Academics and Research

Students in historic preservation will spend a month studying the 80-year-old building
Researchers from NOAA and the UO are trying to understand increasing numbers of tubular pyrosomes that are disrupting coastal fishing operations
Eighteen students received prestigious scholarships for world travel
Advertising instructor Dave Koranda was honored by the American Advertising Federation
CAS will be the academic home for the department, with faculty also from SOJC
The awards recognize a commitment to world-class research and teaching
Eight undergraduate students will graduate this spring and summer with a minor in food studies, the first such degrees awarded in the program’s history.The food studies minor was launched in fall 2016 with a celebratory event on the campus quad featuring pretzels and fresh-pressed apple cider; since then, nearly 60 undergraduates have declared the minor. Program director Stephen Wooten, an international studies professor, attributes the rapid growth of the program to the broad appeal of food studies.
The National Medal of Science winner will receive the 2018 Priestley Medal next March in New Orleans
UO marketing professor helps in a study about the motives that people infer about deals between sports teams and company sponsors
UO physics team again has an important role in the international effort to find gravitational waves and expand knowledge about the universe