Oregon State University installs two solar arrays (Sustainable Business Oregon) Oregon State University jumped ahead in the university system’s statewide solar program, installing two ground-mounted solar arrays covering four acres. Oregon State University to test quinoa as a Northwest crop (Grainnet) Researchers from Oregon State University are exploring the potential for quinoa to grow in [...]

Preventative health: Vitamin D for shorter days (Register-Guard) “We get less sunlight, which strikes the skin with ultraviolet light, and stimulates the production of vitamin D,” says Noy Rathakette, who teaches in the Health Professions Division at Lane Community College and the College of Public Health and Human Sciences at Oregon State University in Corvallis. [...]

Focus is a trait that improves with age (Pacific Standard) In an innovative experiment rigged by members industrial engineering faculty at Oregon State University and the general surgery faculty at the Oregon Health and Science University, 18 second-, third- and research-year surgical residents were asked to remove a gall bladder using a minimally invasive technique [...]

OSU alums rule the ciderhouse (LIFE@OSU) What started as a passion for home-brewing has become something of an Oregon phenomenon, and a group of former Oregon State University students is at the heart of a booming micro industry. Mike Riley named coach of the year (OSU Beavers) Oregon State head football coach Mike Riley has [...]

College grads take on record debt, weighing down Oregon’s economy: Diminished expectations (Oregonian) In Benton County, where Oregon State University employs 1 in 4 people, the unemployment rate is the lowest in the state, said Patrick O’Connor, a regional labor economist for the state. At 6.2 percent it’s more than 2 percentage points lower than [...]