November 1, 2024 – Whether in schools, healthcare, or in the home, UO's Prevention Science Institute (PSI) helps individuals and communities enact lasting behavioral change to prevent some of the most important problems we face in society. Beth Stormshak, PSI’s director and Philip H. Knight chair and professor gives expert commentary.

October 25, 2024 – UO’s research enterprise grew in fiscal year 2023-24 across all disciplines with $178 million in new awards. 35% of federal funding came from the Department of Education, and faculty in the College of Education received high-impact awards including $24.5 million in funding renewals.

October 2, 2024 – Early adolescence, roughly ages 10 to 13, is a unique time in development where young people experience rapid social, cognitive, and emotional changes. In a new research brief authored by Lorry Lokey Chair in Education Leslie Leve, the National Scientific Council on Adolescence (NSCA) provides research-based recommendations for educators to promote positive mental health in their classrooms.

September 24, 2024 – Researchers will test the Early Learning Matters Curriculum’s efficacy in a multistate, five-year project led by Sara Schmitt, Bricker-Squires Faculty Chair in Early Intervention and an associate professor in the College of Education at the University of Oregon.

September 5, 2024 – In the latest edition of the College of Education's Research Briefly, Evergreen Associate Professor Liz Budd, PhD, discusses her project that focuses on addressing health disparities within Latinx communities.

July 15, 2024 – Sara Schmitt, Bricker/Squires Faculty Chair in Early Intervention and Associate Professor in the College of Education, has been awarded a $4 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences to evaluate the Early Learning Matters curriculum. The grant supports a multi-state project involving seven universities to address disparities in access to high-quality early childhood education.

July 3, 2024 – The University of Oregon may be one of the newest members of the Big Ten conference, but UO scientists have long partnered on research with peers at Big Ten schools. Featuring the work of Sara Schmitt Associate Professor, Bricker-Squires Faculty Chair in Early Intervention and Leslie Leve Professor and Lorry Lokey Chair in Education.

July 2, 2024 – Professors Beth Stormshak, PhD, and Leslie Leve, PhD, work within the Center of Parenting and Opioids, a center focused on using prevention science to help families during the ongoing opioid crisis.

June 27, 2024 – A 4-day school week is a reality for some, and researchers at the University of Oregon have developed a hub that breaks down detailed research on the effects it has.

June 12, 2024 – Researchers at UO identified those gaps as they created a comprehensive, searchable database of 111 empirical studies on four-day school weeks. Sean Grant, PhD, a research associate professor at PSI, helped compile the HEDCO research dashboard.