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A fire burns a hillside at night beside a river, off the surface of which the light of the fire is reflected.
Research
May 7, 2025
Research Seed Grant program awards grants to six projects
Funding goes to projects studying anti-inflammatory neural probes, wildfire’s effects on toxic soil contaminants, and markers of stress over the lifespan.
Arts and Sciences Biology Earth sciences Environmental Studies Global health Knight Campus Psychology Wildfire
Portrait of Nico Burns in a field
Ducks Discover
March 7, 2025
Plant genetics, talking mushrooms, and brain plasticity: Summers well spent
Undergraduate research is a highlight of many students’ experiences at the University of Oregon.
Arts and Sciences Biology Honors College Human physiology Institute of Ecology and Evolution Mental Health Microscopy Neuroscience Psychology Undergraduate Research Wildfire
The cut end of a felled tree shows burn marks extending from the bark to inner rings.
Research
April 15, 2024
The future of fire: Preparing communities and ecosystems
Interdisciplinary UO research reveals strategies to fortify communities and ecosystems against escalating wildfire threats while developing proactive management solutions for people, places, and pollinators alike.
Center for Wildfire Smoke Research and Practice Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments Institute of Ecology and Evolution Wildfire
A downward slopping wildflower meadow with pine trees, mountains, and blue sky with clouds beyond.
Research
October 4, 2023
Trees tell tales of past land stewardship in the western Cascades
In the temperate rainforests of Oregon’s western Cascades, the trees tell tales of the past.
Anthropology Arts and Sciences Community Engagement Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments Land Management Machine learning Wildfire
A portrait of Zoey Bailey, who is holding a square frame made of plastic PVC pipe, standing in front of a field of sagebrush at sunset.
Ducks Discover
March 27, 2023
Pacific Crest through-hike sparks interest in fire ecology
Environmental science major Zoey Bailey studies how wildfires affect the “seed bank” of sub-surface seeds in scorched soil.
Environmental Studies Honors College Institute of Ecology and Evolution Land Management Undergraduate Research Wildfire