October 30th, 2008
Athletes, sexuality not exclusive but privacy, individuality needed
Athletes who happen to be gay, lesbian, or bisexual ask everyone to respect their privacy and value your teammates.
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Archive » October, 2008
October 30th, 2008
OSU student athletes seek understanding as they balance time
Student life on “the other side of the railroad tracks” is “just as good if not better” than the rest of campus when it comes […]
October 30th, 2008
Transformation of Halloween stretches across centuries, continents
No “eye of newt and toe of frog” for Anita Guerrini’s gurgling caldron this Halloween. Discover more by clicking here.
October 30th, 2008
EPA names OSU ‘Green Power Leader’ in meeting energy needs
Oregon State’s commitment to “green power” has earned the university the 2008 Green Power Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
October 30th, 2008
Instructor draws passion, success from pre-med, science students
“Have fun,” exhorts Kevin Ahern to a visitor leaving his office in Agriculture and Life Sciences.
And with those two words, Ahern, senior instructor in biochemistry, […]
October 30th, 2008
Synchronized ‘dance’ enables dolphins to eat more efficiently
If you’re older, imagine square dancers. Younger? Try hip-hop break dancing. Either way, when partners dart into the center of the circle to do their […]
October 30th, 2008
Seven including dean earn OSU emeritus faculty distinction
President Ed Ray has conferred the honorary title of “emeritus” upon seven Oregon State faculty members, including Thayne Dutson, recently retired longtime dean of the […]
October 30th, 2008
A hundred new trees come with Arbor Day award for OSU
New trees planted at a rate of up to 50 per year throughout campus have led the Arbor Day Foundation to designate Oregon State one […]
October 30th, 2008
Constant support illuminates pathway for literature student’s dreams
As a transfer student, Carmen Halstead had yet to define her academic direction, but her passion for literature was evident. Halstead was particularly inspired by […]
October 29th, 2008
“Best practices” commitment earns OSU national diversity award
Oregon State’s commitment to promote diversity on campus has received a national “best practices” award for college programs. Terryl Ross, director of OSU’s Office of […]
October 29th, 2008
Ballot measures could affect state spending and revenue levels
Passage of several of the dozen measures, especially Measures 57, 59 and 61, on Oregon’s Nov. 4 ballot could have significant effect on how public […]
October 16th, 2008
School of public health, human sciences proposed by OSU, OHSU, PSU
Leaders in the OSU College of Health and Human Sciences and at other Oregon universities have been exploring the potential of developing a new academic […]
October 16th, 2008
OSU launches emergency alert system for faculty, staff, students
Eighteen months after a troubled young man murdered 32 students at Virginia Tech and then turned the gun on himself, OSU students, faculty and staff […]
October 16th, 2008
Rediscovery of Native flute brings healing to OSU music instructor
Native American flutist and Oregon State University music instructor Jan Michael Looking Wolf Reibach contemplates a career that includes 12 albums, two DVDs, and more […]
October 16th, 2008
Pioneering Faculty/Staff Fitness program best-kept campus secret
If you’re looking to stay fit, get a little stress relief or just get together and exercise with, oh, say a few hundred friends, the […]
October 16th, 2008
International directors commute 43 miles by bicycle from Eugene
Valerie Rosenberg and Paul Primak took the “Bicycle Commute Challenge to the max, riding 43 miles from Eugene to their offices in Snell Hall.
October 16th, 2008
Mentor jumps beyond theory to a mom and her two kids
Seven years after being told her unborn daughter was going to die because of complications during pregnancy, Elizabeth Cuno found herself majoring in health management […]
October 2nd, 2008
New unknowns, new buoy, new funds put OSU on wave energy crest
OSU researchers deployed a wave energy buoy in the Pacific last week, and new findings suggest the development of wave energy facilities off the Oregon […]
October 2nd, 2008
Transplant recipient, donor grateful for the kindness of OSU colleagues
Four months after receiving a kidney donated by one of her former Oregon State University colleagues, Cynthia Hubbard is feeling great.
October 30th, 2008
Diversity goal ‘lofty’ not unrealistic, but it will take more work
“Once people realize that diversity is a 21st century life skill and not a politically correct issue, hear them roar and get out of their […]