Departments
Earth: Understanding the Planet
Glass Half Full (roughly speaking)
The next time you sip a glass of spring water, consider this: Before it got to your lips, that water was soaking through soil, creeping along basalt crevices or flowing through porous volcanic rock. More…
Innovation: Promoting Entrepreneurship and Invention
More Than Machines
Educating tomorrow’s electrical engineers has come to this: Teamwork, creativity and ownership are as important as the principles of theory and design. More… 
Oregon Online
Have you ever tried to imagine how the Willamette Valley will look when your grandchildren are grown? Now you can go beyond imagining. More…
Heady Discovery
Under the rosy glow of deep-red lights, a panel of tasters swirl, sniff and sip mystery beers from dark-red glasses. On rating sheets, they note hints of lemon, straw, tea, smoke, malt, soy, sulfide, even dirty sweat socks. More…
Inquiry: Exploring the Arts and Sciences
The Priority of Story
In the modern university, the academic and spiritual quests for understanding appear to be in conflict: the rational versus the mystical. The natural versus the supernatural. The intellectual versus the intuitive. Mind versus heart. More…
Stewardship: Managing Nature’s Resources
Great Blue Engine
The ocean shimmers to the curved rim of the Earth. Pressing her face against the jetliner window, Dawn Wright scans the azure expanse for a glimpse of her destination, a tiny volcanic archipelago that is barely a blip in the vast South Pacific. More…
Student Research: Preparing for the Future
Dreaming of Hurricanes
When Kim Johnson was 8 years old, she would race through her school work so she could watch the Weather Channel. More…
Found in Translation
Words and language have always fascinated Michael Goodman. More…
Cyberforest Unplugged
A solution for sore backs: a wireless sensor net. (8-31-07) More…
Vitality: Advancing Life Sciences
Caring for the Caregivers
The typical middle-aged woman takes care of everybody in her household except one — herself. The consequences of this benevolent self-neglect can be dire: chronic disease, even death. More…
