Quack Chats

Quack Chats Pub Talk “The Supreme Court at a Critical Juncture”
Oct24
Quack Chats Pub Talk “The Supreme Court at a...Oct 24
6:00 p.m.
Downtown Athletic Club, Ax Billy Grill
CANCELED: Run with a Researcher, Homecoming Edition
Nov3
CANCELED: Run with a Researcher, Homecoming...Nov 3
8:00 a.m.
Erb Memorial Union (EMU)
Ideas on Tap: Glaciers, Water, and Culture
Nov7
Ideas on Tap: Glaciers, Water, and CultureNov 7
6:00 p.m.
Viking Braggot Co. Southtowne Pub
Ideas on Tap: Sustainable Design
Dec5
Ideas on Tap: Sustainable DesignDec 5
6:00 p.m.
Viking Braggot Co. Southtowne Pub

Emoji balls
October 5

Talk on emojis gets to the ♡ of the popular culture icons

UO prof Alisa Freedman will talk about the birth of emoji in the next Quack Chat pub talk Oct. 10
Iceberg flow in the landscape in Greenland
September 20

Next Quack Chats talk to look at North Atlantic icebergs

Historian Mark Carey will dig into the cultural aspects involved with floating chunks of ice
A vaquita, a species of critically endangered porpoise, is seen in the Gulf of California
September 7

Economist to tell how big data could tame overfishing

Grant McDermott will talk about how his work is delivering a clearer picture on global fisheries
Firefighter at wildland fire
August 3

Pub talk will examine the complexities of wildland fires

Research professor Cassandra Moseley will look at the causes and solutions to increased fire
Phil Washbourne
July 6

Pub talk will detail how zebrafish help autism research

In the lab of biologist Phil Washbourne, zebrafish are opening a new window on gene mutations
Image illustrates removing labels as part of a talk by Erik Girvan
June 8

Pub talk will explore ways to move past implicit biases

Law school’s Erik Girvan will tackle unfounded assumptions in thinking and how to move past them
Diana Libuda
May 18

Learn how humans faithfully pass along genetic information

Biologist Diana Libuda will talk about DNA and sperm development in a May 23 Quack Chat
LiDAR helped Roering's group locate an ancient riverbed in northern California
May 4

Pub talk will tell how lasers are revealing Oregon's landscapes

Earth sciences professor Josh Roering is learning about ancient and potential landslides with lasers fired from the sky
Bitcoins
April 20

Pub talk will dive into the tangled world of cryptocurrency

Finance professor Stephen McKeon will talk bitcoins and blockchain in the April 25 Quack Chat
Microscope image of bacteria
April 6

Pub talk will dig into things that make gut microbes tick

UO physicist Raghuveer Parthasarathy will give a Quack Chats talk April 11 at the Ax Billy Grill

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