Science & Technology Articles

Spring 2024

Building Better Brain Implants

Researcher Felix Deku is designing tech to relieve symptoms of Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and depression

Spring 2024 Duck Life

Escaping the Taliban, She Fights for Education and Women

Saghar Salehi fled her homeland and landed at the UO to study and fight for women in Afghanistan

Winter 2024 Duck Life

Finding Herself, Thousands of Miles from Home

From the classroom to the lab to a global health internship, Dante’ James has excelled while exploring what it means to be mixed race

Autumn 2023 Duck Life

National Science Conference Has Diversity at Its STEM

UO students found camaraderie, career paths, and more at major conference in Portland

Autumn 2023

At an Ancient Site, Holding Hands across History

New proof shows the earliest North Americans found to date lived in Oregon

Autumn 2023

Data Detective Cracks Mysteries in Biology

In her lab and research, Rori Rohlfs uses data science skills to move toward social justice

Spring 2023

An Aquarium Fish That Became a Supermodel

Video: The zebrafish makes waves worldwide as a research aid, thanks to UO scientists

Spring 2023

Tiny Worms and Time Machines

Imaginative breakthrough in gene editing could speed development of new drugs

Spring 2022 Duck Life

UO Alumna Part of Webb Space Telescope Team

Charity Woodrum overcame personal tragedy to pursue a career in space physics