April 7th has been dedicated to nature’s engineer, the amazing BEAVER! Today is a very special day here on campus because the beaver is OSU’s official fierce mascot. April 7th was chosen as International Beaver Day because it is the birthday of the late Dorothy Richards of Little Falls, New York who studied beavers for [...]
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April 7th – International Beaver Day!!!
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011OSU Professor to Join National Science Foundation
Thursday, December 16th, 2010Kelly Falkner an OSU professor in the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences will begin a new chapter in her career as she moves to a leadership position with the National Science Foundation. She will take a position with the Office of Polar Programs, which oversees research and funding in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. [...]
New Author Joins the Admissions Blog: Kaleena Tuffo
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010Â Hello! My name is Kaleena Tuffo. Â I graduated from Oregon State University in 2009 with a major in Sociology and a minor in Natural Resources. Â I have recently joined the OSU Admissions staff as an Admissions Advisor. Â I travel to various areas such as; the Oregon Coast, Arizona and Eastern Washington to talk to [...]
Research Funding Surpasses $275M…Yes that is over 1/4 Billion!
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010One of the many amazing characteristics of Oregon State University is the opportunity for students to engage in real research during their college experience. OSU has a long tradition of research as a center for academic learning and our strong commitment to expanding this is reflected in major increases in research funding over the last 10 years. Researchers at OSU earned more [...]
College of Forestry Researchers Revolutionizing Duct Tape and more?
Friday, July 9th, 2010While 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 [...]
OSU chosen by medical institute to create an undergraduate genomics lab
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009More evidence that Oregon State is THE research university in Oregon….from the Barometer: For the last two years, OSU undergraduates have been researching and documenting bacteriophages, commonly known as phages (viruses that infect bacteria), as part of a three-year research project funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. OSU was one of 12 universities to [...]
OSU’s Impact on Oregon’s Economy is Growing
Friday, November 7th, 2008I’ve written before about OSU’s economic impact on the State of Oregon. Research universities like OSU have a tremendous impact on state economies not only due to the immediate revenue that research creates but also because the innovations that spring from research can create whole new industries. See the transparent transistor. Legislators were on campus [...]
OSU Researchers Work to Save Krab
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008Supplies of Imitation Crab which is also known as Real Imitation Crab, Artificial Crab and my personal favorite: Krab; are currently dwindling due to a shortage of Alaskan Pollock and other highly available white fleshed fish. Krab is made from Surimi, which is a slurry of whitefish such as Alaskan Pollack that is refined for [...]
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