The Sport and Wellness Issue
From athletic performance to product design, UO people, programs, and expertise light paths to health and well-being.
Volume 102 Number 4. Illustration by David Gill.
Volume 102 Number 4. Illustration by David Gill.
Summer 2023
Education, Health & Wellness
Teens’ Outdoor Time May Do Inner Good
Being outside could help reduce youth stress, and a new study is using tech tools to measure the benefits
Art, Design & LiteratureDuck Life
Taking the Reins, Budding Designers Gain Experience
Portland-based product design students drew inspiration from projects to improve horse-centered therapy
Sports & Fitness
Academics, Athletics Merge to Improve Performance
Researchers and experts from different fields are crossing campus, joining together, and changing the game
Fighting Hunger from the Willamette Valley
Food law expert Michael Fakhri addresses issues, starting with seeds and rising to corporate practices
Healthy Schools are Key to Health Promotion
Faculty and programs of the College of Education improve children’s education and their well-being
A Shot in the Dark
Josh Frankel was the backup to the backup when, against USC in 1999, his number was called
Wrestle Wolves. Regale Trees. It’s Self-Care the Viking Way.
Thorfinn from the CBS series “Ghosts”—aka Devan Long—offers tips for being fit as a pirate Norseman
Six Ways to Kick a Bad Mood
Tips from psychologist Ruth Ellingsen will put the skip back in your step
Letters: Travel and Running are Keys to Better Living
Responding to an OQ survey, readers divulge the ingredients to their secret sauce
Writer’s Devotion Dates to Nursing Program, Tall Firs
An OQ writer has been a devotee of the magazine since the days the Tall Firs roamed the courts
Happiness 101
In the classroom and outside it, neuroscientist David McCormick is leading UO's mindfulness revolution
The Essential Beauty of Fractal Patterns
Video: The repeating patterns in nature are important in managing stress, UO professors say
Religious Scholar Courts Controversy with “Creating the Qur’an”
Stephen Shoemaker challenges claims adopted by Muslims and non-Muslims alike