Taylor, JaySchmitt, Kyla2024-06-272024-06-272024https://hdl.handle.net/1794/295971 pageIt is our pleasure to present Volume 22, Issue 1 of the Oregon Undergraduate Research Journal (OURJ) this spring of 2024. This issue showcases the best undergraduate scholarship we have encountered during the 2023–2024 academic year. Strikingly, these articles share a common theme: a focus on the future. Fittingly, we OURJ staffers are now also looking towards the future—the future of our publications, involvement with scholars, and research at the University of Oregon.en-USCreative Commons BYjournal editingArticle