Oregon State University wins crucial grant to design, build ocean research vehicles (Oregonian) Oregon State University has won a rare National Science Foundation grant to design and build three ocean research vessels, a victory that’s crucial to advancing the school’s top-tier oceanography program. (see also Sustainable Business Oregon, KLCC, EarthFix) Top 20 College & University Green [...]

Jane Austen and zombies: Old novels, new insights (Huffington Post) OSU associate professor of English Evan Gottlieb writes about why old novels are still relevant, and don’t need demon hunters and vampire slayers to make them interesting. Saving the ocean: Scourge of the lionfish (PBS) OSU’s Mark Hixon is featured on this PBS series. Getting [...]

Dish by Dish, art of last meals (New York Times) This month, 500 of her plates, the largest show of her work ever mounted, went on display in the Arts Center, a former Episcopal church in this college town south of Portland, where Professor Green is an associate professor of art at Oregon State University. [...]

Corvallis police search for man who allegedly assaulted Oregon State University student near campus (OregonLive) Corvallis police are looking for a man who allegedly tackled a female Oregon State University student, pinned her to the ground and then hit her several times on Saturday evening near the school’s campus. (see also KOIN, KVAL) Empty nest [...]

Business accelerator mini-boom continues (Oregon Business) Oregon State University recently launched a Venture Accelerator with $380,000 from the OSU College of Business, Office for Commercialization and Corporate Development, and the University Venture Development Fund. PNNL, Oregon State get $2.8M from Department of Defense (Sustainable Business Oregon) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will receive up to $2.8 [...]

Admissions leaders and legal experts debate how to define merit (Inside Higher Ed) Oregon State University has been considered a leader in the field, and officials from the university have periodically credited its “Insight Resume”– in which students respond to short questions about leadership, creativity, dealing with adversity, community service and other topics — with [...]

Home brewers look into growing backyard hops (OPB) Oregon State University’s hops breeder, Shaun Townsend, said he regularly fields questions from the public about growing hops. He also teaches workshops on “hops growing 101″ to prospective hops farmers and gardeners. Remembering King’s legacy (Gazette-Times) Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech has resonated [...]

Searching the Olympic Forest for the elusive marten (OPB EarthFix) Photographs of martens provided by OSU’s Katie Moriarty. OSU bike safety event draws hundreds (Gazette-Times) Nearly 600 people, most of them Oregon State University students, turned out Thursday during the three-hour “Be Bright, Be Seen” bike safety giveaway in the Memorial Union Quad. Dance and [...]

Invasive species discovered in Washington (NBC Nightly News) OSU’s John Chapman and Jessica Miller are featured in this piece about Japanese tsunami debris washing up on the Washington State coastline. How videogames change the brain (Scientific American) Recent research by Christopher A. Sanchez, an Assistant Professor in the School of Psychological Science, has shown that [...]

Sketch released of man who allegedly assaulted woman on OSU campus (OregonLive) Police are looking for a man who allegedly assaulted a woman on the Oregon State University campus in Corvallis on Tuesday. (see also KATU, KGW, Statesman Journal) OSU wants bikers and pedestrians to Be Bright! Be Seen (LIFE@OSU) In an effort to encourage [...]