Ed Ray named new chairman of NCAA Executive Commmittee (USA Today) The NCAA formally launched its search for a successor to President Myles Brand, who died of pancreatic cancer Sept. 16. Oregon State President Ed Ray, the new chairman of the association’s top-level Executive Committee, will lead a six-person search committee — all university CEOs. [...]

OSU in 2025 will better reflect our nation (Barometer) President Ed Ray talks about the changing demographics of OSU and the nation. Killer foam: Was it a freak event or a warning? (Oregonian) A simple organism that killed thousands of seabirds in Oregon and Washington has stunned scientists who are combing through clues in hopes [...]

Unicorn fly of the Cretaceous (Science News) Scientists have found a tiny fly with a three-pronged horn and spiky eyes preserved in a chunk of amber dating to roughly 100 million years ago. The fly has been named Cascoplecia insolitis (Casco meaning old and insolitis for strange, unusual) and is so bizarre that that it [...]

Oregonian names new publisher (Portland Business Journal) The Oregonian named Chris Anderson publisher Monday, according to a story on the newspaper’s Web site. He grew up in Heppner and graduated from Oregon State University, where he was editor of The Barometer. (See also OPB and the Oregonian) Researchers Explain Recent Coastal Earthquake Swarms (OPB) Bob [...]

Study: Warmed NW forests may yield less timber (Seattle Times) A new study suggests warming temperatures predicted over the next century could boost tree growth on Northwest forests, but less so at lower elevations where most of the timber is and temperatures are already warm. Researchers from Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service [...]