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Up one levelA 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.
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
From English major to Greenpeace to White House-recognized evolutionary biologist
University of Oregon's Joe Thornton was lured into a career pursuing his science through his political activism
UO's Postlethwait is co-winner of Medical Research Foundation's 2007 Discovery Award
Neuroscientist recognized for his role in advancing zebrafish as a model organism for studying human health and disease
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
UO's Hodder, Institute of Marine Biology lead new ocean education center
COSEE Pacific Partnerships also includes Hawaii, California and Washington marine institutions, with a goal to create projects that promote ocean education to the general public
Hutchison to talk "green nano" to Congressional Nanotechnology Caucus
As invited speaker, UO chemist Jim Hutchison will tell how a green chemistry approach can be used to make new nanotechnologies environmentally friendly in a talk designed to help Congress move toward a renewed 21st Century Nanotechnology Act in 2008
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.