April 13, 2023 Distributed annually by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, Faculty Research Awards support scholarship, creative projects and quantitative or qualitative research from all disciplinary backgrounds. “I congratulate all the 2023 awardees, who include ...

UO particle physicist appointed to national panel

Tien-Tien Yu, particle physicist and associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed a member of the P5, or Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel, an advisory group convened approximately every 10 years by the ...

Ray Frey has been honored as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in recognition of his leadership in several areas leading to gravitational wave detection, including the effects of environmental influences on the LIGO detectors and the searches for gravitational waves associated with ...

UO physicist gets rare staff position at CERN atom smasher

Around the O    May 24, 2022 – 8:43am UO physics professor Tim Cohen has become the second researcher from a U.S. institution ever to join the staff at the European Organization for Nuclear Research ...

Around the O February 14, 2022 – 2:03pm Two assistant professors of physics at the University of Oregon have landed prized National Science Foundation research grants, funding their projects for the next four years. Ben Farr and Jayson Paulose have been awarded $400,000 and $593,407, ...

Physics of cilia explain sperm’s successful swimming

Around the O January 18, 2022 – 5:00am Sperm can’t claim all the credit for their strong swimming. Carpets of tiny hairs lining the inside of the fallopian tubes give them an extra boost, propelling them upwards. Now, UO theoretical ...

Around the O  December 13, 2021 – 5:00am Three University of Oregon physicists are able to continue their mission to uncover the fundamental secrets of the universe, thanks to continued funding from the U.S. Department of Energy. The department’s high energy physics program awarded $1.28 ...

Around the O  December 1, 2021 – 5:00am While light can’t escape the monstrous gravity of a black hole, that hasn’t kept researchers on a team that includes UO scientists from taking a big step forward in the effort to reveal their secrets. UO researchers are a key part of LIGO, an ...

Addressing a Gap in Our Knowledge of Black Holes

By Tarini Konchady on 20 August 2021 One way for black holes to form is in supernovae, or the deaths of massive stars. However, our current knowledge of stellar evolution and supernovae suggests that black holes with masses between 55 and 120 ...

UO ranks second in the nation for Gilman Scholarships

June 2, 2021 – 1:42pm Thirty University of Oregon students have been named as recipients of the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, shattering the school record for selections in one ...