News Archive

A young woman sits at a table wearing gloves and using a pipette.
Ducks Discover
October 15, 2024
Exploring ketamine's potential for reducing Alzheimer’s symptoms
Olivia Estes, VPRI undergraduate summer fellow and biology major, is one of multiple people on campus conducting science that may one day help treat Alzheimer's disease.
Arts and Sciences Biology Mental Health Undergraduate Research
A diagram of cats shows how small RNA pathways contribute to gene expression in offspring
Ducks Discover
October 14, 2024
Career paths and RNA pathways
Undergraduate research experiences help students explore interests and consider career options.
Arts and Sciences Biology Undergraduate Research
A concrete walkway leads past Allen Hall on the University of Oregon campus.
Ducks Discover
October 3, 2024
“Science isn’t finished until it’s communicated”
Students receive “real world” science communications training and learn about UO research in the process.
Journalism and Communication
Research participant sits in a chair and has an electroencephalogram (EEG) cap placed on their head.
Ducks Discover
September 27, 2024
Is ‘awe’ the new psychedelic?
UO researchers are studying if certain emotions have the same neurological effects as psychedelic drugs.
Arts and Sciences Human physiology Institute of Neuroscience Mental Health
any small arrows form an image of a swirling vortex and lines along a flat plane. The arrows are colored in red and blue to represent the direction of travel.
Ducks Discover
September 26, 2024
What skyrmions could tell us about natural phenomena
A UO physicist is investigating unique magnetic field patterns and their possible connection to hurricanes and black holes.
Arts and Sciences Center for Advanced Materials Characterization in Oregon Physics
Man holds a small metal sensor in between his fingers to demonstrate the technology.
Ducks Discover
September 13, 2024
Supporting injury recovery through sensors 
Keat Ghee Ong’s lab is developing sensors that measure the amount of force applied to an area on the body.
Arts and Sciences Biosensors engineering for human performance Knight Campus Startup
Lazar Isakharov uses a pipette to transfer material in a lab.
Ducks Discover
September 11, 2024
Undergraduate researcher investigates zinc and Alzheimer’s disease
VPRI Undergraduate Summer Fellow Lazar Isakharov is researching the potential of dietary zinc to prevent the increasingly common disease.
Arts and Sciences Honors College Human physiology Undergraduate Research