Oregon Quarterly Winter 2014

Oregon-based forestry expert Darin Stringer is helping bring forests back to the rocky soils of Lebanon

For former foster kids in Oregon, college dreams are coming true thanks to a new tuition-and-fee waiver program

An opera by Ethan Gans-Morse provides a template for how new works can be created for a 400-year-old art form

Francophone fur traders, Native American explorers, and Oregon before the Corps of Discovery

An interview with Chuck Lillis, PhD ’72, chairman of the UO’s new board of trustees

Poet and army veteran Brian Turner, MFA ’96, reflects on his life as a soldier—in and out of combat

Dave Petrone discusses the university's ambitious plan to raise $2 billion to further its academic mission

Student Chloe Huckins finds a statue on campus that embodies the history and culture of UO

Hilda Cohen started Make Brooklyn Safer, an organization that champions street safety

In his new memoir, UO assistant professor Alex Tizon explores Asian American male identity

The Children’s Healing Art Project helps kids with serious illnesses relax and express themselves

A former Duck relives his running days and his favorite running trails throughout Eugene

Letters include remembering a visit from the king of Siam, discussing the carbon problem, and visiting Alaska

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