Alert: OSU Main Campus Closure: Oregon State University’s main campus will be closed today due to continued flooding, road closures, and possible additional dangerous conditions as some rivers and creeks crest during the next 12 to 24 hours. Information regarding the OSU – Cascades Campus in Bend is available viahttp://www.osucascades.edu/, and regarding the Hatfield Marine Science [...]

Oregon State economic impact: $2.06 billion (Portland Business Journal) Oregon State University has a bigger economic impact than any of the state’s four-year colleges and universities, according to an economic impact study it released Wednesday. (see also Oregonian, Columbian, KGW) OSU researcher highlights public, private biomass work in Oregon (Biomass Power and Thermal) Christine Kelly, an [...]

Green grads: Multnomah County, OSU graduates first class of urban farmers (Oregonian) Taught in partnership between the County and Oregon State University Extension Service, BUFA students learn through formal classes, hands-on training, field trips, online instruction, farmers’ market sales, and supervised apprenticeships how to organically produce vegetables, fruits, and value-added products over the course of [...]

It’s a buyers market for colleges hiring junior faculty (Chronicle of Higher Education) When Oregon State University knew it would be able to hire dozens of new professors this fall, administrators asked the faculty to think strategically, in ways that would maximize the allure of their open positions. Transit agencies face the new calculus of [...]