President Coltrane shares plan for competitive excellence
The university will add faculty, increase support for students and expand classrooms, labs and offices as part of "competitive excellence"
In the News
Article outlines UO effort to boost research on obesity
Register-Guard story looks at the push to understand the genetic links to childhood obesity as part of a Clusters of Excellence proposal
UO brain research cited in guest commentary on concussions
The work of UO researchers on the effects of sports-related concussions was cited in a weekend guest opinion article in The Register-Guard.
The article, by sports medicine physician Michael Koester of the Slocum Center for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, noted that the UO’s Center on Brain Injury Research and Training is a great resource for concussion information. The information is available at the center’s website.
UO art exhibit featured in local write-up
The works by Geraldine Ondrizek reflect on notions of race tied to an infamous skin color chart used in the 1950s and 1960s
Genetics research is latest cluster to be featured in local news
The proposal by a group of four faculty members would give the university a boost in the area of cutting-edge research in genetics and epigenetics
Law school photography exhibit attracts newspaper review
The show includes 34 large images drawn from nature, including rivers, landscapes and flowers and will run through the end of the year
Biological networks cluster featured in Register-Guard
Proposal would bring in additional faculty researchers to grow the UO's cutting-edge disease genetics program
NYT calls Mariota a 'prototype quarterback' in weekend profile
The UO quarterback's journey from his home state of Hawaii to the Eugene campus and his hopes for the season are chronicled in the story
Paul Slovic discusses Ebola and public fears with NYT, NPR
The UO psychology professor discusses the 'dread factor' that deadly diseases create in the popular imagination and how that can cause overreaction
Movie spotlights UO's link to storied high school football team
'When the Game Stands Tall' opens in theaters this week and was shown to UO football players in the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex