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It’s Urban Horticulture Field Day!

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

The Oak Creek Center for Urban Horticulture will have a public field day Wednesday, Aug. 25, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oregon State University students and faculty will share information and ideas about vegetable gardening, urban chickens, annual trials, hedge-row trials, green towers, beekeeping and green roofs. The Oak Creek Center is on the [...]

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Powered by Internships – Oregon Explorer

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Tyler Barns graduated in June from Oregon State’s Professional Science Master’s program. While he was here he worked as an intern for Oregon Explorer, a digital library that houses information on the state’s natural resources. Currently, he is working as a biologist for WRA Environmental Consultants in San Rafael, Calif. He specializes in rare plant [...]

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Going the Distance

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

For Callum Read, part of the experience of attending the International Baccalaureate Student World Conference at Oregon State was getting here. When found out he’d been chosen to go, his mother told him he should bike from their home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Corvallis, where 300 International Baccalaureate high school students from 10 countries [...]

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A Life on the Mountain

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Once a month, we will be highlighting a nominated Powered by Orange business. What does it mean to be a Powered by Orange business? It could be that it’s owned by an Oregon State alum, has many OSU alums working there, or is just a friend of OSU. A Powered by Orange Business also drives [...]

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Portland is Powered by Orange

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Water — Food — Energy — necessary ingredients for a great city. And Oregon State University is working throughout Portland to make a positive difference in all three. Through research and partnerships with people and organizations, we are improving water quality, encouraging locally sourced food and taking sustainable living from idea to reality. Our faculty, [...]

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Oregon State’s Day of Service a success!

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

“Woo-hoo! Thank you Beavers,” came the shout of a Eugene runner wearing the green and yellow of the University of Oregon Ducks, passing a group of about 35 orange and black Oregon Staters who worked Saturday morning to clear hazardous brush along one of the city’s busiest riverfront paths. The group in Eugene joined volunteers [...]

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Restoration…with a Conscience

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Once a month, we will be highlighting a nominated Powered by Orange business. What does it mean to be a Powered by Orange business? It could be that it’s owned by an Oregon State alum, has many OSU alums working there, or is just friends of OSU. A Powered by Orange Business also drives innovation, [...]

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Powered by Internships – Playing with the big cats in Namibia

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Rhianna Johnson decided to become a veterinarian while living in Punta Gorda, Belize as a high school student. She found a cat that had been hit by a car and was suffering from dehydration. Johnson brought the cat to a local veterinarian named Ludwig, knowing that if anyone could save the cat, he could. Still, [...]

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Celebrate Earth Week at Oregon State

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

There’s still plenty of time to get in on Earth Week activities at Oregon State. We can’t think of a better place than OSU to show how education and research play critical roles in preserving our environment. We are the nation’s top-rated university in conservation biology, forestry and agriculture, and our faculty and students consistently [...]

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Better Living in Portland

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

If you live in or around Portland, chances are you’ve heard of the Energy Trust Better Living Show. In its third year, the free, green living expo is the Northwest’s largest sustainability lifestyle show and takes place this year 3/26 through 3/28. The show is designed to empower people to become more mindful consumers by [...]

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