Oregon State’s Jane Lubchenco takes over at NOAA, says the president values science (Oregonian) Oregon marine biologist Jane Lubchenco recently assumed the helm of the federal agency that strives to explain our world “from the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun.” New Discovery Tools for Online Library Resources (Information Today) A [...]

Bicyclists are changing our streets and cities (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Here’s hats off to the Oregon State University Press for publishing one more lucid, consistently interesting book about Northwest life. Real ads, real clients: 14 students head to Spokane for advertising competition (Bend Bulletin) Business students from Oregon State University-Cascades Campus will head to Spokane, Wash., [...]

His job is to help … even save a life (Oregonian) One of the busiest and most important behind-the-scenes figures on the Trail Blazers is Oregon State University alum Geoff Clark. He is assistant athletic trainer. His duties include equipment manager, liaison to the visiting team and referees, and responsibility for scheduling practices on the [...]

Panel studies noncitizen tuition (Register Guard) Oregon’s latest bill allows students to pay in-state tuition at Oregon University System institutions as long as they attended an Oregon high school for three years prior to graduation; graduated from an Oregon high school; and are working toward residency. The presidents of Oregon’s three largest universities, the UO, [...]

Welcome Bo Obama! The Wonderful Benefits of Animal Companionship (Huffington Post) Dr. Sue Doescher, a psychologist involved in a study at Oregon State University, reported that teaching children to care for a puppy increased the children’s cooperation and sharing attributes. Student employees help rescue man (Democrat Herald) A man who collapsed of an apparent heart [...]