OSU names Duke University leader, OSU alumnus as director of Alumni Association (Gazette-Times) Scott Greenwood, a Duke University administrator with extensive ties to the Pacific Northwest, has been named associate vice president and executive director of the Oregon State University Alumni Association. He also will direct the university’s Department of Alumni Relations. Republican’s climate solution: [...]

Kitzhaber tours ONAMI in Corvallis, says tech start-ups key to recovery (KLCC) Governor Kitzhaber toured ONAMI, the state-sponsored nanotechnology research center housed rent-free on the HP campus. Partnering with Oregon State University, the center’s companies have attracted $70 million in private funds. (See also Gazette-Times, Democrat-Herald, Barometer) The commitment-phobe generation (CNN) The delay, says Richard [...]

Blame La Nina for the cold, wet Spring (KGW) “You’ve seen most of your annual precipitation for the year by last month,” Oregon State University’s Deputy Director of the Oregon Climate Service Kathie Dello said.“It kinda aims the storm track right at us,” Dello said. “Its usually a cold and wet Northwest winter — and [...]

May 21: The end of the world? (ABC News) OSU’s Courtney Campbell describes some of the reasons why people insist on believing doomsday ‘prophets.’ Oregon State Police see spike in vehicle thefts at OSU (Gazette-Times) The Oregon State Police is urging drivers to lock their doors and park in well-lit areas in light of a [...]

Superfruits – Super sales and super claims (MSNBC) Oregon State University’s Linus Pauling Institute, which specializes in diet and nutrition, performed the lab tests, finding XanGo’s antioxidant strength slightly higher than cranberry juice, lower than black cherry and less than half of blueberry juice. Annual expo allows students to show off fun and functional projects [...]