Leadership change in School of Mechanical/Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering (LIFE@OSU) Belinda Batten, head of the School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University, will be the new director of the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center beginning in July. OSU theater grad forges unique friendship (Gazette Times) A 2001 graduate of Oregon State University’s [...]

Is the world producing enough food? (New York Times) Recent research by Jeffrey Reimer and Man Li of Oregon State University indicates prices could fall by 57 percent if all countries were as open to trade as the United States. Facebook backs open source in Oregon (Oregon Business) Facebook has awarded a $50,000 grant to [...]

Printed photos the blind can see (Discovery News) John Gardner is a former Oregon State University physics professor who lost his vision in 1988. Frustrated by a lack of access to information, he founded the assistive technology company ViewPlus Technologies in Corvallis, Ore. ViewPlus developed the tactile printer that Li uses, he said. Natural fit [...]

New bill allows in-state tuition for immigrants (Gazette-Times) Several members of the Legislature, including Sen. Frank Morse, R-Albany, say they’ll sponsor a bill that would allow undocumented Oregon students to pay in-state college tuition. The bill’s sponsors made the announcement Monday during a press conference at the Capitol in Salem. There has been controversy over [...]

OSU symposium celebrates oceans (Oregonian) Worried about the oceans? Love the oceans? Want to learn more about the oceans? Oregon State University is hosting a major public symposium Feb. 18-19 that’s free and open to the public at its Corvallis campus. ”Song for the Blue Ocean” has a rich lineup of ocean folks who together will [...]