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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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David Tyler has been named the first recipient of the Charles J. and M. Monteith Jacobs Professorship in Chemistry.
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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. Case in point: When Davis, a first-year graduate student in Computer and Information Science (CIS) recently went to a computer repair store, a male worker felt the need to offer a long-winded explanation of the difference between hardware and software.
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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
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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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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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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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Eight faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences will be recognized for their innovative ideas and significant research achievements.
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David Tyler has been named the first recipient of the Charles J. and M. Monteith Jacobs Professorship in Chemistry.
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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.
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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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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