New ag dean thinks outside the box (Capital Press) Some Oregon State University professors might want to read up on speed dating. The new dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences once employed speed dating as a way to introduce Purdue University professors to one another and the work they were doing. OSU and Heartland [...]

Want to join the new economy? Get wired in, in Corvallis (National Geographic) Corvallis has become the research capital of the Pacific Northwest in spite of a pretty big obstacle: its location. Drive 15 minutes west and you’re mountain biking Marys Peak in the Coast Range. An hour west and you’re kayaking the Pacific. If [...]

Can Condoms Combat Climate Change? (Slate.com) An earlier study performed at Oregon State University found that each American birth eventually adds 1,644 tons of carbon dioxide, 91 times as much as a birth in Bangaldesh, for instance. Food heroes (KPTV) OSU Extension’s Anne Hoisington appears on this morning show to demonstrate how to make a [...]

The Revolutionary (Sports Illustrated) A feature on OSU alum Dick Fosbury. New ‘adjuvant’ could hold future of vaccine development (R&D Magazine) Scientists at Oregon State University have developed a new “adjuvant” that could allow the creation of important new vaccines, possibly become a universal vaccine carrier and help medical experts tackle many diseases more effectively. [...]

Image created of Himalayan fault (Scientist Live) Researchers discovered that as the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates collide, the Indian lower crust slides under the Tibetan crust, while the upper mantle peels away from the crust and drops down in a diffuse manner. “The building of Tibet is not a simple process,” said John Nabelek, [...]