New LEADS minor helps students build leadership skills
The Leadership + Administrative Skills minor launched its first course this winter
Academics and Research
New approach is helping youngsters steer clear of alcohol
Alcohol and tobacco use declines among seventh-graders with a tweaked version of cooperative learning
Kyu Ho Youm’s work reshaped free speech laws worldwide
The UO journalism professor is the first John Marshall First Amendment Chair
15 UO undergraduates receive awards for research excellence
The grants will help students pursue research on a range of topics
Two UO chemistry projects shed new light on a cancer drug
Work by two doctoral students could boost the effectiveness of a known treatment
UO biologists seek to take bite out of mosquitoes
Researchers at five institutions, led by the UO’s Bradshaw and Holzapfel, have isolated genes related to blood feeding in pitcher plant mosquitoes
Writing on gratitude changes how the brain values charity
UO psychology researcher Christina Karns finds that journaling leads to a more grateful heart
Study: Corporate TV news outlets do more investigative reports
But the overall amount of in-depth reporting remains low, UO journalism professor Jesse Abdenour finds
UO archaeologists cast doubt on controversial 'hobbit' theory
Remains found on a Pacific island were just small humans, Scott Fitzpatrick contends
UO professor to lead the world’s largest science honor society
Presidential Chair Geri Richmond says ‘it’s time to give back’ to Sigma Xi for an award that boosted her career path