A new study by University of Oregon researchers reveals a novel stem cell mechanism that may help explain how neurons form in humans.
Researchers have known for some time that stem cells are capable of producing new cells. But the study shows how a select group of stem cells can create progenitors that then generate numerous subtypes of cells.
Crater Lake, the Seastacks at Bandon Beach, ancient soils in the John Day Fossil Beds …
The University of Oregon is grieving the loss of a woman of tireless energy and enthusiasm with the unexpected death June 18 of Cathleen Leué, director of information technology for the College of Arts and Sciences. She was 56.
There will be a public celebration of her life at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 22, at Musgrove Funeral Home, 1152 Olive St., Eugene.
Joe McAndrew and David McKay are making a difference for Oregonians through the state government.
The University of Oregon Planning, Public Policy and Management graduate students are immersed in the legislative process through internships with the government.
After practicing law for seven years, Oregon School of Law alumna and Eugene native Mary Thompson has taken the writing skills she developed at law school and in the courtroom to New York, where she now dedicates herself to full-time writing and copy-editing.
In 2012, Clarion Books published Thompson's first novel, “Wuftoom,” a young adult horror-fantasy novel about a sickly teenager visited by a worm-like creature that tells him he is becoming one of them.
Carolyn McDermed has accepted the offer to serve as police chief and executive director of the University of Oregon Police Department, said Jamie Moffitt, chief financial officer and vice president for Finance and Administration.
McDermed, who has been serving as interim chief, is expected to begin July 1, pending review and approval of all necessary paperwork and background checks.
High school students are taking a class in real life as they team up with the University of Oregon housing department to move college students out of the halls – and serve those in the community who need it most.
Under the annual end-of-school-year event “Lighten Your Load,” UO students moving out of residence halls donate items to volunteers with Springfield Public Schools Family Resource Centers, rather than simply throwing it all away.
University of Oregon students gain critical thinking skills in a stimulating environment during their years in school, and they typically maintain the impetus to educate themselves after they graduate.
To address that lifelong learning desire, the UO Alumni Association has started a series of academic lectures to engage and inspire those who’ve shed their caps and gowns and settled in Portland.
A year-end report from University of Oregon's Office of Public Records indicates a larger volume than ever of requests for information about various UO operations but a steadily decreasing amount of time required to fulfill the requests.
The UO received 292 public records requests through the first 11 months (through May) of the current fiscal year – four more than in the entire 2012 fiscal year and 92 more than in the 2011 fiscal year. Over that same three-year period, the average amount of time it has taken to fulfill requests has decreased by about five days.
Aila Hoss is off to Atlanta to help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and “Winnable Battles.”
That’s the name of the program that will be assisted by Hoss ’12, a student in the University of Oregon School of Law who was selected as an Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Public Health Law Fellow.
