Academics and Research

The University of Oregon launches the Olympic Studies Hub
Grad Forum provides a peek into the future of research
More than $5,000 in prizes will be awarded through poster and panel presentations and, for the first time, five-minute 'blitz talk' competitions.
UO team helps catch a gravity wave for the first time ever
A UO researcher's decision to get some sleep gave a super-sensitive detector a chance to confirm Einstein's theory on gravity and space-time.
Skilled workers: Study shows the talents of leafcutter ants
Research in Colombia, Ecuador and Robert Schofield's UO lab shows how these ants use their legs and divide their leaf-processing duties.
Story of child immigrants goes uncovered, grad student finds
Ricardo Valencia wants people to be more aware of how the American media has covered the surge of unaccompanied children entering the U.S. from Central America.
UO idea for bio-inspired implant wins $900,000 grant
The award from the W.M. Keck Foundation will support an interdisciplinary research team led by physicist Richard Taylor.

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