Industry Recruitment Event (GSPIRE) 2:00 p.m.

Attending the Graduate Student & Postdoc Recruitment Event (GSPIRE)? Are you not too familiar with a virtual career fair and how it works on Handshake, specifically? Join...
How to Be Ready for the Graduate Student & Postdoc Industry Recruitment Event (GSPIRE)
October 15
2:00–3:00 p.m.
This is a virtual event.

Attending the Graduate Student & Postdoc Recruitment Event (GSPIRE)? Are you not too familiar with a virtual career fair and how it works on Handshake, specifically? Join gradCAREERS to learn how to put your best foot forward - before, during and after this, and any, virtual fair!

Attending a virtual career fair will give you an edge in landing that next job or internship. Academic and research institutions, organizations and companies who will attend this fair and all future ones want to hire UO graduate students and postdoctoral scholars —and they’ll host virtual sessions to find the students they want to interview. If you are a graduate student or postdoc scholar, register now for this free zoom session!

Oct 16
The BIG 10+ Academia Career Fair 8:00 a.m.

Calling all graduate students and postdoctoral scholars! If you are considering a faculty, researcher, lecturer, postdoc, or other academic-adjacent position, then consider...
The BIG 10+ Academia Career Fair
October 16
8:00–11:00 a.m.
This is a virtual event.

Calling all graduate students and postdoctoral scholars! If you are considering a faculty, researcher, lecturer, postdoc, or other academic-adjacent position, then consider attending the 2024 BIG10+ Academia Career Fair, offered in a virtual, highly interactive, and completely free, format! Details and sign up on Handshake at https://uoregon.joinhandshake.com/stu/career_fairs/48820

Meet with academies and research organizations.Interact with recruiters through video, audio, or chat. Discover new tenure, non-tenure track (lecturers, researchers,...etc.), postdoctoral trainee, & fellowship career opportunities. All levels of graduate students and postdocs (1st years to those finishing) are welcome to explore career opportunities in academia and research. Never wait in line, ever. Pre-schedule individual (10 minutes - recommended for those looking for jobs now or completing their program in 2025) and/or group sessions (30 minutes) with organizations ahead of the fair or on the day-of the career fair. Both types of sessions are limited, so don't miss out! Once registered, you can add sessions with recruiters for specific organizations attending the career fair.

DEADLINE for C.V. submissions is Tuesday, October 8th at 9:00 PM Pacific Time. This is a HARD deadline, so submit early just in case you have technical difficulties. It is recommended that you add your C.V. on Handshake, as this platform is a great place to search and apply for positions at your level.  

Oct 16
Resume Extravaganza! (Drop-In Resume Reviews with Career Coaches & Peer Coaches) 11:00 a.m.

Did you know you can have someone review your resume before the Fall Career & Internship Expo on 10/24? Drop-in with a career readiness coach or peer coach in Tykeson...
Resume Extravaganza! (Drop-In Resume Reviews with Career Coaches & Peer Coaches)
October 16
11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Willie and Donald Tykeson Hall Commons (First Floor)

Did you know you can have someone review your resume before the Fall Career & Internship Expo on 10/24? Drop-in with a career readiness coach or peer coach in Tykeson Hall Commons to get feedback on your resume! Free cookies & hot chocolate too :)

Don’t have a resume? Come learn how to make one!

Want to apply for the Peace Corps? We'll also have returned Peace Corps volunteers available to review resumes and give advice about the application process with any interested students! Ask for Carolyn Williams!

This University Career Center event is part of the 2024 Fall Career Readiness Week sponsored by Enterprise Mobility and Sherwin Williams. To learn more about all of the week's events visit http://career.uoregon.edu/events