OSU’s Book Genie: Open-Source bound (Library Journal) Valley Library is offering patrons a new way to discover new books that meet their unique interests. Called “Book Genie,” the new web site gives patrons a chance to randomly select recommendations from the library’s collection based on subjects of interest. (See also LIFE@OSU) Oregon State ranked 4th [...]

Gender and hygiene: Could cleanliness be hurting girls? (Phys.Org) Oregon State University philosopher Sharyn Clough thinks researchers need to dig deeper. In her new study, published in the journal Social Science & Medicine, she points out that women have higher rates of allergies and asthma, and many autoimmune disorders. However, there is no agreed-upon explanation [...]

UO,OSU rank tops in research (Portland Business Journal) The University of Oregon and Oregon State University are both ranked in the top-tier of research institutions as rated by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Sunbathing tadpoles make easy prey (Nature) Andrew Blaustein, who researches declining amphibian populations and UVB in frogs at Oregon [...]

Trees to know in Oregon (Sunset Magazine) The title might be 1950s, but the content of Trees to Know in Oregon by Edward C. Jensen (Oregon State University, Corvallis, 2010; $18) is timeless. Now in its eleventh iteration, this 152-page field guide to Oregon trees is no less essential than it was when it was [...]

Stage set for higher ed reform (Portland Business Journal) Oregon university leaders on Friday pulled back the curtain on Senate Bill 242, a reform proposal that would radically change the state’s higher education system. At the City Club of Portland on Friday, Oregon University System Chancellor George Pernsteiner and Oregon State University President Ed Ray [...]