Two OSU buildings selected for 2013 DeMuro Award

Posted On Saturday, November 9, 2013 By . Under OREGON  Tags: , , , ,   
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 . Under OREGON  Tags: , , , ,   
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 ...

OSU Addresses Parking, Traffic Challenges for a Weekday Game on Nov. 1

Posted On Friday, October 18, 2013 By . Under OREGON  Tags: , , , ,   
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 . Under OREGON  Tags: , , , ,   
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 . Under OREGON  Tags: , , , , ,   
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 ...

Overgrazing Turning Parts of Mongolian Steppe Into Desert

Posted On Monday, September 9, 2013 By . Under OREGON  Tags: , , , ,   
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 . Under OREGON  Tags: , , , ,   
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 . Under OREGON  Tags: , , , , ,   
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 . Under OREGON  Tags: , , , ,   
West Antarctica at end of last ice age 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 ...

OSU Announces Plan to Pursue Independent Institutional Board

Posted On Friday, August 2, 2013 By . Under OREGON  Tags: , , ,   
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 . Under OREGON  Tags: , , , ,   
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 . Under OREGON  Tags: , , , , ,   
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 . Under OREGON  Tags: , , , ,   
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 . Under OREGON  Tags: , , ,   
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 . Under OREGON  Tags: , , , ,   
OSU Adopts University-Wide Open Access Policy 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 ...

Assay Developed to Rapidly Detect Disease That Hurt Oyster Industry

Posted On Thursday, June 6, 2013 By . Under OREGON  Tags: , , , ,   
Assay Developed to Rapidly Detect Disease That Hurt Oyster Industry CORVALLIS, Ore. – Scientists in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Oregon State University have developed a new, inexpensive and precise way to detect the toxin secreted by Vibrio tubiashii, a bacterial disease that a few years ago caused millions of dollars in losses to the oyster aquaculture industry in ...

Despite reduced dog poisonings from slug baits, researchers are warning of a new hazard

Posted On Wednesday, May 29, 2013 By . Under OREGON  Tags: , , , , ,   
Despite reduced dog poisonings from slug baits, researchers are warning of a new hazard CORVALLIS, Ore. – Stronger warning labels on slug and snail baits containing metaldehyde may have led to a huge drop in calls to a national pesticide hotline about possible dog poisonings, according to Oregon State University. The toll-free hotline, operated by the university's National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC), received more than ...

Entrepreneurs need to balance risk of persisting with payoff of succeeding

Posted On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 By . Under OREGON  Tags: , , ,   
Entrepreneurs need to balance risk of persisting with payoff of succeeding CORVALLIS, Ore. – In a new business, sometimes the better part of wisdom is knowing when to quit, a new study concludes. Even though persistence is a key to business success, entrepreneurs might be more successful if they not only knew when to start a business and take risks, but also ...
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