Oregon State’s Fiesta Bowl Team defies stereotypes 10 years later (Oregonian) Sun Devil Stadium crackled with excitement on the night of Jan. 1, 2001, as Oregon State trounced Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl. A year earlier OSU had escaped the mire of 28 consecutive losing seasons, and thousands of euphoric, orange-clad fans reveled in [...]

Study offers revised theory of phytoplankton growth (Sea Technology Magazine) The study, published in the journal Ecology by Oregon State University botany professor Michael Behrenfeld, challenges more than 50 years of conventional wisdom about the growth of phytoplankton. Qatar group to meet at OSU about food security (Gazette-Times) A delegation from Qatar is coming to [...]

Among new MacArthur ‘Geniuses:’ OSU Marine Biologist (All Things Considered) According to the MacArthur Foundation, Kelly Benoit-Bird, an associate professor of biological oceanography at Oregon State University, “uses sophisticated acoustic engineering techniques to explore the previously invisible behavior of ocean creatures at scales ranging from swarms distributed over many cubic kilometers to individual predators.” (See [...]

Oregon State scientists win grants for sustainability, marine biology (Oregonian) Two scientists at Oregon State University received prestigious grants announced this week in recognition of their career contributions. Kelly Benoit-Bird, a 34-year-old marine biologist, won a $500,000 MacArthur fellowship grant to use as she sees fit. Hong Liu, 37, an expert in the conversion of [...]

Study: Abortion doesn’t cause teen depression (Salon) Marie Harvey, a public health professor at Oregon State University, which conducted the research with the University of California, San Francisco, said: “We have policies being made that are not evidence-based, and that have adverse consequences for women’s health.” (See also TIME, Washington Post, AOL News, UPI) Oregon [...]