Natural Sciences

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES — At the College of Arts and Sciences, students study disciplines across the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. That breadth is central to a liberal arts education, which combines specialized knowledge with opportunities to explore different approaches to understanding the world. Those different perspectives allow STEM students to balance the technical expertise developed in their majors.

HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY — Alum Scott Mongold didn’t come to the University of Oregon with a startup in mind. He came because he wanted to understand the human body: how it moves, how it adapts and how training changes it. As a competitive CrossFit athlete and a scientist, he was searching for a place where those two worlds didn’t have to be separate.

PSYCHOLOGY - For years, psychologists and neuroscientists have thought a reward could improve memory function. Recent research from College of Arts and Sciences psychology researchers Deepu Murty and Lena Skalaban suggests that this may be harming our memory.

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES — With Election Day around the corner, College of Arts and Sciences faculty experts weighed in on some of the key issues on the minds of voters — including data centers, the high cost of living and immigration — and why these issues have so much traction in this year’s election.