“CrisisCamp” aims to provide remote help to Haiti (Oregonian) Portland co-working facility NedSpace and OSU’s Open Source Lab are rallying tech volunteers Saturday to help the relief and recovery efforts following Haiti’s earthquake. Beaver Nation Responds to Haiti Crises (OSU Football) “I thought I was going to have a few bags of donations to take [...]

OSU reinventing itself, president says (Oregonian) Oregon State University is going through a transformation, cutting and streamlining some services to cope with losses in state funding while it taps private donations and research grants to expand in other areas, said President Ed Ray in his State of the University address today. Treadmill Helps Horse Diagnosis [...]

Recreational activities help curb obesity (UPI) Randy Rosenberger, an associate professor at Oregon State University, says some of the health issues that plague overweight and obese people can be alleviated by a stronger commitment to recreational opportunities. Dogs help truffle hunters find the ripest, most valuable specimens (Oregonian) Charles Lefevre, an OSU-trained mycologist, envisions a [...]

Report: OSU professor says deforestation caused many deaths in Haiti quake (Oregonian) The Corvallis Gazette-Times has a provocative interview with Robert Yeats, professor emeritus in geoscience at Oregon State University, who said prior to this week’s devastating earthquake that Haiti was at risk for such a catastrophe. (See also Salem News) Employers seek well-spoken, problem-solving [...]