Academics and Research

David Strom played a pivotal role in last summer’s monumental discovery of what is believed to be the elusive Higgs boson particle.
Claudia Holguín Mendoza conducted ethnographic research in her hometown of Juárez, the Mexican city infamous for narco violence.
David Ozog has won a Computational Science Graduate Fellowship from the Department of Energy.
Research by Patricia Dewey has been recognized with a $50,000 I3 Award from the Office of Research, Innovation, and Graduate Education.
A new study by a University of Oregon research team shows that pre-term babies might struggle academically later in life if they have smaller brain volume. The team also found, however, that some babies of very low birth weight did not experience the academic deficit.