2018 WAS BIG.

4,043 views · Published 20 December 2018 · 0:41 · Indexed 12 October 2026

Channel: University of Oregon · 2018 · Education

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What a year it’s been for the University of Oregon.

We said goodbye to the class of ’18, and welcomed the class of ’22. We opened new and renovated halls, and broke ground on new buildings and a new science campus.

In March, campus officials broke ground on the $1 billion Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. The first phase of the project is set to open in early 2020. https://accelerate.uoregon.edu/ 
https://youtu.be/Wmpw_mYRzPQ 

Sea pickles are here to stay. Also known as pyrosomes, these tubular colonial jellies first showed up on Pacific Northwest shores in 2014, and now appear to be settling in for the long haul, according to research by UO marine biologist Kelly Sutherland and her graduate student Hilarie Sorensen. 
https://around.uoregon.edu/content/sea-pickles-are-settling-pacific-northwest

A southern Oregon trail dating to the Ice Age may have been a byway used by families of mammoths, research by UO paleontologist Greg Retallack and others suggests. 
https://youtu.be/2R7OP8MIBxU

Read all the 2018 highlights at https://around.uoregon.edu/content/moments-milestones-discoveries

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