Eight faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences will be recognized for their innovative ideas and significant research achievements.

The fourth annual UO Research Innovation Awards ceremony and reception, hosted by the Office of the Vice President for Research, will honor the awardees on June 4.

The Research Innovation Awards are held annually in the late spring to celebrate the diversity of UO’s research and scholarly achievements. Each year the awards focus on a specific area. This year’s focus is on the sciences. Past years have focused on the humanities, fine and performing arts, and research innovation.

The 2009 Research Innovation Awardees are:

Gregory Bothun, Physics
Raymond Frey, Physics
Jennifer J. Freyd, Psychology
Eugene Humphreys, Geological Sciences
Ray Weldon II, Geological Sciences
James A. Isenberg, Mathematics
Shawn Lockery, Biology
David R. Tyler, Chemistry

For more information, visit research.uoregon.edu/RIA.