Archive for October, 2009
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
Homecoming (and Halloween) at Oregon State is upon us! And Oregon State’s Alumni Association is planning a host of events that should be a blast. Some of the most popular are: The tug-o-war, the finals of which involve students trying to pull each other to the ground in front of a full crowd at Reser. [...]
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
After serving for more than two years as the National Science Foundation’s first program director for integrated Antarctic research, Kelly Falkner tried to get out of her own going-away party. Now the Oregon State University oceanographer is glad she attended. Her colleagues in Washington, D.C., presented her with a framed photo of a coastal glacier [...]
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Botanists Steve Sillett and Marie Antoine are renowned researchers of old growth forest canopies, especially those of the redwoods of California. The husband and wife team are both Oregon State graduates and reside in Arcata, California, where Steve is a professor in the Department of Forestry and Wildland Resources at Humboldt State University, and Marie [...]
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Oregon State’s Kearney Hall just received gold certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program of the U.S. Green Building Council…which means it’s being recognized for environmentally-sensitive design and construction. It’s the second major building at Oregon State (after Kelley Engineering) to get the award. Here are a few of the building’s [...]
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
If you’re in Hillsboro on Saturday morning, Oregon State’s Extension Service is holding a harvest festival at 9 a.m., with a focus on urban poultry. That means…eggs! James Hermes, Extension poultry specialist, will talk about backyard flocks and how to keep them safe and healthy.Other sessions will be on home food preservation, edible lanndscaping, pest [...]
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
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