Douglas Hofstadter, who earned his MS (’72) and PhD (’75) in physics at the UO, has been elected to the American Philosophical Society, the oldest learned society in the United States. (Left: A colorized image of "Hofstadter's Butterfly," a fractal discovered by Douglas Hofstadter when he was at the UO.)
On display in the second floor student lounge in Deady Hall are four stained glass windows designed by David Jordan and his father while David was a senior math major at the UO (fall/winter 2005).
One of the best-kept secrets on the UO campus is the Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC), a non-profit activity
housed in Information Services that provides technical assistance to universities and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in developing countries.
Cerebral palsy (CP) has deep and lasting effects on a child’s quality of life, but human physiology has hit on something that could permanently improve mobility even in severe cases. Graduate student Sandra Saavedra studies spinal control in normal infants as part of her research into interventions for CP.
The Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) turns 50 this year, and a celebration is planned for October.
Read about a UO alum's provocative book, plus his further explorations into cognition.
Find out why Mark Thoma's economics blog is a must-read.
Read the Q&A from our lively humanities roundtable and/or listen to the entire discussion.
Add your own remembrance and learn about the reinstated dollar check-off (a Klonoski point of pride).
The last two years have been turbulent, even by Pakistan's standards.
Watch Ian McNeely's talk at Google, Inc. and read a chapter from his book, Reinventing Knowledge.
Check out the dazzling "math windows" in Deady Hall.
A while back, in a city that shall remain nameless, lived a media mogul, his trophy wife, and their daughter...
Watch video interviews with engineers who came to the UO for a computer networking workshop.
