Dads Do Dishes
We've all seen the "doofus" dad on TV. From Ozzy Osbourne to Homer Simpson, these dads are depicted as incapable of completing even the most mundane household and child-rearing tasks.
Social Sciences
Urban Paradise - The Exquisite Chinese Export
It's a space for reflection, where raindrops fall on the broad, shiny leaves of banana trees, where the scent of osmanthus blossoms finds you -- sitting in a shaded nook you happened upon unexpectedly.
New Confucius Institute
The UO has many layers of educational ties with China: scholarly research, study abroad, scientific exchange, faculty recruitment and more. Now the relationship deepens with the founding of the UO Confucius Institute.
Dalai Lama To Ask Bill Harbaugh: Where's The Love (In Economics)?
UO economist Bill Harbaugh is interested in how pleasure can be derived from being charitable. This makes his work of interest to no less than the Dalai Lama.
Love, Marriage and the Law
A young, sharp-dressed white man crosses a busy street on the way to dinner, arm-in-arm with his African-American wife. Today, some may look, while others won't even notice.
The Sea That Used to Be
The seeds of Jon Erlandson's big theory were first planted in his childhood, while diving, swimming and sailing off the coasts of California and Hawaii.
Visions of Mongolia
Soaring mountains, windswept tundra and haunting stone monuments highlight thousands of photographs from the Altai Mountains of Mongolia gathered during a UO project spanning nearly 20 years of research.
Kazakh man and his grandson. Photo: Gary Tepfer
Online Extras
Sing Along With A Mt. St. Helens Ballad
When the volcano erupted, a UO professor discovered that local residents consoled themselves through song.
What's Your Story?
Where were you on May 18, 1980? Got a Mt. St. Helens tale to tell?
Suspended Animation
Watch Mark Roth's talk on "hibernation on demand" at the recent TED Conference.Peer Into Alan Alda's Brain
Join UO neuroscientists as they bring the host of the PBS series, The Human Spark into their brain research lab. Autism and Animals
Temple Grandin, perhaps the world's best known person with autism, drew an overflow crowd to her UO talk.
Once In a Lifetime
That's how Roger Jacob describes his chance to study his tribal language, Sahaptin, with Yakama elder Virginia Beavert.
From Chechnya, With Love
Watch a slideshow about Elena Rodina's journalistic globetrotting, from the Arctic Circle to Cuba.