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Americans & the economy: Angry feelings, fear exceeds terrorism risk
In three days that began the current crisis, research team in Oregon tracked the pulse of a worried nation
Meet Dean Michael Bullis
Since arriving at the University of Oregon as a faculty member, Michael Bullis has been a leader. Now he speaks out on why the college is the place to be
Spotlight on Education
Special Office of Communications feature package opens a few windows on the University of Oregon's highly ranked College of Education, featuring videos with Dean Bullis and three stories
CDC grant boosts UO program that addresses children's behaviors
Effectiveness of 'Family Check-Up' with Portland-area families to be monitored over three years
UO's Murray was expelled from school, now he focuses on keeping kids there
In tough, poor, urban school districts, student-teacher relationships really do matter, he says
Overcoming the complexities of everyday language
UO's Nippold says tapping a student's interests may help boost communication skills
Can Oregon businesses compete globally?
State's transportation infrastructure is target of fifth-annual Oregon Economic Forum in Portland
'No time to lose' to start thinking sustainability
UO's Doppelt pens forward-looking book as a roadmap to alter thinking to meet worldwide climate challenge
Cemetery recovery complete at Sacred Heart's RiverBend campus
UO archaeologists find forgotten remains, 12 graves and artifacts on land of pioneering Springfield family
Bone parts don't add up to conclusion of Palauan dwarfs
University of Oregon skeletal and dental expert Greg Nelson helps rebut recent widely publicized claims of Hobbit-like humans on Palau some 2,000 years ago
Museum of Natural and Cultural History breaks ground for new wing
Landmark expansion needed to safeguard Oregon's ancient treasures
University of Oregon receives publication's highest honors for sustainability
UO makes The Princeton Review's "Green Rating Honor Roll."
Members of consumer-driven health plans choosing less care
CDHP participants may be at risk by discontinuing meds for serious chronic conditions, University of Oregon-led studies find
Clark Honors College's creative arts journal to be released June 6
Student-produced publication this year holds 'some amazing talent,' says editor-in-chief
UO's immigration report reviews historical record and offers recommendations
Co-authors, from various academic fields, say lack of national action leaves immigration challenges to local and state levels
An appeal in Auschwitz
University of Oregon psychology professor Paul Slovic to speak in Poland, with a call for the international community to justify inaction when genocide is obvious
First steps in Eugene lead to big reductions of greenhouse gas emissions
Carbon footprints decline by two tons per person in first year's use of UO's Climate Master program
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
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What makes the University of Oregon a special and unique place? How do we share this information with the rest of the world?

These are the questions the university’s Integrated Marketing and Strategic Communications Task Force (IMSC) has been charged with answering. Read more about the effort HERE.

 
UO physicist Dave Soper to share a top 2009 APS prize

UO physics professor Dave Soper is a 2009 winner of the J.J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Physics. He will share the prize with John Collins (Penn State) and Keith Ellis (Fermilab) when presented formally in May during the American Physical Society's annual meeting in Denver. Soper was cited for his "work in perturbative quantum chromodynamics, including applications to problems pivotal to the interpretation of high-energy particle collisions." Quantum chromodynamics is a theory of strong nuclear interactions among quarks -- fundamental constituents of matter.

The prize honors J.J. Sakarai, a Japanese-American particle physicist who authored leading textbooks on quantum mechanics and the principles of elementary particles during a career at the University of Chicago and UCLA. This year's winners bring the total numbers of honorees to 36, including three who later won the Nobel Prize.

UO's Hutchison is part of ACS's touting of global sustainability via chemistry

Face shot of Jim HutchisonCheck out Jim Hutchison's participation in an American Chemical Society production of its "Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions" Podcast, in which the society says: "Faced with concerns about dwindling petroleum supplies and environmental pollution, we must begin to consume in a new and more sustainable way." (Listen in)

Also, still available is a report featuring Hutchison by ScienCentral: Some are calling it a revolution in manufacturing technology. But, will nanotechnology be a "green" industry? It’s a question that some scientists are saying needs to be answered now, before nanotech goes big-time. (Check it out)

Sense of entitlement? Not in faces at military base, writes UO's Tom Bivins

Tom Bivins UO journalism professor Tom Bivins, sipping coffee and watching youthful faces at San Antonio's Fort Sam Houston, says the often-discussed "sense of entitlement" thought to exist in today's college-aged students was absent among like-aged faces wearing U.S. Army uniforms. His comments appear in a commentary in The Oregonian. (Read it)

Investors worried, tuned into news reports, UO psychologists tell Wall Street Journal writer

Paul Slovic mug shot    Two with University of Oregon ties named to new FDA risk advisory panel

Since 2001, investors’ comfort zone with their stocks has nose-dived from little worry about negative returns to growing worry about their stocks going nowhere for maybe a decade, reports UO psychologist Paul Slovic in an interview with Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Zweig about today’s economy. In same article, UO psychologist Ellen Peters notes that American investors are spending a lot of time following, especially on TV news, the economic turmoil. Zweig’s column, however, carries the message that those who have some cash and can conquer their stock-phobia may be a good position, likening their potential investments to a venture in emerging markets. (Read story – may require paid subscription)

 

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