Academics and Research

A small opening in the heart that doesn't close in infancy is linked by a study in Bolivia to potentially serious health complications.
Rise or fall of the stress hormone cortisol may be an important factor in coming out ahead financially, finds a team led by psychology's Pranjal Mehta.
The Media Ambassadors Program helps connect journalists with UO faculty with expertise on issues of the day.
Zebrafish will be used in an effort combining physics and biology that initially seeks to neutralize a cholera-causing bacterium.
Team of UO physicists helped install advanced sensors for the Advanced LIGO Project that was formally dedicated in Washington.
'First Peoples' traces the history of modern humans after they expanded out of Africa into Europe, Asia and the Americas
Sociology professor Ryan Light and a colleague in Denver reviewed 19,000 previous studies as part of their research.
Long-running study involving the College of Education's Atika Khurana continues to define consequences of poor impulse control.
His earlier experience on the Exxon-Valdez oil spill came back into play when another spill threatened archaeological sites near Santa Barbara.
Researchers at the UO practiced strategies to share their discoveries with more people at a workshop on communicating science.