Joyce Carol Oates talks about honorary degrees, her new novel, criticism and her dreams (Oregonian) Next month, she’ll be in Portland to receive the inaugural Stone Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement, given by Oregon State University to a major American author who also has been a dedicated mentor to young writers. Following the Breadcrumbs on [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]