Agora Center fellowships allow faculty to pursue projects that help advance communications and democracy.

The book is credited with giving a voice to the men and women who took part in the 2006 uprising.

Think fast — the Three Minute Thesis competition is returning to the University of Oregon.The competition, developed by the University of Queensland, Australia, is a challenge to graduate students to effectively explain their thesis research in three minutes or less.The preliminary rounds will be held from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Room 177, Lawrence Hall on Friday, April 17, and the next week on Friday, April 24. The top five presenters from each preliminary round will advance to the UO Finals.

Three days of sessions include a symposium on the coordination of efforts that followed last year's mudslide in Oso, Washington.

Research effort led to a rapid and efficient method to produce stable, uniformly sized nanocrystals for use in electronic materials.