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"Telling" Travels to DC for Veterans Day
Imagine returning from Iraq or Afghanistan, thrilled to be home but uncertain about how you’ll be received by the country for which you fought, a country increasingly ambivalent about these wars. Or imagine going back to college, trying to contribute in class, but being told you can’t speak about your military experiences. Read moreWorm Sex Study Spotlighted by NSF.gov
To mate or not to mate? That's the question for some of nature's creatures that have the option of partnerless self-reproduction. And according to a highly publicized study from a team of UO biologists the answer is "mate," at least if the goal is evolutionary success.
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Chemistry Prof Named to Endowed Professorship
David Tyler has been named the first recipient of the Charles J. and M. Monteith Jacobs Professorship in Chemistry.
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Rewriting Computer Science's Gender Code
Sexism isn’t rampant in computer science, says Kiki Davis, but it’s there — simmering beneath the surface, an undercurrent that bubbles up with small, insensitive comments and unfair assumptions.UO Creative Writing MFA Ranked #10 by Poets & Writers
The UO's MFA program in creative writing was ranked 10th in the nation by Poets & Writers Magazine in an online story that will appear in its upcoming November/December issue. UO is also fifth in the country in the magazine's postgraduate placement category, which ranks schools based on fellowships and awards. Read moreMedical Historian Diagnoses Health Care Ills for HistoryNet
UO Medical Historian Jim Mohr offered his prescription for what ails the American health care system in a recent interview with HistoryNet, the Web site of American History magazine. Fielding a wide range of questions, Mohr argued that doctors are too automonous and face too little accountability and that health care is already being rationed under the current system.
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CAS Researchers Receive Millions in Recovery Grants
CAS researchers won the vast majority of the thirty-four grants totaling $12.3 million awarded to the university under the federal government's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. ARRA funding for scientific research includes major increases from the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation, which are the primary focus of UO requests Read moreFacebook Happiness Index Makes the New York Times
Stock market reports can give us daily snapshots of the country's economic health, but what if another kind of measurement similarly disclosed our country's mental health? UO psychology doctoral student Adam Kramer thinks his Gross National Happiness Index, which was featured in an Oct. 11 New York Times article, could be the first step in creating such a tracking system.
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Wired Humanities Projects to Document Aztec Language
The Wired Humanities Projects at the University of Oregon will engage in a three-year research project to document the Aztec language, Nahuatl, which is. spoken by millions of people.
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Musical "Big River" Opens New University Theatre Season
As a part of their 2009-10 season, entitled The Year of the Book, the University Theatre will be presenting the Tony Award-winning musical, Big River, which is based on Mark Twain’s beloved classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Read more
UO's Posner Among White House National Medal Winners
Psychologist Michael Posner was among nine researchers named as winners of the National Medal of Science, the highest honor given by the U.S. government to scientists, engineers and inventors.
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Preserving Endangered Languages
Roger Jacob knew he had to do one thing when he heard that Virginia Beavert was moving to Eugene, Oregon — follow her. So he left his home in Washington state and enrolled in graduate school at the University of Oregon.
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COLT Grad Students Challenge Assumptions and Boundaries
Comparative literature (affectionately known as COLT) is a discipline that encourages students to challenge traditional definitions and boundaries. Global literature is the domain of COLT students, as they compare the assumptions, values and literary standards evidenced in different genres (novels, short stories, film, even advertising), languages, historical periods and cultures.Read more
Nomad -- The Undead Edition
Zombies and vampires and ghouls. Oh, my. These supernatural creatures have long been counted among the ranks of the undead. But what about robots, immigrants … and ballet dancers? Read morePhotostories Help Citizens Advocate for Change
Picture this: Citizen activists documenting the best and worst of their communities — exquisite seasonal changes, local flora and fauna, and also man-made eyesores, hazards and environmental depredations. UO graduate student Shannon Elizabeth Bell has recruited ordinary women in coal-mining communities to do just that.
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Romance Languages Pioneers Open Access for Humanities
The days of primacy for the exclusive, expensive, peer-reviewed academic journals may be ending. Progressive researchers in the sciences have already begun to make their research results freely available to anyone with an Internet connection through efforts like UO Scholars' Bank. Now, UO’s Romance Languages department is bringing humanities research into the public realm as well. Read moreRothbart Awarded 2009 Gold Medal for Life Achievement
Mary K. Rothbart, professor emeritus of psychology, is the recipient of the 2009 Gold Medal for Life Achievement in the Science of Psychology. The award was announced in May by the American Psychological Foundation.
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Commentary in Washington Post by UO Economist
A guest column by UO economist Mark Thoma, "Making Financial Regulation Work: 50 More Years," is featured by the Washington Post series: The Hearing -- Decoding the Economic Policy Debate. Read moreDigital Ethnography Site Launched
In 2006, a group of women in Oaxaca, Mexico took over television and radio stations in support of striking teachers who were being brutalized by state police forces and paramilitary groups. These women and their stories compose one of six chapters on a new website, “Making Rights a Reality."
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CAS Faculty Honored With Distinguished Teaching Awards
Two CAS faculty members -- Alan Dickman and Michael Dreiling -- have been recognized with the 2009 Thomas F. Herman Faculty Achievement Award for Distinguished Teaching. Read moreReviewed Across the Pond
The London Times Literary Supplement recently took notice of Mary Jaeger, UO professor of Classics, and her new book, Archimedes and the Roman Imagination.
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