University of Oregon Libraries

06/05/2026

Drop by the Design Library THIS AFTERNOON for a casual end-of-year celebration! We'll have selections from our Artists' Books Collection 📚 🎨 available for you to explore. We'll also be showcasing a new exhibition in our Relaxation Room: "A Modular Landscape" features works by students in Kim Karlsrud’s Spring 2026 section of ART 116, a core studio in the Art Department of the College of Design.

🗓️ Friday, June 5
🕒 3:00-4:30 p.m.
📍 Design Library, Lawrence Hall
🍪 Light refreshments served

06/04/2026

🎉 Congratulations to the 2026 LAURE award winners!

Multi-term Project or Thesis:
🥇 Lazar Isakharov, "The Effects of Dietary Zinc Imbalance on Cognitive and Vascular Function in a Young Mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease"
🥈 Solange Dzeketey, "Making Sound Decisions: Understanding the Communication Choices of Black Hearing Caregivers of Deaf/Hard of Hearing Children"

Research Paper or Project, 300–400 Level Course:
🥇 Jack Sackman, "School of the Assassins: El Salvador’s Involvement in the School of the Americas and Resulting Human Rights Consequences"
🥈 Alexa Rose, "Fighting for the Soul of a Nation: Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Education, and American Democracy"

Research Paper or Project, 100–200 Level Course:
🥇 Charlie Dickey, "Controversial Representations of Consent"
🥈 Dina Goldman, "Suppression and Emigration: Jewish Identity and Departure in Soviet Ukraine"

Since 2004, the Libraries Award for Undergraduate Research Excellence (LAURE) has recognized top achievements in original scholarship by UO undergrads. Students in all of UO's schools, colleges and academic majors are eligible. 🦉 🦆

https://bit.ly/49EbXVP

Celebrating Excellence in Undergraduate Research: the 2026 LAURE Awards Six outstanding undergraduate students were presented with the Libraries' Award for Undergraduate Research Excellence (LAURE) at a May 26 celebration in the Knight Library Browsing Room.Graduating seniors Lazar Isakharov, a hum...

06/04/2026

Preparing for finals can be an around-the-clock commitment. 🕐 🕞 🕖 🕛 If you'll be up late studying, consider joining us in the Science Library! 🦉 From now through Thursday, June 11, the Price Science Commons & Research Library will be open to UO students around-the-clock, 24 hours a day (UO ID required after 9 p.m.) 🌝 ⭐ Extended study hours are sponsored in partnership with ASUO. 📚 Get ready to hit the books, tell your friends, and come study with us—any time!
[Link in Bio]
https://library.uoregon.edu/price-science

06/02/2026

What are you waiting for? 🚏 TODAY is Tuesday Against Procrastination!
If you're studying for finals in Knight Library, we invite you to take a stress-relieving study break with us in the Browsing Room! ☕ Fuel up with free coffee and snacks. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Bring a friend or make new ones while coloring and crafting. 💁🏽‍♀️ Get research help from a librarian or meet with a tutor.

🗓️ Tuesday, June 2
🕚 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 Knight Library Browsing Room

Free coffee, tea, granola bars, fruit. 🍏

Study break tables with supplies for origami, button-making, coloring, and more. 🖍️

Basic Needs table with info about the UO Basic Needs Program and freebies. 🏡

Librarian available for drop-in research help. 📚

Free pizza at noon (while supplies last!) 🍕

05/28/2026

Apply by Friday! There's still two days left
To send us the poems that you'd call your best
Win 500 dollars, publication and fame—
We're picking two winners; will one be your name?

^^ You can do better than this! ^^
✒️ 📜 Submit your work for the UO Libraries-OPA Undergraduate Poetry Prize by midnight this Friday, May 29

[Link in Bio]

https://bit.ly/4abJIxO

05/27/2026

Join us this Friday for "Asleep and Dreaming: Hypersleep and the Myth of AI Autonomy" — a talk by Christopher Michlig, Professor of Art, Clark Honors College Faculty Fellow, and CHC Associate Dean for Faculty.

This talk will investigate the intersection of artificial intelligence, psychoanalysis, and speculative cultural narratives, with a particular focus on how awakening (waking), sleep, and defiance function as markers of emergent subjectivity.

Free and open to the public. Registration required; in-person and remote seats available. [Link in Bio]

🗓️ Friday, May 29, 2026
🕧 12:15pm - 1:15pm
📍 Knight Library 142 and Remote

https://uoregon.libcal.com/event/16935370

05/21/2026

Are you a fan of Son cubano, Bolero, Guajira, Descarga, and Danzón? 🎵 🇨🇺 Or someone who's just starting to explore the rich history of Cuban popular music? 🎹 🪘 🎺 Join us TODAY for a special screening of "Buena Vista Social Club."

📽️ Wim Wenders’ award-winning documentary captures one of the most celebrated musical rediscoveries of the 20th century, following American songwriter Ry Cooder on a journey to Havana to meet and record with Cuba’s greatest living musicians. This watch party is free and open to the UO community. [Link in Bio]

🗓️ Thursday, May 21
🕑 3:30-5 p.m.
📍 Knight Library Music Classroom (336)

https://bit.ly/4tL9lfU

05/20/2026

We're pleased to share that two UO Libraries team members have been named 2026 Outstanding Employees by the University of Oregon! 🙌 🎉

🌟 Maggie Dobson, reference services archivist
🌟 Justin Spence, project manager of the Oregon Digital Newspaper Program

Annually administered by UO Human Resources, the Outstanding Employee Awards recognize classified staff and officers of administration who exemplify excellence in their work and positively impact the campus community. An award reception will be held TODAY, Wed. May 20, from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM in the Ford Alumni Center Ballroom. [Link in Bio]

Congratulations, Justin and Maggie!

https://hr.uoregon.edu/outstanding-employee-awards

05/19/2026

Join us this Friday at Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) for a series of short presentations by our cohort of student interns and fellows. From processing collections 📜 🖼️ to researching folklore on campus 🏛️ 📚, their complex and impactful work for the University of Oregon Libraries will be celebrated! 🙌 🎉

🗓️ Friday, May 22, 2026
🕚 11:00am - 12:30pm PST
📍 Kesey Classroom (Knight Lib 201N) and Online

Registration is required for this free, hybrid event. [Link in Bio]
https://bit.ly/3PQtaVd

05/15/2026

The results are in: Ducks Give was a BIG-time success for UO Libraries! 🎉

🦆 $168,069 raised from 102 Gifts
🦆 All five Challenge Pledges unlocked
🦆 UO Libraries ranked #8 in the Presidential Leaderboard Challenge
🦆 Lead Conservator Victoria Wong ranked #9 in the Ambassadors Leaderboard Challenge
. . all in support of library jobs and internships for students! 👏

Every contribution—no matter the size—helped make this possible. It directly supports student employees who strengthen our libraries, assist their peers, and help our campus community thrive every day.

Your passion and collective impact are helping us rise together. THANK YOU for investing in student success and the future of UO Libraries. 📚🦆



https://bit.ly/4wlaPjs (Link in bio!)

📸 (Second photo) Paula Alva, Knight Library