Coming Monday: Check out LIFE@OSU for a report from an OSU alum who is on the ground in Samoa. Public invited to view great white shark dissection (LA Times) A great white shark caught near Depoe Bay in August is going to be dissected beginning this afternoon, and the public is invited to watch the [...]

Science of tsunami (CBS Evening News) OSU’s Dawn Wright talks about the science behind the power of tsunamis. Tsunami hit Indonesia, Samoa: Is Oregon next? (KVAL) Researchers at Oregon State University who have studied and mapped in detail the subsea terrain near Samoa and Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean say this event – which [...]

The future of public higher education (OPB Think Out Loud) OSU President Ed Ray is one of the guests during this discussion. Tiny Parasite May Have Brought Down Mighty T. Rex (US News & World Report) A common avian parasite may have brought down one of the world’s most famous Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaurs, a study [...]

Sure, recession’s over; so why not in Oregon? (Oregonian) This opinion piece by President Ed Ray was printed in the Sunday edition of the Oregonian. OSU economist debuts in film about local food movement (Portland Food & Drink) An agricultural economist at Oregon State University has hit the silver screen in a new documentary that [...]

International research team cracks potato genome (AP) On Sept. 14, a scientific team announced success in mapping the genome of the late blight pathogen, which still causes billions of dollars in damage to potato, tomato and other crops each year. “This is probably the most costly plant pathogen, per acre, that we’ve ever had to [...]