UO made steady gains in research and innovation in FY 2014
A record number of research proposals were recorded in 2013-2014, a year that also saw a 13 percent increase in awards funding
Academics and Research
UO geologist advocates for state investment in earthquake sensors
A UO geological scientist is taking his request to Salem to persuade state officials to invest in earthquake monitoring sensors
UO is co-leader in Amazon study of methane-related microbes
Brendan Bohannan will use the UO's genomic and computer-modeling technologies on soils affected by shifting rainforests to farmland
UO scientist wins $2.5 million grant to study drug development
Biology professor John Postlethwait and his team hope the change the way new drugs for human disease are developed
Grant will fund UO project to catalog historic theaters
The UO Community Service Center will use a state tourism grant to assess the status of historic theaters around the state
CAMCOR instrument manager helps to confirm nanodiamonds
Razink's skills operating a state-of-the-art high-resolution transmission electron microscope at CAMCOR have him seeing diamonds
UO study finds that, for some athletes, concussion effects come back
The newly published findings revealed that regression was seen in the ability to multitask among athletes returning to play within a month
Flood of Central American immigrants is focus of UO researcher
International studies professor Kristin Yarris spent time in Mexico this summer studying the effect of America-bound immigrants on that country
UO researchers enlist computers in the fight against the mountain pine beetle
An interdisciplinary team of UO researchers was awarded a $1.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation
UO project is putting native plants under future climate conditions
UO scientists are testing how grasses and plant species will adapt, change or potentially go extinct under projected climate conditions