Breaking new ground in ocean protection (NBC Nightly News) Bill Chadwick of Oregon State University could barely conceal his excitement. “Around half the species we’ve found are new to science, It’s really a fantastic frontier,” he told me.   We’d met Chadwick in Guam on board the RV Thompson, at the start of an expedition he [...]

Oregon State University Gets National Recognition for Green Energy Push at Pac-10 Conference (EPA.gov) Oregon State University is being recognized for its purchase of green power during the Pacific-10 football conference. OSU purchased 66,680,400 kilowatt-hours of green power for the conference, which used a total of 81,646,400 kilowatt-hours, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Nellis [...]

Oregon company finds new recycling niche (Washington Energy Services) Agri-Plas is using a new process developed by Oregon State University graduate Kevin DeWitt that can break down old plastic and turn it back into oil. Coming home (Bend Bulletin) Jonathan Green — a 24-year-old professional golfer who in 2003 helped Sisters High School win a [...]

Whale protection (Malaysian Star) One of the most memorable moments in Dr Bruce Mate’s career in studying whales was the first time he touched a whale, and it looked him in the eye. Mate is director of Oregon State University Endowed Marine Mammal Program. OSU scientist donates flag (Gazette-Times) When OSU’s Lia Danelishvili says she’s [...]

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.” Search of river goes on for missing student (Oregonian) Deschutes [...]