Danny Pimentel, SOJC assistant professor of immersive psychology, won the 2025 Rising Star Award from Augmented World Expo. He was recognized for using immersive technologies to inspire prosocial and pro-environmental behavior.

At a forum for journalists, Ellen Peters, who leads the SOJC’s Center for Science Communication Research, talked about her research into how the public perceives the danger from wildfire smoke.

Connor Baird, a fourth-year advertising major and student in the Clark Honors College, wrote a feature story about Eugene barber George Dudley that was published in Eugene Weekly.

Francesca Fontana ’17 returned to the SOJC to talk about her financial reporting career at the Wall Street Journal. The SOJC and Clark Honors College played key roles in her development.

Annika Nagat, MA ’24 of Germany studied advertising and brand responsibility as a master’s student while on exchange to the SOJC. Now she works in sustainable advertising.

Andrew DeVigal, director of the Agora Journalism Center, was featured on an episode of the Schmidt Show PDX podcast exploring the crossroads of journalism, democracy, and technology.

Through the student-run organization Oregon Accelerator, students from the SOJC and Lundquist College of Business help athletes by creating content for their name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals.

Kalani Chai-Andrade ’25, who double majored in journalism and cinema studies, covered a President’s Cup match between Accra Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko while interning as a photojournalist in Ghana.

Kaiya Laguardia-Yonamine, an SOJC master’s student in multimedia journalism, spoke with Duncan Hwang about the importance of local organizing on the Oregonian’s “Beat Check.”

In a Poynter Institute commentary, Andrew DeVigal, director of the Agora Journalism Center, urged passage of a bill that would require tech companies to compensate local news sources for their content.