Study: Long COVID continues to take a toll on state economy
An estimated 10,000 to 30,000 Oregonians have missed more than a year of work due to illness
Academics and Research
$3 million grant funds IMAX film on deep-sea ecology
Led by UO researchers, the film highlights the worldwide importance of microscopic larvae
Burned forest now a landscape abuzz with bees and flowers
An ecologist’s effort to restore bees to the Holiday Farm burn area is in full bloom
Professor offers prescription to better explain climate and health
New England Journal of Medicine paper explores ways to discuss health and climate change
New methods tripled COVID-19 testing in Latinx communities
The results could shape outreach efforts as well as suggest ways to tailor similar efforts
Samoan researchers visit UO to see its collection of tapa cloth
The Museum of Natural and Cultural History has a large number of the folk art pieces
With NIH funding, UO prof dives deeper into aging research
Molecular anthropology is helping a team probe why some people age faster or slower
Study shows the spillover value of publicly funded research
Research show three patents issued for every one produced by grant recipients
Professor improves inequalities through sports product design
Susan Sokolowski uses transdisciplinary research and design to help underserved users push their limits
In her work as a professor and director of the UO Sport Product Design Program, Susan Sokolowski, PhD, innovates products to help people live longer and better lives. Drawing from the fields of anthropometry, data science, biomechanics, physiology, materials science, psychology, and product design, her ideas help underserved users, including women, disabled athletes, and people of extended sizes, overcome inequalities.“
Wu Tsai Alliance enhances performance for the human race
At the UO, a founding partner in the group, more than a dozen research projects are funded