First Lady Michelle Obama, who shares OSU's advocacy for wellness, will give the 2012 Commencement address.
Oregon State University is a place where people come together to solve challenging problems and make a positive difference in the world. Our faculty and staff — through education, research and service — are improving lives, preserving natural resources and driving innovations that advance economic growth.
Friday, May 24, 2013
-May 24, 2013
Debra Derr, Mt. Hood Community College’s next president, plans for a long tenure at the Gresham campus (Oregonian) Derr started her academic career as a student specialist and counselor at Clackamas Community College in 1980. Mt. Hood hired her in 1987 to coordinate disability services and eventually promoted her to vice president for student development and services. While at [...] Read full story.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
-May 23, 2013
Oyster shells are an antacid to the oceans (New York Times) “Oyster shells are made out of calcium carbonate, so they’re sort of like an antacid pill,” said George Waldbusser, an assistant professor of earth, ocean and atmospheric sciences at Oregon State and an author of the study, which appears in the journal Ecology. (see also Daily [...] Read full story.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
-May 22, 2013
Bringing barley back (Register-Guard) Oregon State University research aims to give an old grain new prominence in food and beer. OSU students to walk 100 miles during pilgrimage from Corvallis to Northeast Portland’s The Grotto (Oregonian) Oregon State University students involved in the Newman Center Catholic community on campus are planning to walk 100 miles, from Corvallis [...] Read full story.



