Former UO grad student a Golden Mole finalist
Calden Carroll discovered a molecule that lights up in the presence of of nitrates by accident while doing graduate work in chemistry at the UO.
Academics and Research
Research forum puts graduate students in the spotlight
With more than $5,000 in prize money on the table, graduate students had a chance to not only display their work but move it forward too.
As glaciers melt, more voices in research are needed
Fresh eyes of a UO undergraduate on a growing environmental problem led to a project that found gender vulnerabilities should be considered.
Two professors awarded Sloan Research Fellowships
Biologist Kelly Sutherland and mathematician Benjamin Elias will use the Sloan awards to help their research, travel and grad students.
3-D printer helps tell why flies swarm to Dracula orchids
UO-led research in Ecuador unravels how a rare plant species lures pollinators with a mushroom-like part.
Grad Forum provides a peek into the future of research
More than $5,000 in prizes will be awarded through poster and panel presentations and, for the first time, five-minute 'blitz talk' competitions.
UO team helps catch a gravity wave for the first time ever
A UO researcher's decision to get some sleep gave a super-sensitive detector a chance to confirm Einstein's theory on gravity and space-time.
Skilled workers: Study shows the talents of leafcutter ants
Research in Colombia, Ecuador and Robert Schofield's UO lab shows how these ants use their legs and divide their leaf-processing duties.
Story of child immigrants goes uncovered, grad student finds
Ricardo Valencia wants people to be more aware of how the American media has covered the surge of unaccompanied children entering the U.S. from Central America.
UO idea for bio-inspired implant wins $900,000 grant
The award from the W.M. Keck Foundation will support an interdisciplinary research team led by physicist Richard Taylor.