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CAS Program Inspires Kids

Remembering her boring high school biology class, Lacey Whitwer, 15, wasn't thrilled about spending a summer morning at UO staring into a microscope.

Will Do Calculus for Food

A colored representation of a worm's path through the ground

Purple marks the beginning
of one worm's search for food.
When the line turns red, the
worm has arrived at its next meal.

Travel to 18th Century Rome (Online)

Today, anyone can travel back to 18th century Rome with the aid of modern technology.


 

Preserving a Dying Language

Two people sit on a couchStarting this fall UO students
can learn one of the Northwest's
original languages and at the same
time help preserve it from extinction.

Media Abuzz Over Fossil Feces

A man wearing a face mask, holding fossils in forceps

Who could have guessed that the UO archaeology story to get the most play this year would revolve around ancient excrement?

'Slanguage' Arts

If you hear your Eugene Starbucks barista mention a "black ball," they're not referring to the newest coffee drink on the menu.

Support Innovation, Get a Tax Credit

Two UO science projects are the first to receive funding through private gifts to the new University Venture Development Fund (UVDF).

Online Extras

Slanguage Arts

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Check out the complete UO Slang Dictionary.

Real Research, Real People

A video iconLearn about ongoing research in human physiology.

Immigration in Oregon

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Read the full report on the state's immigration history.

 

Pre's Rock Pilgrimage

btn_video_color_fixed.gifWatch videos of visitors to the runner's roadside shrine.

Memoir Roundtable

audio_icon.gifListen to CAS literary thinkers debate the pitfalls of memoir.

Daily Life in a Nairobi Slum

photo_icon.gifWatch and listen to a slideshow of photos by children in Kenya.

Will Nano be Green?

btn_video_color_fixed.gifWatch a video of chemistry professor Jim Hutchinson.