OSU Planning Full 4-Year Facility At Bend Location (OPB) Administrators at Oregon State University say they’re planning to turn the school’s Cascades campus into a full-fledged 4 year facility within the next three years. (See also: KTVZ) Red! No, Blue! No, Light Blue! (Slate) Marilyn Read, an associate professor of design and human environment at [...]

Oregon State chooses microbiology researcher as new dean of College of Agricultural Sciences (Oregonian) Dan Arp, a microbiology researcher and professor, is the new dean of Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences. (See also: Corvallis Gazette-Times, Capital Press, Portland Business Journal) Oregon beekeepers: No quick fix for colony collapse (Sustainable Business Oregon) But local [...]

OSU among 16 greenest colleges (Sustainable Business Oregon) The Princeton Review, in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council, named Oregon State University to its honor roll of the 16 most environmentally responsible colleges. Oregon’s bees holding their own against colony collapse disorder as spring crops await prime bee time (Oregonian) Ramesh Sagili, an Oregon [...]

Education Programs Expanding At OSU’s Cascade Campus (OPB) Oregon State University is expanding a program at Central Oregon’s Cascades Campus for K through 12 educators. This summer, the school
 will begin offering two new graduate teaching degrees. Oregon CEO Summit and Alumni and Business Partner Awards held on May 3 in Portland (OregonLive) Oregon State [...]

Ocean Acidification Hurts Oyster Larvae Development At Ore. Hatchery, Study Confirms (Huffington Post) The study’s authors, led by Alan Barton of the Pacific Coast Shellfish Grower’s Association and Burke Hale of Oregon State University, examined oyster larvae at Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery over the course of one summer. Women Less Apt Than Men to Get [...]