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$4.5M grant to fund UO racial, climate justice institute
It’s called the Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute for Racial and Climate Justice and will be housed at the UO’s Center for Environmental Futures.
Posted: Jan 19, 2021 6:29 PM
Updated: Jan 19, 2021 7:30 PM
Posted By: Kennedy Dendy
EUGENE, Ore. The University of Oregon has received its largest humanities grant in school history. That’s $4.52 million that will help tackle issues of racial and climate justice.
Across the campus, students said this is a step in the right direction, after the multiple issues that have sparked across the Pacific Northwest.
It’s called the Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute for Racial and Climate Justice and will be housed at the UO’s Center for Environmental Futures.
It is the largest humanities award in school history.
The initiative will support a research platform for racial and climate justice.
The school says the Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute for Racial and Climate Justice will be a collaboration between leaders from UO’s College of Arts, along with the Sciences and College of Design.
UO says the institute will also improve access to higher education for under-represented communities and first generation college students, through a postdoctoral scholars program.
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