Julie Weise also will discuss her new book as part of a discussion about the history of Mexican people moving to the American South.

Amelia Fitch, a biology student in the Clark Honors College, will pursue a master's degree at the University of Cambridge in Great Britain.

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.

David Hollenberg's efforts to save historical books from the destruction of war is featured in a news story on the Al Jazeera website.

Toomey spoke to reporters about the need for an early warning system and a system for passing alerts along to the general public.