Oregon professor finds lessons from Japan (OPB) Transportation fuel is one of the big areas of concern should a big earthquake hit here, but it’s certainly not the only one. Scott Ashford got a close-up view of the devastated areas of Japan just after last year’s quake, and he’s gone back for a second look. [...]

To fall asleep, get off the couch (New York Times) Another study, done at Oregon State University and published in December in the journal Mental Health and Physical Activity, looked at activity and sleeping habits of 2,600 men and women 18 to 85 years of age. Those who followed the federal Department of Health and [...]

Diet pills a big, fat waste of money, OSU nutrition expert Melinda Manore finds in research review (Oregonian) Melinda Manore, an Oregon State University nutrition and exercise expert, reviewed a couple hundred studies investigating hundreds of weight-loss supplements and found no evidence that using any product results in significant weight loss. In other words, there’s [...]

 Oregon State ups fundraising goal to $1 billion (Portland Business Journal) Oregon State University has increased the goal for its first comprehensive capital campaign to $1 billion. (see also Register-Guard, Columbian) Oregon Legislature adjourns 2012 session with flurry of agreements (Oregonian) Despite the state’s troubled fiscal outlook, lawmakers approved more than $100 million in new [...]

OSU aims for $1 billion by 2014 in fundraising (Gazette-Times) Oregon State University has increased the goal of its first comprehensive capital campaign to $1 billion, university officials announced Friday. Oregon State Board of Higher Ed resorts to policy to ban guns on campus (Oregonian) Oregon’s higher education board unanimously adopted a policy that will [...]