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Three computer stations with people sitting at them or walking past them seen through glass doors.
Ducks Discover
November 8, 2023
Becoming instrumental
Technical expertise, hands-on training key features of materials analysis graduate program housed in UO core facility.
Center for Advanced Materials Characterization in Oregon Chemistry Microscopy
A microscope image of shocked quartz, which shows a diagonal black line across the surface of a quartz crystal.
Ducks Discover
November 2, 2023
Rock shock
What a black line in a chunk of quartz can tell us about meteorite impact at historically important sites.
Center for Advanced Materials Characterization in Oregon Earth sciences
A large group of students surrounding Ernesto Martínez who is holding a painted guitar.
Ducks Discover
October 2, 2023
A song for everyone: Reimagining Latinx traditions for queer children through books and film
A University of Oregon professor authored a book and films to increase inclusivity for children who might otherwise not see themselves represented by their culture’s traditions.
Arts and Sciences Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies Center for the Study of Women in Society Child/youth Community Engagement Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies
Two women in lab coats and glasses in a chemistry lab work under a fume hood.
Ducks Discover
June 16, 2023
Undergraduate research program serves as career launch pad
Presidential Undergraduate Research Scholars alumni earn placement at top graduate programs and are selected for competitive fellowships.
Chemistry Computer science Earth sciences Physics Undergraduate Research
A five-panel comic depicting a man canoeing down a river under the surface of which can be seen very large fish. In the final two panels he is shooting one of the fish with a bow and arrow.
Ducks Discover
May 24, 2023
Sound symbolism in Indigenous storytelling
Examining ideophonic imagery in Werikyana creation story as a part of a 30-year language revitalization partnership.
Arts and Sciences Community Engagement Linguistics
Printed pages of text show color-coded markups by a student performing text analysis.
Ducks Discover
April 3, 2023
Humanities Undergraduate Research Fellows selected
Seven University of Oregon undergraduate students dedicate 16 weeks to conducting humanities research as part of distinguished fellowship program.
Humanities Oregon Humanities Center Undergraduate Research
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