Two OSU buildings selected for 2013 DeMuro Award
Posted On Saturday, November 9, 2013 By USA Education News. Under OREGON Tags: DeMuro Award, extraordinary complexity, Hallie Ford Center, Joyce Collin Furman Hall, Oregon State University
CORVALLIS, Ore.— The Hallie Ford Center and Joyce Collin Furman Hall at Oregon State University have been selected to receive the 2013 DeMuro Award for Excellence in Preservation, Reuse and Community Revitalization by Restore Oregon.
The Hallie Ford Center is being recognized as an outstanding example of compatible infill development within ...
Noted oceanographer to speak Nov. 12 at Hatfield
Posted On Friday, November 1, 2013 By USA Education News. Under OREGON Tags: Deepsea Challenger, Don Walsh, Hatfield Marine Science Center, oceanographer Jacques Piccard, Oregon State University
NEWPORT, Ore. – Don Walsh, a pioneering oceanographer famous for his 1960 dive to the deepest part of the ocean, will visit Newport on Tuesday, Nov. 12.
Walsh will give a free public lecture at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center. His presentation, “Lunch on Board the Titanic: Two Miles ...
ESPN College GameDay location will be on the UO’s memorial quad
Posted On Friday, October 25, 2013 By USA Education News. Under OREGON Tags: Autzen Stadium parking, Duck Store, ESPN College GameDay production, LEED certified building, Lillis Business Complex
EUGENE, Ore. -- -- ESPN College GameDay, the nation’s premier college football pre-game program is coming to the University of Oregon this weekend, and will stage its production in the memorial quadrangle area of campus. This will be ESPN College GameDay’s eighth visit to the Eugene campus, and the 18th ...
OSU Addresses Parking, Traffic Challenges for a Weekday Game on Nov. 1
Posted On Friday, October 18, 2013 By USA Education News. Under OREGON Tags: football team, logistical challenge, Oregon State University, OSU’s Reser Stadium, University of Southern California
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State University football team will be showcased in a national prime time game against the University of Southern California in OSU’s Reser Stadium beginning at 6 p.m. on Nov. 1, a rare Friday night game that will bring attention – and a logistical challenge – ...
OSU Researchers Helping China’s Rarest Seabird Rebound From Near-Extinction
Posted On Thursday, October 10, 2013 By USA Education News. Under OREGON Tags: Dan Roby, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Fishery Bureau, Oregon State University, Xiangshan Ocean
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A collaborative project between researchers in Asia and Oregon has helped establish a new breeding colony for one of the world’s most endangered seabirds – the Chinese crested tern, which has a global population estimated at no more than 50 birds.
Until this year, there were only two ...
Celebrated memoirist Nick Flynn to read at OSU on Oct. 11
Posted On Thursday, October 3, 2013 By USA Education News. Under OREGON Tags: Bewilderment, Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews, Oregon State University, The Reenactments, Writer Nick Flynn
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Writer Nick Flynn will read from his work on Friday, Oct. 11, at Oregon State University’s Valley Library rotunda. The free public event begins at 7:30 p.m. and will be followed by a question and answer session and book signing.
Flynn is the author of three memoirs including “The ...
UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History to Acquire Arctic Collection
Posted On Wednesday, September 25, 2013 By USA Education News. Under OREGON Tags: Arctic collection, Jensen Arctic Museum, Oregon Legislature, University of Oregon, Western Oregon University
EUGENE, Ore. -- The UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History (MNCH) will be the new home to a major collection of Arctic artifacts, according to an agreement between the University of Oregon and Western Oregon University (WOU), and thanks to support from the 2013 Oregon Legislature.
The collection of more ...
Overgrazing Turning Parts of Mongolian Steppe Into Desert
Posted On Monday, September 9, 2013 By USA Education News. Under OREGON Tags: domestic herding., Global Change Biology, Gobi Desert, Oregon State University, Thomas Hilker
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Overgrazing by millions of sheep and goats is the primary cause of degraded land in the Mongolian Steppe, one of the largest remaining grassland ecosystems in the world, Oregon State University researchers say in a new report.
Using a new satellite-based vegetation monitoring system, researchers found that about ...
Science Pub Focuses on Getting Ready for School
Posted On Sunday, September 1, 2013 By USA Education News. Under OREGON Tags: Corvallis Science Pub, Early Childhood Research Core, Hallie E. Ford Center, Megan McClelland, Oregon State University
CORVALLIS, Ore. – If you want to know if your kindergartener will succeed in school, look to Simon Says for an answer. Or to Red Light/Green Light. Or to the marshmallow game.
At the Corvallis Science Pub on Sept. 9, Megan McClelland will demonstrate how these and other tasks can be ...
Bald Eagles Increasing Impact on Murre Colony at Yaquina Head
Posted On Sunday, August 25, 2013 By USA Education News. Under OREGON Tags: eagles, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University, Robert Suryan, secondary predators, Yaquina Head colony
NEWPORT, Ore. – The recovery of bald eagle populations in Oregon is an environmental success story that has resulted in a resurgence of this iconic symbol in the state, which is good news – unless you happen to be a common murre living at the coast.
Scientists at Oregon State University ...
Study Documents Early Warming of West Antarctica at End of Last Ice Age
Posted On Saturday, August 17, 2013 By USA Education News. Under OREGON Tags: Edward Brook, ice age, Oregon State University, paleoclimatologist, West Antarctic
CORVALLIS, Ore. – West Antarctica began emerging from the last ice age about 22,000 years ago – well before other regions of Antarctica and the rest of the world, according to a team of scientists who analyzed a two-mile-long ice core, one of the deepest ever drilled in Antarctica.
Scientists say ...
Internet Search Engines Drove U.S. Librarians to Redefine Themselves
Posted On Saturday, August 10, 2013 By USA Education News. Under OREGON Tags: Andrew J. Nelson, Baton Rouge, Jennifer Irwin, Louisiana State University, University of Oregon
Although librarians adopted Internet technology quickly, they initially dismissed search engines, which duplicated tasks they considered integral to their field. Their eventual embrace of the technology required a reinvention of their occupational identity, according to a study by University of Oregon researchers.
The story of the successful transition — of accommodating ...
OSU Announces Plan to Pursue Independent Institutional Board
Posted On Friday, August 2, 2013 By USA Education News. Under OREGON Tags: Ed Ray, Oregon State University, OSU Alumni Association, university governing board
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University President Ed Ray announced today that OSU will establish its own independent institutional board to govern Oregon’s only university with a statewide presence and help guide OSU’s mission to serve the state and the needs of its citizens in a growing global economy.
“Oregon State ...
Veterinary Hospital Managing Equine Influenza Outbreak
Posted On Friday, July 26, 2013 By USA Education News. Under OREGON Tags: College of Veterinary Medicine, Keith Poulsen, Lois Bates Acheson, Oregon State University, Veterinary Teaching Hospital
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Oregon State University will not accept horses for anything but emergency services until at least Tuesday, July 30, due to an outbreak of equine influenza virus at the hospital.
Three horses are known to be infected with this virus, and others could be, ...
OSU Hotline Opens For Food Preservation Questions
Posted On Friday, July 19, 2013 By USA Education News. Under OREGON Tags: canner gauges, ensuring jam, food preservation questions, Nellie Oehler, Oregon State University, tomato salsa
CORVALLIS, Ore. – As interest grows in preserving produce, the Oregon State University Extension Service is offering its summer food preservation and safety hotline for queries on testing pressure canner gauges, ensuring jam sets properly and preparing tomato salsa.
The hotline at 1-800-354-7319 runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, ...
The Sounds of Science – Melting of Iceberg Creates Surprising Ocean Din
Posted On Friday, July 12, 2013 By USA Education News. Under OREGON Tags: Atmospheric Sciences, Hatfield Marine Science Center, oceanography, Oregon State University, polar regions
CORVALLIS, Ore. – There is growing concern about how much noise humans generate in marine environments through shipping, oil exploration and other developments, but a new study has found that naturally occurring phenomena could potentially affect some ocean dwellers.
Nowhere is this concern greater than in the polar regions, where the ...
On-Campus Students Donate 13 Tons to Local Nonprofits During Move-Out
Posted On Thursday, July 4, 2013 By USA Education News. Under OREGON Tags: Campus Recycling, Kyle Reed, Linn Benton Food Share, Oregon State University
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University students who moved out of residence halls late this spring donated 25, 979 pounds of items to Campus Recycling during the annual Resident Hall Move-out Donation Drive. It was a 29 percent increase over last year’s donations.
Students were asked to donate their unwanted items ...
OSU Adopts University-Wide Open Access Policy
Posted On Thursday, June 27, 2013 By USA Education News. Under OREGON Tags: College of Agricultural Sciences, Michael Boock, Oregon State University, Sabah Randhawa, Shan Sutton
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University has officially adopted an open access policy requiring faculty members to make their scholarly articles available for free through the digital repository ScholarsArchive@OSU.
The policy applies to all future scholarly articles authored or co-authored by faculty members at OSU.
OSU is the first university, public or ...
