President Ed Ray’s State of OSU: To view text of President Ed Ray’s speech before the faculty senate Thursday, go here. To learn more about OSU’s plans for future growth, visit LIFE@OSU. Enrollment Expected to Grow 6x (KOHD) In unveiling a new vision for Oregon State University, President Ed Ray told the OSU Faculty Senate [...]

Oregon State University hall’s renovation is LEED gold (Daily Journal of Commerce) The $12 million renovation of Oregon State University’s 30,000-square-foot Apperson Hall, now known as Kearney Hall, was certified LEED gold by the U.S. Green Building Council. (See also KEZI) Environmental justice talk set at Oregon State (Democrat Herald) Vandana Shiva, a physicist, feminist, [...]

College Town Among the Ranks (KEZI) Oregon State University may not be in the biggest city, but it’s being recognized as one of the top ten college towns in the country. (See also KDRV and the Gazette-Times) US troops killed in Afghanistan and Africa (Associated Press) Marine 1st Lt. Michael E. Johnson, a 2006 graduate [...]

A New Look beneath the Waves: Ocean Observatories Initiative Gets Underway (NSF) Giving scientists never-before-seen views of the world’s oceans, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Consortium for Ocean Leadership (COL) have signed a Cooperative Agreement that supports the construction and initial operation of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) [...]

Oregon State researchers win science awards (KGW) Oregon State University has set a record for itself with National Science Foundation awards going to five of its researchers in the College of Engineering. (See also the Oregonian and the East Oregonian) A rude awakening (LIFE@OSU) A report from an OSU alum who is on the ground [...]