While these college of Forestry professors may not have invented ”Duct Tape,” they may very well end up changing the glue behind the idea. Recently Kaichang Li, a professor of wood science and engineering, and his postdoctoral research associate, Anlong Li, made an incidental discovery in a wood products lab at Oregon State University. Together they created a new [...]
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College of Forestry Researchers Revolutionizing Duct Tape and more?
Friday, July 9th, 2010Corvallis Ranked 7th Best College Town in U.S.
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009Corvallis is ranked as the 7th best college town under 250,000 people in the American Institute for Economic Research‘s annual College Destinations Index. You can get the report from the AIERC website for free but you have to register to get the download link. Here’s the rest of the top 10: 1. Ithaca, N.Y. (Cornell) [...]
OSU students save a life…literally
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009Using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), three student employees of the Dixon Recreation Center and another student successfully resuscitated a heart attack victim who was using the Dixon facilities. More details here and here. Well done, Miles Dodge, Michael Tasman, Joey Jenkins and Ben Misley!!!
Corvallis Named One of the Best Eco Friendly Towns
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009From Sunset.com. CORVALLIS, OR Beautiful, earnest, and very, very green Population: 51,388  The vibe: As small towns go, you don’t get much greener than Corvallis. This Willamette Valley town happily took up the Corvallis Energy Challenge, where residents strive to use the lowest amount of energy in their homes. With two LEED-certified buildings and more [...]
Budding Journalists Cover Corvallis, Oregon State
Monday, June 30th, 2008Happy Monday, dear readers! Over the last week and a half or so the Oregon State Media Department has been hosting 18 high school students in conjunction with the Oregonian Newspaper for the Minority Journalism Camp. From the Oregonian Teen Blog: The Oregonian and Oregon State University have been conducting the Minority Journalism Camp on [...]
At Long Last: Japanese American WWII-era OSU Students Receive Honorary Degrees
Monday, June 16th, 2008Former Oregon State University students were recipients of Honorary Degrees for the university’s 139th commencement ceremony. So a little history here: after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the United States Executive Order 9066 in was signed in the spring of 1942 and over 120,000 ethnic Japanese people were uprooted and were held in [...]
Kaleidoscope of Colleges and Cultures a Huge Success!
Monday, April 28th, 2008Last Friday and Saturday high school students from all four corners of Oregon converged on campus for a program called Kaleidoscope of Colleges and Cultures (KCC). The program is aimed primarily at underrepresented minorities and first generation students. Students got to hear an uplifting keynote address by Javier Cervantes, attend Roadmap to College sessions, learn [...]
More Accolades for Corvallis
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008It 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 [...]
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