Journalism and historic preservation students gather an oral history of the 1948 disaster

The big wait is almost over.On Monday, Aug. 21, summer’s total solar eclipse will make landfall in Oregon and travel across the entire continent. Millions of people are expected to flock to Oregon and 13 other states to view it in a 60-mile-wide stretch called the path of totality.  University of Oregon astrophysicist Scott Fisher answered some of the most common eclipse-related questions in a series of short videos.

The effect is particularly strong when people are lonely, said marketing professor Bettina Cornwell

Aid helps poor women, even when NGOs miss the mark on setting goals, Erin Beck finds

UO marine biologist uses high-speed camera to study salps, a kind of jellyfish