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UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History to host Identification Day

Visitors are invited to shake the dust off of their mystery items and find out more about them.

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Think green, UO's Hutchison says, to reduce nanotech hazards

Think green, UO's Hutchison says, to reduce nanotech hazards

In an invited paper in the international journal ACS Nano, UO prof points to greener nanoscience as a key to safety

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Gillem's 'America Town' lauded for scholarly excellence

Gillem's 'America Town' lauded for scholarly excellence

The Environmental Design Research Association has selected a book by the University of Oregon's Mark L. Gillem for one of its 2008 EDRA/Places awards. Gillem was chosen for "America Town: Building the Outposts of Empire."

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UO science outreach program heads into Hermiston & Umatilla-Morrow Education Service District

UO science outreach program heads into Hermiston & Umatilla-Morrow Education Service District

Doctoral chemistry & physics students to help GK-12 teachers teach science under NSF grant

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UO physicists celebrate milestone in collider construction

UO physicists celebrate milestone in collider construction

Final piece of powerful particle detector is lowered into Swiss facility -- a new world of research awaits scientific inquiry

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Expert on electronic voting issues to speak at UO

Expert on electronic voting issues to speak at UO

Computer scientist Barbara Simons, national expert on technical glitches in electronic voting, to be part of Distinguished Lecture Series of the department of computer and information science on March 13

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UO dedicates nanoscience research center

UO dedicates nanoscience research center

Lorry I. Lokey Laboratories will help boost Oregon’s economy

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University of Oregon physicist Parthasarathy receives NSF career award

University of Oregon physicist Parthasarathy receives NSF career award

Raghuveer Parthasarathy, winner of a similar Sloan honor in 2007, will use National Science Foundation award for his research, undergraduate teaching and middle-school outreach programs

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Oregon's Hurwit to be part of NOVA's Parthenon special

Oregon's Hurwit to be part of NOVA's Parthenon special

Art historian's expertise helps guide documentary on the technical aspects involved in Greece's long-running restoration project of the Parthenon and Acropolis of Athens

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UO participants play key role in LIGO's new view of a cosmic event

UO participants play key role in LIGO's new view of a cosmic event

Members of the UO's Center for High Energy Physics analyze dramatic February 2007 gamma ray burst, narrowing the list of possible points of origin

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Take proactive approach to nano, UO's Hutchison tells congressional caucus

Take proactive approach to nano, UO's Hutchison tells congressional caucus

As an invited speaker to the Congressional Nanotechnology Caucus, UO chemistry professor Jim Hutchison urged policymakers and their staffs to pursue a proactive approach to developing design rules so that nanomaterials, for any use, are safe for both the environment and the public.

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Mineral ages show Blue Mountain rocks related to Klamath, Sierra Nevadas

Mineral ages show Blue Mountain rocks related to Klamath, Sierra Nevadas

Dating of sedimentary zircon taken from Oregon basins suggests a Jurassic link, UO doctoral researcher Todd LaMaskin says at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America

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UO to young women: Consider career in science

Saturday (Oct. 20) forum to kick off the new Women in Technology and Science initiative of the UO College of Arts and Sciences

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A long way to Absolute Zero -- U.S. debut on NOVA

A long way to Absolute Zero -- U.S. debut on NOVA

With grants from the NSF, BBC and Sloan Foundation, the UO's Russell Donnelly is targeting middle schoolers but also showing the world how science's quest for cold has unfolded over time ... and continues. The resulting two-part documentary appears for the first time on U.S. television Jan. 8 and 15 on NOVA, a production of PBS.

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Science in the Northwest now has central Web showcase

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Looking for the latest research news in the Northwest? Collaborating science writers at the leading Northwest research institutions now have a clearinghouse dedicated to the region's major institutions. The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory now hosts Science Northwest. Check it out!

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UO's Haack named associate editor of new journal devoted to green chemistry

cover, first issue, Green Chemistry Letters & Reviews

Julie Haack, chemistry, GEMSUO chemist Julie A. Haack is an associate editor for the newly launched journal Green Chemistry Letters & Reviews. According to Chemical & Engineering News, the new journal will "help accommodate the rapid growth in the number of papers published on the design and development of sustainable chemical processes and products." The journal features papers pertaining to research, education, and industrial implementation of green synthesis, separation and purification processes. Haack also helped develop the Green Educational Materials (GEMS) database housed at the UO.

Magazine looks at UO fans: In this case, we're talking about the Lokey Labs exhaust system

Lokey Laboratories cutaway view

Writer Charlie Gans, reporting in the March issue of College Planning & Management magazine, says the choice of a laboratory workstation exhaust system for science facilities, as well as its placement, represent a critical step in ensuring the ultimate success of the facility. He then goes on to detail the system placed in the UO's Lokey Labs in a story slugged: Keeping Things Quiet at the University of Oregon.

Eugene 08 news for campus community

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The 2008 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials are inching closer to the starting blocks. This WEB SITE offers updates and information on everything from parking to event schedules in an effort to to ensure that you and other members of the University of Oregon community come out of the gate ready for the best track and field trials ever.

 


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