Oregon researchers win grant to battle destructive fruit fly (Oregonian) West Coast researchers who are battling a destructive new fruit fly got some help this week, as the U.S. Department of Agriculture recommended a $5.8 million grant that will fund the effort for the next four-and-a-half years. With key personnel based at Oregon State University [...]

The slow, winding path to adulthood (New York Times) Today’s middle schoolers dress like adults, know how to swear like adults and are exposed to drugs. They also know about sex, talk back and reach puberty earlier than we ever did. But then, they stop. And reverse. A study by researchers at Oregon State University, [...]

OSU students build rovers and racers (KGW) Joe Smith meets engineering students from Oregon State University who have built a trio of cars, including a mars rover, a baja racer, and a formula car. NCAA tabs Emmert as next president (Kansas City Star) “We are gratified to hire an individual of Mark Emmert’s stature and [...]

OSU engineering team on top of the world (The Columbian) When an Oregon State University team won a world championship, the road went through Washougal. OSU had a bumpy path to the title, and that’s not just a figure of speech. That road included the Washougal motocross park. Bad economy delays ‘adulthood’ (LiveScience) Now in [...]

OSU biologist: Return of top predators key to ecology (Gazette-Times) Sufficient advances have been made about the importance of top predators in ecosystem function that it’s time to move from discussing the issue to acting upon it, a conservation biologist from Oregon State University suggests in a new book. Natural grief healing (KVAL) After the [...]