Oregon State University

Study: Young women with sexy social media photos seen as less competent

2014-07-14

Girls and young women who post sexy or revealing photos on social media sites such as Facebook are viewed by their female peers as less physically and socially attractive and less competent to perform tasks, a new study from Oregon State University indicates.

OSU’s 13th president leaves legacy of university expansion and success

2014-07-10

Paul Risser, the 13th president of Oregon State University from 1996 to late 2002, died Thursday in Norman, Oklahoma. He was 74. He was president through a period of enrollment growth, new facilities, expanded fund raising, renewed athletic success and the creation of the OSU-Cascades Campus.

Video games could provide venue for exploring sustainability concepts

2014-07-01

Could playing video games help people understand and address global sustainability issues such as pollution, drought or climate change? At least two researchers believe so, outlining their argument in a concept paper published in the journal “First Monday.”

Oregon honeybee losses continue at economically unsustainable rate, OSU survey finds

2014-06-30

More than one in five commercial honeybee hives in Oregon did not survive last winter, continuing a financially challenging trend for professional beekeepers.

Research may yield new ways to treat antibiotic-resistant TB

2014-06-27

Scientists in the United States and India have successfully modified the precursor to one of the drugs used to treat tuberculosis, an important first step toward new drugs that can transcend antibiotic resistance issues that experts consider a serious threat to global health.