The Denmark Project (OPB) Geoscientist Peter Ruggiero of Oregon State University contributed to this piece on climate change. Philip Mote of the new Oregon Institute of Climate Change Research is also featured. Ag Center celebrates 100 years (East Oregonian) The evolution of the Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center in the last 100 years was [...]

Anti-biotech Groups Obstruct Forest Biotechnology, Researchers Say (Science Daily) Steps must be taken to create a regulatory environment that considers genetically modified trees on a scientific, case-by-case basis, and is focused on the end product rather than the process, say researchers from Oregon State University, Carnegie Mellon University and other institutions in an article in [...]

Galleon shipwreck (History Detectives, PBS) OSU faculty member Mike Burgett is interviewed by Elyse Luray during this segment. The show aired Monday night. House passes field burn ban (Democrat-Herald) Most field burning in the Willamette Valley will be banned starting next year, the legislature has decided. Rep. Andy Olson, R-Albany, opposed the bill on the [...]

Astoria’s Jordan Poyer wins Brian T. Meehan Oregon Baseball Player of the Year award (Oregonian) Two students headed to Oregon State are featured. Feathered fuel tank soaks up hydrogen (Oregonian) Engineers have discovered a way to store large amounts of hydrogen fuel using carbonized downy fluff, which could help pave the way to clean, green [...]