Departments
Stewardship: Managing Nature's Resources
Out of the Woods
A meeting of the minds on forest issues is rare. Yet an innovative energy project underway in Oregon's Fremont National Forest has won near-unanimous support from stakeholders who are often at odds. More…
Today's Forecast: Windy and Toxic
Heading out to dig clams at your favorite beach? Someday you may be able to check the red tide forecast in addition to the tide tables. More…
Innovation: Promoting Entrepreneurship and Invention
Open Source, Hot and Cool
Alex Polvi may work and study at OSU, but he gets paid by Mozilla, an Internet software company in Mountain View, California. More…
Solutions for Business
The Business Solutions Group in the College of Business has performed those services for Fortune 500 companies, start-ups and public agencies such as the Oregon Department of Transportation. More…
Amber Waves of SuperSoft Wheat
Wheat fields may have inspired Katherine Lee Bates to write a song about America's beautiful "amber waves of grain," but not all wheat is created equal. More…
Inquiry: Exploring Arts and Sciences
Common Ground: Gardens and Scholarship
Ralph Waldo Emerson was a cultivator and connoisseur of pears. His protégé Henry David Thoreau grew beans on the shores of Walden Pond. More…
Mind Your Math
It just adds up — math education is about more than learning to add and subtract. More…
Earth: Understanding the Planet
Sounding an Arctic Retreat
The Arctic doesn't give up its secrets without a fight. A science team led by OSU oceanographer Kelly Falkner learned that the hard way last year when a sudden windstorm off the northern Greenland coast destroyed their tents and scattered debris for miles. More…
Vitality: Advancing Life Sciences
Sexual Health: Asking the Tough Questions
Using the research tools of social science — questionnaires, focus groups, interviews and data analysis — Marie Harvey, chair of OSU's Department of Public Health, delves into the most private of human behaviors and the attitudes that shape them. More…
LPI Researchers Take Aim at Lou Gehrig's Disease
How did Oregon State University's Linus Pauling Institute become home to groundbreaking research on nerve cell degeneration? More…
