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Research funding grows
Most of the $75 million
of federal funds went
to studies of neuroscience
and molecular biology
Arwen Ungar
Freelance Reporter
Federal funding for research at the
University reached an all-time high
of more than #75 million for 2001
02, according to an annual Universi
ty report. Funding for the year was
nearly 30 percent more than the
2000-01 fiscal year.
The three agencies providing the
largest amount of funding are the
U.S. Department of Health and Hu
man Services, the U.S. Department
of Education and the National Sci
ence Foundation, said Rich Linton,
vice president for research and grad
uate studies at the University.
The institutes of neuroscience
and molecular biology received the
most grant money, followed by the
psychology department.
“The increase in funding is attrib
utable to a combo of federal agencies
receiving an increase in budget, and
our faculty being successful in re
ceiving grants,” Linton said. The
added funding also could provide
money for new buildings, and will al
locate more money for faculty pay.
“The increase in funding certain
ly makes budget cuts less of a prob
lem,” said Gary Chaffins, director
and contracting officer for the office
of research and administration. He
said faculty research gains the most
funding, but it is also used to hire un
dergraduates to work in offices and
to assist in teaching needs.
Bill Cresko, a research associate at
the University, said he was excited
that more funding would soon
be available.
“It’s a nice surprise,” Cresko said.
Cresko researches the stickleback, a
fish he hopes will turn out to be as
valuable a tool as the zebra fish.
“Because of federal funding, we’ve
been able to start research projects
and gather information that we
wouldn’t have been able to do other
wise,” Cresko said. About 10 to 15
undergraduates work in the lab. The
funding also allowed Gresko to buy
fish tanks, train new students and
may include some renovations.
The money will allow researchers
to concentrate on science rather
than thinking of ways for scrimping
and saving, Gresko said.
“Without external funding, none
of the equipment would be here, ex
cept the space,” Gresko said.
“This is huge for undergraduates,”
Marc Rothgery said, a biology major
working on his honors thesis. “We
have the opportunity to get a real
science background in the labs.”
Tracy Norris, a postdoctoral re
search associate who received a
grant last year, is working on the
desiccation tolerance in a group of
photosynthetic bacteria known as
cyanobacteria. “Grants allow re
searchers like myself to be able to
study the basic questions of sci
ence that have led to almost all
technological and medical ad
vances,” Norris said.
Arwen Ungar is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
Foster
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computers. He was a driving force in
the development of sequential im
agery and visual design programs;
these courses became the founda
tion for the multimedia major.
Along with his involvement in the
art department, Foster also cultivat
ed an interest in teaching cross-dis
ciplinary studies. He taught classes
in architecture and art education
and in the Clark Honors College.
After his retirement in 1990, Fos
ter continued his involvement with
the University. He maintained con
tact through substitute teaching and
guest lecturing. Former student
David Guynes established the David
G. Foster endowment fund to en
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courage innovation and creativity in
the fine arts.
Foster grew up during the De
pression and served as an officer in
the U.S. Army during World War II.
He attended Willamette Universi
ty, along with the University and
the prestigious New Bauhaus,
which later became part of the Illi
nois Institute of Technology. Fos
ter also started Iron Rose Studio, a
production house for short films
and publications.
Foster exemplified change and
embraced new technology with vigor
and enthusiasm. During the 1950s,
he bought one of the first Volkswa
gens in Eugene and later converted a
VW van into a fully functional com
puter graphic workstation.
“He called the computer an in
strument of change,” said O’Con
nell. “He said it wasn’t like a toaster
or a radio. He just kept evolving as
the world changed.”
Professor Emeritus David Foster is
survived by his sister, Genevieve
Courtesy
Luck; and three nieces, Dianne Bass,
Judy Morse and Susan Roberts.
Memorial contributions can be
made to the David G. Foster En
dowed Fund, payable to the Univer
sity of Oregon Foundation, RO. Box
3346, Eugene, OR 97403.
Aimee Rudin is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
Courtesy
Professor Emeritus David Foster, who taught at the University for more than three
decades, works with a video synthesizer, a tool he used to teach students in his
motion graphics class howto create special effects.
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