Kelly Benoit-Bird, a pioneering young oceanographer from Oregon State University, has been selected as one of 23 recipients nationwide of prestigious 2010 MacArthur Fellowships. Popularly called “Genius Awards,” the fellowships include a $500,000 stipend to further the recipient’s scholarship. They are presented annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Benoit-Bird, 34, studies [...]
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Continuing Education
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
A year ago we talked with California native and OSU freshman Sam Kelly-Quattrocchi about why he chose Oregon State. He cited the school’s welcoming character as well as the great marine biology program as the major motivators behind his decision. We recently had the chance to catch up with the University Honors College student to [...]
OSU’s Kathleen Dean Moore blogs for Powell’s
Friday, September 24th, 2010
Oregon State Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Kathleen Dean Moore has spent the past week guest blogging for Powell’s Books in Portland. Moore is writing about how we all have a moral obligation to confront climate change so that we can preserve the Earth for future generations. That idea is the central theme of the new [...]
The biggest sports town in the U.S.?
Friday, September 17th, 2010
Okay, so maybe it’s not Corvallis. But the Beavers get a great nod at the end of this ESPN3 commercial on how Tangier Island, Maryland, became the biggest sports town in the country…per capita, at least. Watch till the end!
Preserving the culture
Monday, September 13th, 2010
Recreation Resource management graduate Melinda Stewart found her current job – Public Relations Manager at Corvallis Tourism – when the then-CEO spoke in one of her classes. Since then, she’s promoted everything Corvallis has to offer via social media and other outlets, and has even found the time to do freelance work advocating for historic [...]
‘Rally at Pioneer Square’ to launch new school year for OSU
Monday, September 13th, 2010
Will you be in Portland on Friday, Sept. 17? Want to get your orange on? Then join us for our “Rally in Pioneer Square” to welcome our incoming students! Hundreds of new and current Oregon State University students will get an enthusiastic send-off for the academic year ahead in Corvallis from alumni, university leaders and [...]
Prof’s op-ed causes a stir on the Huffington Post
Friday, September 10th, 2010
Oregon State professor of medical anthropology and reproductive health Melissa Cheyney recently wrote an op-ed piece on the great divide between how home births and hospital births are perceived in the U.S. It’s clearly a hot-button issue, because her op-ed got picked up by the Huffington Post blog, and is generating hundreds of comments by [...]
OSU experts in the Gulf
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Two Oregon State researchers have headed to the Gulf of Mexico to monitor the effects of April’s Deepwater Horizon spill. Sea Grant director Stephen Brandt is currently in the Gulf – he’s studying how the spill is affecting fish and other marine life there. Brandt will be blogging throughout his trip. Three days ago Brandt [...]
The Long Shot
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Oregon State alum Bob Johnson never imagined he’d be in the film industry. But it was his belief in his son’s creative energy that propelled the family into the heart of show business. Now Johnson’s Sisters, Oregon-based business, Fluid Images, is considered a pioneer in the industry. Johnson, who graduated in 1962 with a degree [...]
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