‘Catch-22′: A paradox turns 50 and still rings true (NPR) In August 1944, Heller flew on a mission over the French town of Avignon. Sitting in the plexiglass nose cone of a B-25 bomber, Heller faced the very real possibility of death for the first time. That mission, says Heller biographer Tracy Daugherty, an OSU [...]

State of the University address: President Ray will deliver his annual State of the University Address to the OSU Faculty Senate today. The Senate meeting is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. in the Construction & Engineering Hall of LaSells Stewart Center. President Ray is scheduled to begin his address well into the meeting. Seating [...]

Cooking (or not cooking) broccoli to protect its nutritional riches (NPR) But as Emily Ho, an associate professor and researcher at the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University, tells The Salt, cooking broccoli too long destroys the enzyme that breaks down chemicals called glucosinolates into cancer-fighting agents. (see also Women’s Health, Daily Mail, UPI) [...]

Fruit of the vine (Register-Guard) Researchers at Oregon State University agree. “Often the most challenging weather conditions produce some of the finest wines,” said Steve Renquist, an OSU Extension horticulturist who works with the wine industry in the Umpqua region. (see also the Republic) Can antivirulence drugs stop infections without causing resistance? (Infection Control Today [...]

$42M in a month: Researchers show OSU the money (KVAL) Faculty at Oregon State University, already among the nation’s leading four-year research universities, have set a sizable new institutional record in monthly contracts and grants, earning nearly $42 million in September. (See also: OregonLive,  Gazette-Times) Undersea quake evidence found off West Coast (San Francisco Chronicle) [...]