Honorary Physics Fun
I was excited to see the news yesterday about my fellow science education outreach associate, Stan Micklavzina, getting an award from the Lund University in Sweden. I try to see Stan perform whenever...
Monthly Archive: February 2019
Local / Global Acheivement
When we think of prestigious scientific awards, the Nobel Prize is the one that probably comes to mind most for those of us in the United States. However, every year people from all...
UAVs for Research
The Price Science Commons has a Phantom IV Pro Quadcopter UAV for university research projects. If you have a need, we might be able to solve your problem so check in with us. Here...
Celebrating Marie Curie
We were happy to install a simple exhibit on Marie Curie in the Price Science Commons for her 200th Birthday last year. We covered a bit about her life, and the work of her...
ARLISS and Rockets
This last fall members of the UO ARLISS Robotics team were extremely lucky to have ARLISS Director, Becky Green, come to the University of Oregon to give a workshop on building L1 and L2...
Plastic Pollution
I take a lot of pictures for educational and historical purposes, so I was ecstatic when Science Magazine decided to use one of mine for a story they wrote on plastic pollution in our...
The Physics and Chemistry of Frozen Pumpkins
The recent polar vortex that froze a good part of North America over the last few days reminded me of this demonstration that Randy Sullivan from the Chemistry Department puts on every year. ...
Evolving Mammals / Active Landscapes
As the current chair of the Eugene Natural History Society, and as an event sponsored by the Price Science Commons, and with Sam Hopkins, current Associate Dean of the Honors College and Earth Sciences...
The Well Project – Teaching data analysis and GIS
I think the most rewarding project I worked with, here at the Price Science Commons, was one with the students from Thurston High School’s Well Project. The program initially set up by Stuart Perlmeter,...
Seminars of the Volcanology Center
Today we had our second Volcanology Seminar in the UO VizLab. Using the 50 million pixel screen and BlueJeans video conferencing software, the seminar supported the attendance of research teams from Portland State and...