College of Arts & Sciences
Small Fish, Big Research Pond!
October is research month at the University of Oregon! Your, UO is one of only 100 schools ranked as “top-tier” centers of “very high research activity” by the Carnegie Foundation (read more about the impact of our research). Case in point, SFGate.com recently published an article about the use of zebrafish from the UO’s International […]
What’s in Your Gut?
The UO and UC Berkeley are the only two institutions nationwide to receive major funding from the NIH to study systems biology. As posted in the Portland Business Journal on Sept 18th: The University of Oregon has landed big federal bucks that it will use to open a systems biology research and education center. UO […]
UC Press Publishes UO’s Atlas of Yellowstone
The study of geography and a love of natural beauty are closely intertwined. It’s no surprise that the UO’s top-notch department of geography would create an Atlas of one of the most remarkable natural wonders on earth – Yellowstone National Park. First envisioned as a class project, the much anticipated Atlas of Yellowstone is now available […]
Fighting the Good Fight
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States! According to the American Cancer Society, half of all men and one-third of all women in the U.S. will develop cancer at some point during their lifetimes. And because cancer is a class of more than 100 diseases, it is unlikely that there […]
Where 2.0 UO
Location, location, location! It’s critical to virtually every business model. And our UO geography department has it all figured out! The geo-mobile innovations that they’ve pioneered were featured during a keynote address at the Where 2.0 conference in San Francisco last week. The UOregon App was plugged as one of the best location based apps […]