OSU teams with Oregon Industry Cluster Network (Portland Business Journal) Under terms of a recently signed memorandum of agreement, OSU will undertake research, conduct focus groups and serve as a consultant to the network. McKenzie plan is a practical response to area’s changes (Register-Guard) The project meets the general ecological forest management standard set by [...]

Study: Why 30 Minutes of Exercise Each Day is Crucial for Women (Self) The researchers also studied the participants for signs of depression and metabolic syndrome, which, explains study researcher Bradley Cardinal, professor of social psychology of physical activity at OSU, is a group of health conditions that in combination dramatically raise a person’s risk [...]

New Maps Unlock Seafloor Secrets Off Oregon Coast (Our Amazing Planet) “We’re pulling up the window shade on the near-shore environment — not only for the science, but also for the practical side,” said Chris Goldfinger, a geologist at Oregon State University who led the work. (See also: MSNBC, LiveScience) Knee Injuries in Women Linked [...]

OSU’s new ag dean plans to meet with farmers, ranchers (Capital Press) Dan Arp, new dean of Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences and director of the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station, has been at OSU for 22 years. And he’s been to the four corners of the state. Authorities investigate death at sorority house [...]

Value Added: He didn’t let the recession paint him into a corner (Washington Post) After he was laid off in 2009, “there was nothing happening in home building for me,” said the Oregon native, who studied civil engineering at Oregon State University and con­struction management at Penn State. With savings and borrowed money from a [...]