UO Scientific Endeavors
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Science and research isn't always about published findings. There also are stories about the people, as well as the departments, institutes, laboratories and centers where faculty and staff pursue their interests and theories.
This section is designed to cover some of these many pursuits.
Green chemistry cooks up a national award for UO doctoral student
Lallie McKenzie is given the 2008 Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Award for green chemistry, becoming the second national winner from Jim Hutchison's green chemistry/nanotechnology laboratory
UO scientist boosts search for Crab Pulsar's gravitational waves
Robert Schofield’s ‘crab-protection’ techniques improve the sensitivity of LIGO’s gravitational wave observatories by reducing interference
Session on myths and facts to kick off UO's immigration conference
The Latino experience in Oregon is the focus of two-day event, May 22-23, at the Knight Law Center
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
Working group for California's earthquake report includes UO's Weldon
Group's conclusions focus mainly on California, but also cite 10 percent chance for 8-plus quake off Oregon coast
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
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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