Clark Honors College News

New Faculty-in-Residence Professor Lisa Wolverton describes her teaching goals at Clark Honors College as “working to make space for medieval stories.”
Fourth-year student Anna Pearl Johnson's article about care for the caregivers is published in Ms. Magazine
As research assistants to Acting Clark Honors College Dean Carol Stabile, Malia Mulligan and Morning Glory Ritchie got an opportunity that many undergraduates don’t—to contribute to the research and production of a digital book.
As a high school student in small-town Monmouth, Oregon, Robert Ousterhout ’73, felt unchallenged. But everything changed when he started attending Clark Honors College, and went in the opposite direction.
In fall of 2020, Clark Honors College began to think about how to provide courses that would help CHC students deepen their engagement with the histories and contemporary manifestations of anti-Black racism.
Take a look at the second-year reception for CHC students who finally arrived on UO grounds. 
Scenes from New Student Orientation, 2021, Photos by Jasper Zhou, CHC Communications. On September 21, Clark Honors College welcomed their newest incoming class. Welcome class of 2025!
Kate Mondloch is teaching contemporary art as a Clark Honors College Faculty in Residence Fall 2021.
Ian McNeely is teaching history as a Clark Honors College Faculty in Residence Fall 2021.
Two UO students have been awarded prestigious Udall Undergraduate Scholarships, a first for the university and all the more rare because it is the second award for one of the Ducks.
Anita Chari is teaching political science as a Clark Honors College Faculty in Residence Fall 2021.
CHC student Lauren Jin reflects on being a research assistant for professor Mai Lin Cheng.
When junior Mikala Capage opened an email about the Goldwater Scholarship she applied for, she was prepared. And then she was ecstatic.
Dr. Barbara Mossberg’s "The Genius of Study Abroad" goes online, she wins the COVID-19 Research Innovation Award, and keeps students excited for travel.
The first three times Clark Honors College student Sravya Tadepalli received an email from Associate Dean of Advising Elizabeth Raisanen to apply to the Truman Scholarship in 2018, she ignored it.
Sumit Kapur, a senior majoring in political science and philosophy, and Sravya Tadepalli, a member of the Class of 2019 with a degree in political science and journalism, are among the candidates for the 2021 awards. 

Research faculty members and students from the UO’s first-in-the-nation comics studies minor bring complex concepts to life through illustrations


It was a cold January morning in Allen Hall, and a book was about to be written.


University of Oregon graduate student Nisha Sridhar has always known she wanted to use her work in healthcare to be an advocate for children. This week, she’ll be advocating in front of members of the United States Congress.




When developing the class, The Velocity of Gesture, or Intro to Air Guitar, for winter term last year, McWhorter had a radical idea: to give students dedicated time to explore how they express themselves.


Many of Dudukovic’s classes on learning and memory involve a discussion of flashbulb memories. She is fascinated by questions of how memories can change over time and why two individuals may remember the same event differently.


Knowing that the class would be online again this fall, Munger decided to change things up. Lauren Willis, curator of academic programs at the museum, was happy to oblige.


One current University of Oregon student and another recently graduated Duck have been selected as finalists for the prestigious Rhodes scholarship.


The online panel, which was designed to connect the alumni with current students interested in the medical field, was held on October 30, and was moderated by Melissa Graboyes, professor of African and medical history, and Nelly Nouboussi, a 2020 biology graduate of the CHC.


Tadepalli hopes to offer undergraduates the opportunity to ask questions about national scholarships and be a resource to students.


Once, they were all Clark Honors College students. Now all active and successful in their careers as researchers and professors, four CHC alumni return to reach back and give some well-heeded advice to the next generation.


This pragmatic but progressive approach to politics won over the people of Scranton. Her platform focused on the “non-sexy” aspects of politics like structural reform, economic equity and justice, and ensuring the city’s political leaders reflected the diversity of the city.


When Corinne Bayerl was a college student in Munich, a professor said something that she not only considered important, but was integral when she developed her teaching philosophy.


Brian McWhorter brings his talent, passion for music and love of teaching to CHC