Seeing the crush of people jockeying for an open seat at the big white tent might make you wonder what kind of celebrity was in attendance. But instead, these visitors to the Corvallis Farmer’s Market were getting a gift: information that could improve their health, or even save their life. Armed with blood-pressure cuffs, sterile [...]
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In Memory of Fred Thompson
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
Oregon State University student-athlete Fred Thompson, a freshman on the OSU football team, died early Wednesday evening in Corvallis. According to OSU officials, Thompson was playing basketball at Dixon Recreation Center on the OSU campus when he collapsed. He was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis where he was pronounced dead. Thompson was a [...]
Bridging the Gap
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
When freshman Maria Ramirez decided she wanted to study industrial engineering, she knew it would mean attending one of the large universities that offered the program. Coming from Portland’s Valley Catholic High School — a school of only 375 students — Ramirez says she was intimidated by the thought of trying to find a community [...]
Vital contributions
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
When Angelica Grizzle started college, her idea of research was scientists in lab coats looking into microscopes. When she found out that there were opportunities for undergraduate students to work with young kids on school readiness research, she jumped at the opportunity. Grizzle says the research seed was planted during her first year at Oregon [...]
Accessing Success
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
Kathy Prose notices things about her surroundings now that she never used to. Whether she is at the supermarket or on campus between classes, Prose finds herself asking a new question about the buildings and walkways she sees: Are these accessible for everyone? Working at Oregon State University’s Disability Access Services is what made Prose [...]
Healthy Futures
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
A nearly 5-foot-long cigarette, smoke wafting from one end, beckoned passers by to a booth in the Memorial Union Quad last May. Though a canopy and informational materials were set up as well, Alice Atsma says it was the cigarette — “lit” with dry ice — that attracted people to the booth where she waited [...]
A Digital Tribute
Friday, November 4th, 2011
It was supposed to create an ambience, maybe the right mood for a romantic date. Marty Ulrich never imagined it would soon be held up by mourners and seen on telecasts all over the world as they remembered Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple. This “candle” image, designed for an iPhone or iPad, is available [...]
When it comes to broccoli, there is a right way and a wrong way
Friday, October 14th, 2011
New research has found that if you want some of the many health benefits associated with eating broccoli or other cruciferous vegetables, you need to eat the real thing – a key phytochemical in these vegetables is poorly absorbed and of far less value if taken as a supplement. The study, published by scientists in [...]
Just One Catch
Friday, October 7th, 2011
OSU professor of creative writing Tracy Daugherty has written more than 10 books of fiction, short fiction, essay and biography. His most recent, Just One Catch, is a biography of the writer Joseph Heller, most famous for his novel Catch-22. Just One Catch follows a 2010 collection of short stories, and Hiding Man, Daugherty’s acclaimed [...]
A way to CONNECT
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
No matter how exciting it is to move to campus for your first year of college, the transition isn’t easy…which is why CONNECT Week at OSU has become such a popular tradition. From the time new students move in on Sept 18 through Sept 25, they will have the chance to participate in more than [...]
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