Breaking news– Dr. Dan Arp of the Botany and Plant Pathology Department has been tapped to replace the outgoing Dr. Joe Hendricks as Dean of the University Honors College. From the OSU press release: CORVALLIS, Ore. – A longtime plant microbiology researcher who holds the highest academic rank possible for faculty at Oregon State University [...]
From the Corvallis Gazette Times: If your destination is the winner’s stand at an NCAA women’s swimming championship, you can get there from here. Junior Saori Haruguchi became Oregon State’s first national-champion swimmer this past Saturday by capturing the 200-yard butterfly in a school-record 1:52:39. And the excitement from that victory continued to build on [...]
Our condolences go out to Mitch Canham, former OSU baseball player and his family. His brother Dustin, a Marine stationed in Africa, died while in service to his country. -bv
***UPDATE*** Tuesday, 3/25 6:05pm CollegeWeek Live has been experiencing technical difficulties that have prevented us from logging-in, so our apologies if you have attempted to speak with a representative at the OSU booth during the online virtual college fair. Please try again Wednesday, 3/26 during the times posted in the previous posting. –mko
OSU is participating in CollegeWeekLive – the virtual college fair – which will be held on March 25th and 26th. CollegeWeekLive gives students access to over 200 participating schools as well as video presentations from admissions experts all from the comfort of their own home. Whether students are just starting their college search or deciding [...]
It isn’t enough that Corvallis was recently ranked as one of the smartest cities in America. Now, more high praise for Corvallis. Country Home Magazine has named Corvallis as the “Best Green Place to Live in America”. NEW YORK -Country Home magazine announced today its second annual Best Green Places, the results of a nationwide [...]
The scramble to identify useful, sustainable energy sources has taken scientists in many different directions. The latest is all around us: algae. So your overdue-to-be-cleaned fish tank may be where you get your gasoline in the future…..procrastinators of the world rejoice! Nod to KVAL-TV for the link. -bv
A follow up from the Linus Pauling Day post from last week. The official Linus Pauling Stamp unveiling was held in the MU Ballroom yesterday. I wasn’t able to attend so I was very interested to see KEZI’s coverage of the event (which was great, by the way…Kudos KEZI!) . “We are pleased to honor [...]
It has been an absolutely gorgeous week on the OSU campus. Sundrenched days, cool fresh air and frisbees galore! I couldn’t let this beautiful day go without running outside and snapping a few photos for you. Enjoy! Do you have a great shot of campus that you would like to share with the Admissions Blog? [...]
