Document Actions

Social Sciences

Up one level
Material could include these and related topics: anthropology, archaeology, education, geography, history, languages, psychology, sociology, communications, media, recreation.
Health care is topic for Oregon Economic Forum in Bend
May 22 event features experts speaking on health-related issues at local, state and national levels
Oregon's immigration issues to be focus of UO conference
Leaders from 20 organizations to discuss topics that surfaced during two years of community outreach
Universities, agencies collaborate on Atlas of Yellowstone project
First of its kind atlas to capture 200 years of exploration and research
Seattle architect to discuss Pacific Northwest architecture during Portland, Eugene lectures
James Cutler brings harmony of materials and environment to his work.
Two UO faculty selected as 2008 Guggenheim Fellows
Shawn R. Lockery, biology, and Philip W. Scher, anthropology, are among 190 U.S. & Canadian artists, scientists and scholars chosen this year
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.
Researchers, led by UO archaeologist, find pre-Clovis human DNA
Discoveries by Dennis Jenkins from Oregon's Paisley Caves validate claims made years ago by UO anthropologist Luther Cressman
National survey ranks UO grad programs in education, law among top 10
 
100 years of protecting Oregon’s workers summarized in new study
UO's Bob Bussel, by invitation, looks at Oregon's Bureau of Labor and Industries, leader by leader
Counselors should target discrimination and be advocates for transgender clients
University of Oregon doctoral students address workplace and psychological issues for overlooked population
Korean adoptees in U.S. seek identity via peers or cultural exploration
University of Oregon study traces early adulthood experiences of many early-to-arrive adoptees
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
UO psychologists partnering with Chinese counterparts
Relationship is leading to a formal faculty exchange between University of Oregon and Beijing Normal University
Intensive interventions boost at-risk first-graders' reading development
Review of extra-help approaches in Oregon and Texas schools shows early support makes a big difference
Woodburn, Oregon: a microcosm of immigrant shifts in America
University of Oregon geographer details economic and social changes in communities receiving immigrants
Sociologist, administrator selected as dean of UO College of Arts & Sciences
 
Parental intervention boosts education of kids at high risk of failure
University of Oregon neuroscientists in Helen Neville's Brain Development Lab are using basic research findings to address real world problems, especially socioeconomic stumbling blocks
Fund for Faculty Excellence honors University of Oregon elite
 
Research team, including UO prof, finds that donor funds for orphans often misdirected
 
People matter, too, when looking at climate change
Ron Mitchell, a political scientist at the University of Oregon, is part of an initiative promoting interdisciplinary action through his role in DISCCRS, a National Science Foundation-funded project
PMR Affiliations

PMR is located within the UO Division of Advancement and part of the Office of Public and Government Affairs.

Other affiliated offices are:

Development

Trademark Management

Creative Publishing

Government and Community Relations

Science/Research Blog

Jim Barlow -- blog art photoVisit  PMR's SciBlog, an informal look at research news.

Science in the Northwest now has central Web showcase

Logo for Science Northwest, a collaborative regional news site for leading academic research institutions

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!

UO News Archive

Click here to enter the archives for news release produced after Sept. 24, 2007

All previous archives

 
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

Eugen08logo.jpg

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.

 


Personal tools