Academics and Research

Nearing completion on the 2016 OregonBILDS home project.
July 13

Latest OregonBILDS house almost ready for the spotlight

Built by UO and LCC students, the home will be featured in this year's Lane County Tour of Homes
Scene from the animated Pixar movie Monsters University (Image credit: ©2012 DISNEY/PIXAR ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)
July 11

Cinema studies grads say UO put them on a path to Pixar

Cinema studies prepares students for jobs with studios like Pixar by combining career development and advising
UO marketing professor Lynn Kahle
July 7

New Portland program builds skills for business innovators

The nine-month certificate program will focus on strengthening new ventures
Road sign for American Dream
July 5

UO-led study casts a shadow on the American dream

Research manipulated ties between income mobility and income inequality, finding outrage over inequalities when mobility is low
Anya Kivarkis
July 1

Art professor Anya Kivarkis named 2016 Hallie Ford Fellow

Kivarkis is a practicing artist in jewelry, metalsmithing and sculpture whose work has been collected by individuals, foundations and museums on both coasts
Gina Biancarosa
June 30

First COE Ann Swindells Chair took winding road from lit to literacy

Biancarosa's research helps teachers diagnose reading comprehension challenges and could lead to new interventions
Image of the supernova taken with a telescope at Pine Mountain Observatory
June 27

Wow at Pine Mountain: UO students zoom in on a dying star

"An improbable goal" is reached as UO undergrads on the first science run of a "small but mighty" new telescope at the Pine Mountain Observatory
Madonna Moss in the field at Alaskan archaeological site
June 24

Ancient fish bones shed light on early Pacific Northwest life

Cultural differences and similarities over time are captured when UO researchers probe the compost of 222 archaeological sites
Image from the 2002 Biscuit Fire in Southern Oregon.
June 23

Research delves into fire, climate change and Native people

UO grad Kathy Lynn co-founded the new Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project
Google's self-driving cars lined up ready to go
June 22

UO researcher helps probe the morals of driverless cars

UO psychology prof Azim Shariff is part of a research team that explored what people want self-driving cars to do when lives matter

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