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02/24/2012

OSU begins new natural resources leadership summer program

02/23/2012

“Negative refraction” opens avenue to new products and industries
Verena Tunnicliffe to deliver OSU “Vents” lecture on March 1
Oregon Sea Grant funds $2 million in ocean and coastal research for 2012-14
OSU music and art faculty members give ‘animated sound performance' on March 3

02/22/2012

CASE recognizes ‘distinguished service’ of OSU Foundation CEO and other OSU efforts
For disaster debris arriving from Japan, radiation least of the concerns
Author and poet Purpura reads at OSU on March 9
"Patchiness” altering perceptions of ocean predators, prey
Historical drama ‘The Sugar Wife” opens at OSU Theatre on March 1

02/21/2012

Aftershocks of Japan disaster being felt in U.S. earthquake planning
Study: Forested riparian zones important to nitrogen control, stream health

02/20/2012

Over-reactive parenting linked to problem behavior in toddlers

02/17/2012

Eco Warriors help OSU residence halls compete in recycling challenge

02/16/2012

OSU receives full accreditation from international association
Tai chi may help patients with Parkinson’s disease regain balance, reduce falls

02/15/2012

OSU scientist receives prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship
Concert to benefit youth center named for OSU’s Fred Thompson
Legacy of Hanford nuclear site discussed Feb. 23
Contraceptive preferences among young Latinos related to decision-making

02/14/2012

Researchers eye monitoring system for offshore wind energy impacts

02/13/2012

OSU Groups Offer Music and Food at “Soul Food Cafe” Celebration
Scientists discover reason for Mt. Hood’s non-explosive nature

02/10/2012

OSU graduate student receives outreach teaching award
Valentine’s Day event focuses on romance between Ava Helen and Linus Pauling
OSU accounting students take first place in tax competition
OSU students contribute to online archive of the American Film Institute

02/09/2012

The power of estrogen – male snakes attract other males
Ocean microbes changing, but environmental impact is unclear
Portland radio host will discuss sublimity, Beethoven and Kant in Feb. 21 lecture
Physician adviser for TV show ‘House’ to speak on medical mysteries on March 13
Food Hero: Helpful messages for healthy eating
Garden research program for teens holds recruitment meetings

02/08/2012

Student contest calls for writing and video entries on ways to prosper on Earth

02/07/2012

Sexual health focus of Corvallis Science Pub on Feb.13

02/06/2012

College of Forestry joins OSU Libraries, CEOAS with Open Access policy
Public invited to observe spring lambing at OSU sheep center

02/02/2012

A battle of the vampires, 20 million years ago?
Take a virtual tour of OSU’s rare book and manuscript collection
OSU researcher part of Mars rover science team
Award-winning authors Julie Orringer and Ryan Harty to visit OSU on Feb. 16

02/01/2012

Oregon preparing for debris from Japanese tsunami

01/31/2012

“Life and activity monitor” provides portable recording of vital signs
OSU Ecampus ranked ninth in nation for distance education
Sporting event ads viewed favorably – especially if the game is close

01/30/2012

Starker Lectures to explore forest and water interactions
OSU chemist receives Chemical Research Society of India Medal
Learning-based tourism an opportunity for industry expansion

01/27/2012

OSU unveils new purple tomato, ‘Indigo Rose’
OSU’s counseling services re-accredited

01/26/2012

Conference at OSU to focus on sex trafficking in the U.S.
New lecture series helps you dig the science of soils

01/25/2012

OSU joins consortium of vet med colleges
OSU plays key role in development of new USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
Scientists follow endangered whale from Russia for second straight year

01/24/2012

Four OSU students pick up medals at recent debate event
Play about the first American woman to win Nobel Prize opens Feb. 8

01/23/2012

Celebrated author Joyce Carol Oates to receive literary prize from OSU

01/20/2012

Loss of river complexity contributes to flooding, but fish should survive

01/19/2012

Private well water often unsafe after major floods
Near-record rain causing flooding issues
One of most acclaimed German films of 2011 to show in Corvallis on Feb. 8

01/18/2012

OSU charts record $2.06 billion impact and major contributions to Oregon
Renowned translator of Chinese texts at two events on Jan. 26 and Jan. 27
Graduate student forums, comics film screening at OSU
Extension seafood specialist helps with new products, processes

01/17/2012

OSU class on Occupy Wall Street explores the philosophy, history behind the movement
New study: Juvenile predation preventing Steller sea lion recovery
OSU to retire one research vessel, take over operation of another

01/13/2012

Debate on Christianity in Latin America to be held Jan. 23
Oregon State hosts summit on hunger, food security

01/12/2012

OSU science dean to lead university’s budget office
Chlorophyll can help prevent cancer - but study raises other questions

01/11/2012

OSU participates in mtvU’s “Student Bodies”
Film series celebrating women comes to OSU campus

01/10/2012

Disruption of biological clocks causes neurodegeneration, early death
Satellite imagery detects thermal “uplift” signal of underground nuclear tests
Lectures on Shakespeare held Jan. 17 and 19 on OSU campus
OSU alumna and business professional to speak on work/life balance
OSU faculty members and OSU Press releases nominated for Oregon Book Awards

01/09/2012

Online interest more than doubles enrollment in fisheries and wildlife
Weatherford Awards honor notable entrepreneurs in Portland on Feb. 16

01/06/2012

Conference to explore progress toward safer fuel in nuclear research reactors
OSU to host annual MLK Jr. celebration
Registration opens for OSU's small farms conference on Feb. 25
Booklet explains grafting and budding techniques to propagate plants

01/05/2012

OSU’s Dawn Wright to receive national award
Chemist and novelist Carl Djerassi speaks at OSU on Feb. 2

01/04/2012

Willamette River focus of Corvallis Science Pub on Jan. 9
OSU College of Vet Medicine to hold equine reproduction workshop
Brook, Ciuffetti named AAAS Fellows
Poetry event comes to OSU on Jan. 17
Poets Geri Doran and Maxine Scates set reading at OSU on Jan. 20

12/29/2011

Key to school improvement: reading, writing, arithmetic……. and character?

12/28/2011

Diet, nutrient levels linked to cognitive ability, brain shrinkage

12/22/2011

OSU posts 100 years of farming research, homemaking advice online
New research will dig deep into the hidden kingdom of fungi

12/21/2011

Yellowstone transformed 15 years after the return of wolves
Atypical La Niña may still show teeth, but dry weather prevails

12/20/2011

Fuel reduction likely to increase carbon emissions

12/19/2011

Hatcheries change steelhead genetics after a single generation
OSU spinoff company makes first shipment of specialty chemical

12/16/2011

Canning seafood: How to prepare and process safely
OSU engineering student recognized as one of top 15 in the world
Thinning reduces flying squirrel populations – key part of spotted owl diet
Midwives use rituals to send message that women’s bodies know best

12/15/2011

Cancer from fetal exposure to carcinogens depends on dose, timing
Scientists find microbes in lava tube living in conditions like those on Mars

12/08/2011

OSU Extension's online help center answers 2,600 questions in first nine months
OSU faculty member wins prestigious art grant

12/07/2011

OSU football player collapses, dies at recreation facility
OSU names Arkansas leader to new university ombuds post
Child support forgiveness programs can be effective in reducing debt
OSU forensics team takes third place sweepstakes award for region
Christmas trees are getting greener with new sustainability program

12/05/2011

OSU’s Abbott receives top Microsoft research award

12/02/2011

Oregonians have many choices for Christmas trees
Scientists describe new species of crab that “farms” methane vents

11/30/2011

OSU study questions cost-effectiveness of biofuels and their ability to cut fossil fuel use
Mechanism discovered for intestinal malfunction among patients with immune system disorders

11/24/2011

New study: Climate sensitivity to CO2 more limited than extreme projections

11/23/2011

OSU hires 80 faculty from top institutions to support enrollment, research
“Fool’s gold” leads to new options for cheap solar energy
Southwestern Oregon streams: a flawed view of the past

11/22/2011

Unseen devastation from tsunamis can destroy coral reefs
Study: Physical activity impacts overall quality of sleep

11/21/2011

OSU undergraduate develops new time-saving method in organic chemistry

11/18/2011

'Discover the Scientist Within' workshop offered for middle school girls
Study finds Great Plains river basins threatened by pumping of aquifers

11/17/2011

Chris Anderson to read from poetry collection on Dec. 2
End of “Secure Rural Schools” payments will hurt Oregon economy

11/15/2011

Beavers asked to make healthy life pledge during Civil War competition
OSU forensics team places at Linfield

11/14/2011

The kindness of strangers: caring and trust linked to genetic variation
Oregon Native American Tribes meet at OSU on higher education
Report: Oregon child care costs rising dramatically as wages fail to keep up

11/11/2011

Book explores resilience as management goal for Pacific salmon
How to successfully replant riparian areas
Oregon high school students chosen for National 4-H Congress

11/10/2011

Author Bill McKibben launches ‘Discovery Lecture Series’ Nov. 17
New OSU program grooms students to become top-notch workers

11/09/2011

Applications open for American Youth Leadership exchange with Mongolia
OSU establishes center for Latino/Latina studies
Corvallis Science Pub to focus on grapes and wine

11/08/2011

OSU forensics team posts first place showings in Washington tournament
Romantic comedy, “Almost, Maine,” opens Nov. 10 at OSU Theatre

11/07/2011

Geosciences joins COAS to form powerful new college at OSU
Fatherhood can help change a man’s bad habits

11/04/2011

Demand surges for free “candle” image for iPhones
OSU announces agricultural honors scholarships
'Growing Farms' planning book is available to public
Registration opens for OSU online vineyard management class

11/03/2011

Talks, film screening at OSU to honor environmentalist Aldo Leopold on Nov. 14
Climate change causing movement of tree species across the West

11/02/2011

OSU Housing and Dining offers music and food at “Taste of the Mediterranean”
Speakers to debate basis for morality at Nov. 14 event
Scott Nadelson to read from short story collection on Nov. 18
Analysis reveals malaria as ancient, adaptive and persistent foe

11/01/2011

Popular novelist Aimee Bender comes to OSU on Nov. 11

10/31/2011

Scott Ashford named interim engineering dean at OSU

10/28/2011

Commitment from Bend business leader key to building for OSU-Cascades
Glaciologist, climate expert to present Condon Lecture
2011 Excellence in Family Business Award recipients announced

10/27/2011

Willamette Innovators Night spotlights creative economy
Idaho president, Corvallis superintendent among OSU alumni to be honored
University of Idaho President Duane Nellis to speak Nov. 4 at OSU
OSU Diversity Summit features poet Joaquín Zihuatanejo and TV's Nancy Giles
Lange to present alumni fellow seminar on federal forest policy
OSU librarians find gaps in support for graduate students
Sperling’s BestPlaces founder and OSU alumnus to speak on Nov. 1

10/26/2011

Debris from Japanese tsunami slowly making its way toward West Coast

10/25/2011

International Film Festival to showcase variety of cultures Nov. 7-11
Historian to speak about how growing and cooking food changed over time

10/24/2011

Auditions held for ‘The Sugar Wife’ on Oct. 28 and 30
Production of biofuel from forests will increase greenhouse emissions
Fewer marten detections in California forest linked to decline in habitat

10/21/2011

OSU Libraries establishes Special Collections & Archives Research Center
John Larison to read from new novel on Nov. 3

10/20/2011

International Forest Film Festival to begin in Corvallis
NOAA again selects OSU to run marine studies institute
Horning professor to speak on German, Czech culture
Oregon Sea Grant co-sponsors “Next Wave” Heceta Head Coastal Conference
High to moderate levels of stress lead to higher mortality rate

10/19/2011

“Albedo effect” in forests can cause added warming, bonus cooling

10/17/2011

Discovery offers new therapy approach for Lou Gehrig’s disease

10/14/2011

Oregon State students get personal with politics

10/13/2011

OSU joins multi-university launch of $1 billion “Green Challenge”
Severe drought, other changes can cause permanent ecosystem disruption

10/12/2011

New Zealand poet to read from work on Oct. 28 at OSU
Mood disorder expert, survivor, speaks at Oregon State University
OSU gears up for 5K event
Scientists find possible trigger for volcanic “super-eruptions”

10/11/2011

Health benefits of broccoli require the whole food, not supplements
OSU senior named ‘Emerging Designer’ at Portland Fashion Week
Ocean Observatories Initiative moving closer to deployment

10/10/2011

Dedication, open house planned for Linus Pauling Science Center
New program to expand, enhance use of LIDAR sensing technology
Cool weather could be an advantage to this year's Oregon wine vintage

10/07/2011

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College of Science honors faculty, staff
Federal oceans and polar policy expert to direct climate change center at OSU

10/06/2011

OSU to test emergency alert system on Oct. 12
Explore Oregon farms, farmer’s markets through new website
OSU faculty earn nearly $42 million in research grants in a single month
OSU to dedicate new Living-Learning Center on Monday, Oct. 10
Cool weather could affect this year's grapes

10/05/2011

Oregon Sea Grant receives $2.6 million NSF grant for learning research
‘How to Die in Oregon’ screens Oct. 26

10/04/2011

OSU’s Becker-Blease honored as “Rising Star” from Aspen Institute
Advance offers new opportunities in chemistry education, research

10/03/2011

Corvallis Science Pub to feature Engineers Without Borders, Beavers Without Borders
Kiewit Materials Performance Lab completed at OSU
Lecture series to examine engineering approach to climate change
Forest structure, services may be lost even as form remains
Statewide public health conference set Oct. 10-11
Nature study: Rising CO2 levels at end of Ice Age not tied to Pacific Ocean

09/30/2011

Art installation project on OSU campus seeks participants
OSU professor Tracy Daugherty to read from newest book on Oct. 13

09/29/2011

Award will allow expansion of nanotech safety research programs

09/28/2011

OSU scientists to play key role in forest, aviation fuel initiative
$4.4 million fuels new bioenergy education program at OSU
Retrospective of films by East German filmmaker to show in Corvallis
Debate on end-of-the-world scenarios held Oct. 17 at OSU
Screening of documentary film held Oct. 7

09/27/2011

“Food for Thought” series begins seventh season
OSU College of Veterinary Medicine receives re-accreditation
Open auditions for OSU’s fall comedy held Oct. 2-3
Expansion of OSU Energy Efficiency Center will aid Oregon industry
Pioneering female rock musicians perform at OSU on Oct. 6

09/26/2011

Year of continued growth, change begins for OSU
OSU to launch paperless payroll time/attendance system, increasing efficiency

09/23/2011

OSU, community group to host “Performing for PEACE”
Events at OSU, UO to focus on Mexican-American activism
Salwasser leaving as dean at nation’s leading college of forestry
Ford gift creates endowed deanship in forestry at OSU
Family harvest party and garden tour held Oct. 2

09/22/2011

Ecampus honored for commitment to military students
College of Liberal Arts honors top faculty and staff
Vet Med college unveils new MRI capabilities for animals; reception set Friday

09/21/2011

Study outlines stream temperature changes following timber harvests
Founding president of Starbucks to speak at OSU Oct. 5

09/20/2011

Microwave ovens a key to energy production from wasted heat

09/19/2011

Biodiversity helps dilute infectious disease, reduce its severity

09/16/2011

OSU research administrators honored
OSU dean emeritus honored by American Sociological Association
OSU charts record $4-million year in licensing royalties from lab innovations

09/15/2011

Calcium, osteoporosis expert receives LPI Prize for Health Research
Sept. 17 Proclaimed ‘Oregon Sea Grant Day’ by Governor Kitzhaber
Contract agreement reached between university system and SEIU
Keith Scribner to read from “The Oregon Experiment” on Sept. 30