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ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½-Cascades faculty author wins Oregon Book Award - July 2, 2020

Beth Alvarado, a faculty author in the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ – Cascades Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program has received the 2020 Oregon Book Award for Creative Nonfiction for her book of essays, “Anxious Attachments…


ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½-Cascades to host conversation about racial unrest in nation - June 24, 2020

ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ – Cascades will host a virtual event June 29 to explore the racial unrest underway across the U.S. with a panel of Central Oregonians of color.

Community members are invited to participate in the event, which…


ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½-Cascades Advocacy and Advisory Board to meet - June 18, 2020

The ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ - Cascades Advocacy and Advisory Board will meet June 22 and hear reports on topics including student and academic success, advocacy and development, and progress of the campus expansion.

The meeting will…


TRACE sampling in Bend suggests one person in 1,000 infected with SARS-CoV-2 - June 10, 2020

Results from two days of door-to-door sampling by ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ and ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½-Cascades suggest that one person in 1,000 in the Bend community during the weekend of May 30-31 had the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

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ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½-Cascades students and alumni contribute to COVID-19 testing in Bend - June 9, 2020

Risa Christie, Alaric Hartsock and Jessica Thomas were among 70 trained field staff knocking on doors of randomly selected homes in late May in Bend as part of ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½â€™s TRACE-COVID-19 study to help understand the prevalence of…


Noted writer Elizabeth Powell to give reading with ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½-Cascades faculty authors, students - June 8, 2020

Award-winning writer and poet Elizabeth A.I. Powell will share readings from her literary works on June 13 as part of the Hazel Hall Memorial Reading, a semi-annual event hosted by ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ – Cascades.

The virtual event…