University of Oregon

Research by UO seismologist and earth sciences professor Douglas Toomey is shaping a new set of policy agendas designed to help Oregon prepare for a Cascadia earthquake and other natural disasters.

Two newly launched University of Oregon projects, funded by separate federal agencies, will help better understand the effects of rising temperatures and changing precipitation patterns on both native plants and forage crops in prairies and pastures from California to Washington State.

With a couple of chemical tweaks, University of Oregon chemists have taken a step forward in efforts to harness organic molecules as a cheaper alternative to traditional silicon-based conductors in digital storage devices.

UO scientists have found brain cells needed for zebrafish to socialize, a discovery that could help establish the small fish as a model organism for advancing research on autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia.

University of Oregon researchers have found clues from seismic waves that shed new light on the location, frequency, and strength of earthquakes along the Cascadia Subduction Zone.

Rising seas threaten more than 4,000 miles of buried fiber optic cables in densely populated U.S. coastal regions, with Seattle being one of three cities at most risk of internet disruptions, according to a University of Oregon scientist.

Three AAU University presidents - from the University of Michigan, the University of Oregon and The Ohio State University - answer the question: If you had to devise just one tool or metric to help the general public assess the value of a particular college or degree, what would it be and why?

Researchers are trying to take the bite out of disease-spreading mosquitoes by incapacitating their biting gene.

University of Oregon President Michael H. Schill argues that protesting students who associate universities with fascism are misguided in this article on the Opinion page of The New York Times.