Fukushima Health Impact: Minimal? (Wall Street Journal) “From a radiological perspective, we expect the impact to be really, really minor,” said Kathryn Higley, a professor of nuclear engineering at Oregon State University. She was part of the group that spoke Thursday in Washington D.C. Super-sized fleas adapted to feed off dinosaurs (Nature) George Poinar, a [...]

Breaking ground in college journalism (NPR) Two students have become the first black editors-in-chief of their college newspapers in Oregon, which has a black population of less than 2 percent. Host Michel Martin talks with Brandon Southward of Oregon State University and Tyree Harris of the University of Oregon. Should we worry about tsunami debris? [...]

Eat your broccoli (Science Daily) Researchers in the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University have discovered yet another reason why the “sulforaphane”compound in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables is so good for you — it provides not just one, but two ways to prevent cancer through the complex mechanism of epigenetics. (see also Innovations [...]

Getting boys to college, one student at a time (Skanner) In Portland, a handful of African American teachers are stepping into that gap to prepare more boys to be college men. Last Friday, a busload of youths and teachers rode down to Oregon State University for a college tour and a long talk about future [...]

Campus food banks help students through tough times (USA Today) Oregon State is one of a growing number of colleges and universities nationwide that have a food pantry on campus for students and others struggling to get enough food and supplies. (see also Education News) Scientists report back from Fukushima exclusion zone (Nature) Finding reliable [...]