A Q&A with Ed Ray on the NCAA’s ruling on Penn State (Oregonian) A Q & A with Dr. Ed Ray, Oregon State president and chairman of the NCAA’s executive committee, after the NCAA imposed sanctions on Penn State on Monday. (See also Think Out Loud) NCAA levies $60 million fine against Penn State (Chronicle [...]

Penn State penalties include $60 million fine and bowl ban (New York Times) Oregon State University President Ed Ray has released a brief statement on the NCAA’s decision: “The historically unprecedented actions taken by the NCAA today are warranted by the conspiracy of silence that was maintained at the highest levels of the university in [...]

Alcohol does a body good? Study finds it boosts bone health (TIME) The new study, which was published in the journal Menopause and led by Urszula Iwaniec of Oregon State University, sought to examine how alcohol might affect bone turnover in women, who are at especially high risk for fractures late in life. (see also [...]

OSU names Sandra Woods dean of the College of Engineering (Portland Business Journal) Sandra Woods, a former Oregon State University environmental engineer who has led the engineering program at Colorado State University for the past seven years, was today named dean of the OSU College of Engineering. (see also Gazette-Times, LIFE@OSU) Environmental Outlook: Rising sea [...]

Megacity + Megaquake = Time bomb (KVAL) At the beginning of 2010, Oregon State University geologist Bob Yeats told a national reporter that Port au Prince, Haiti, was a “time bomb” for a devastating earthquake because of its crowded, poorly constructed buildings and its proximity to the Enriquillo Fault. (see also KATU, Alaska Native News) [...]