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The University of Oregon has received over $5 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to expand programs across campus.
$4.52 million the largest humanities award in UO history will be used to fund a new research platform for racial and climate justice. In partnership with University of Idaho and the Whitman College in Washington, the Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute will allow researchers to develop interdisciplinary conversations across campuses.
Some of the topics the program will address includes how melting glaciers disproportionately affect people of color, and how climate change is damaging traditional food sources for Indigenous communities.
$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.
The University of Oregon has received a $4.52 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a new initiative envisioning a transformative.