Tapping spirituality to resolve global water conflicts (Knowledge@Wharton) Aaron Wolf is both a professor of geography at Oregon State University and a trained mediator in conflict resolution — two professions he has melded together when working on the Arab-Israeli conflict as well as numerous disputes in central and southeast Asia and Africa. Carnegie Foundation bestows [...]

OSU recognized for community outreach (Gazette-Times) Oregon State University’s collaboration with the communities it serves has been recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching with its community engagement designation. Missing fresh berries? Local research makes crops juicier! (Oregon Live.com) Innovative research done by Bernadine Strik, Extension Berry Crops Professor in the Department [...]

Report of Pacific Ocean’s plastic patch greatly exaggerated, OSU researcher says (Oregonian) Remember that Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the pile of floating plastic and other debris “the size of Texas” or more? Now comes Oregon State University assistant professor Angelicque “Angel” White to say that commonly quoted estimate is “grossly exaggerated.” (See also UPI, Columbian, [...]

A Bird’s-Eye View: Studying Forests from Above (Science 360) OSU forest ecologist Matthew Betts climbs high into the canopy of an old-growth Douglas-fir at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest in this video produced by OSU’s Dept. of News and Research Communications. Radiation detection goes digital (International Business Times) In science fiction, explorers wave around a [...]

New detector could speed nuclear cleanup (UPI) U.S. researchers say they’ve developed a radiation detecting and measuring device that promises faster and cheaper cleanup of radioactively contaminated sites. Scientists at Oregon State University say hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on cleanup of major sites contaminated by radioactivity, primarily from the historic production of [...]