International Campus News Archive
Chronicler of a Vital Resource
August 27, 2009

Abigail Brown has always loved water in any form – snow, rivers, thunderstorms, oceans. As an undergraduate at The Evergreen State College, she went to Central America to study sustainable agriculture and forest restoration techniques. "I started to think more globally after that trip," she says.
Now a master's student in water resources policy and management at OSU, Brown is taking that international perspective to a new internship in India. She will be working with Arghyam, a Bangalore-based organization dedicated to financing, evaluating and supporting water projects throughout the country. Brown will be heading to two villages in the southernmost Indian state of Tamil Nadu to qualitatively evaluate water and sanitation projects for gender equity.
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Powered By OrangeIraqi Engineering Delegation Visits OSU
August 9, 2009
Twenty university presidents and engineering professors from Iraq visited OSU in August to learn about sustainable building and design and green energy. The Iraqi delegates came to Oregon through the efforts of OSU engineering faculty and the Michael Scott Mater Foundation. They signed a memorandum of understanding with OSU that could lead to more cooperation in the future.
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KEZI NewsA Record in the Ice
July 31, 2009

Geosciences student Julia Rosen is spending three weeks this summer conducting research at the North Greenland Eemian Ice Core Drilling Project (NEEM) camp. As a member of professor Ed Brook's lab, Rosen is using ice core samples to analyze levels of nitrous oxide in the atmosphere and help complete a picture of long-term, global climate change.
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In the SpotlightJumping into a New Culture
July 1, 2009

Finance major Paul Heim is taking his studies beyond the OSU campus, and even beyond the United States. He is currently working as a finance intern at a wealth management firm in the heart of London’s historic financial district, and blogging about the experience. This fall he will study international finance at Lund University, in Sweden, through the College of Business Arthur Stonehill Study Abroad Program.
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In the SpotlightInternational Climate Change Researchers Convene at OSU July 8-11
June 23, 2009
Some of the world’s leading climate change researchers will gather
at Oregon State University July 8-11 for a conference that examines
past changes in the Earth's systems in order to better predict what may
happen in the future. The conference is part of an international effort called PAGES (Past
Global Changes), a core project of the International
Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, which is funded by the National Science
Foundation and NOAA in the United States and Switzerland. Some 330 climate change scientists from around the world will discuss
their research, representing institutions in the United States, China,
France, Sweden, Argentina, Switzerland, Mexico, Chile, United Kingdom,
Finland, Morocco, Germany, Japan and elsewhere.
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OSU press releaseOSU Student Meets Nobel Laureates in Germany
June 19, 2009

A molecular toxicology student at Oregon State University will attend a meeting in Germany this month that aims to forge bonds between
Nobel Prize winners and the world's most promising young researchers.
Ed O'Donnell, who was born and raised in Coos Bay, Oregon, is one of
580 young scientists from 67 countries who will attend the 59th annual
Nobel Laureate meeting in Lindau from June 28 to July 3. O'Donnell works in the lab of OSU cancer biologist Siva Kolluri, who nominated him for the meeting.
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OSU press releaseDocumentary on Polish Poster Art Shows at The Museum of Modern Art in New York
June 16, 2009

A documentary directed by Oregon State University professor Andrea Marks is showing at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City as part of an exhibit on Polish poster art. The 40-minute documentary, Freedom on the Fence, is a 10-year
labor of love for Marks, an associate professor in the
Department of Art at OSU.
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OSU press releaseDetermined To Succeed: Mario Magaña Inspires Young Latinos to Make a Difference
June 16, 2009

When Mario Magaña was 15, he made a tough decision: quit middle school
and return to his family's farm in Michoacán, Mexico, so his younger
siblings had a chance for an education. Today, Magaña is a 4-H Regional
Extension Educator at OSU, creating educational programs for Latino
youth in Oregon. He is working to develop a program that allows Extension
educators to visit the Mexican states of Jalisco and Michoacán to learn the language and better understand students from Mexico.
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LIFE@OSUA Closer Look at the Class of 2009
June 12, 2009
The Corvallis Gazette-Times takes a closer look at the class of 2009. Nikhil Prem is a chemical engineering graduate in the International Degree program who studied in Santander, Spain. Biochemistry and biophysics graduate Travis Edmiston, among his many achievements, volunteered in the English Language Institute (INTO OSU) Conversant Program.
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Corvallis Gazette-TimesOSU Appoints New Chair of Foreign Languages and Literatures
June 10, 2009

Susana Rivera-Mills, associate professor of Spanish linguistics and diversity advancement at Oregon State University, has been appointed to chair the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.
Rivera-Mills has been at OSU since 2007. Her passion for her teaching and research goes beyond an academic interest – she emigrated with her family from El Salvador at the age of 12.
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