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Wheels and hoops

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Looking for a new way to work out? Then the OSU’s Oregon Slam Wheelchair Basketball Team could be exactly what you need. The team, started by Movement Studies in Disability PhD student Jooyeon Jin (aka “JJ”), played in its first tournament last fall. “Half of our players are disabled and half are able-bodied. We have [...]

The return of the big predators

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

As wolves spread across the American West and even into areas of the East Coast, where their official presence has yet to be acknowledged, Ph.D. student Cristina Eisenberg’s findings about their place in the ecosystem could help policymakers answer questions about the best way to manage them.

It’s a timely issue, as their reemergence is [...]

Orange Spotlight

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Shine a spotlight on businesses that are Powered by Orange.

Do you know a business that is Powered by Orange? If so, here’s your chance to shine a spotlight on deserving businesses.
And just what makes a business Powered by Orange? They’re owned by an Oregon State alum, have lots of OSU alums working there or are [...]

Powered by Orange love

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

After having won a Grand Gold award last week from the Council for Support and Education (CASE), Oregon State’s Powered by Orange campaign won the Virginia Carter Smith Grand Crystal award – the highest honor possible in regional competition. PBO will soon move on to national competition. Our success, in large part, is due to [...]

Oregon State Sustainability Coordinator one of the state’s top young innovators

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Congratulations to three Oregon State community members who made the 1000 Friends of Oregon list of “35 Innovators Under 35.”
Oregon State’s Sustainability Coordinator Brandon Trelstad was chosen by the group, which dedicates itself to conservation and sustainability, because he helped make Oregon State the 4th largest university purchaser of renewable energy in the country. He [...]

All I want for the Holidays…

Friday, December 11th, 2009

This is my wish list for the Holiday season. Hopefully I have been good enough to deserve a few of them. Oh, and yes I am a die hard Beaver fan, alum and current staff member. So my list is pretty biased, but you want what you want, right?

I want the Beaver football team to [...]

Want an Antarctic glacier named after you? Here’s how to do it…

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 [...]

Speaking for the Big Trees

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 [...]

A Strong Start: why an incoming freshman chose OSU

Friday, September 18th, 2009

As of spring of 2008, Sam Kelly-Quattrocchi has been set on becoming a Beaver. But what attracts a student from Southern California to Oregon State? Here is a conversation with him about his reasons on coming to Oregon State University:

Watching the Snow: monitoring Oregon’s water supply

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Travis Roth is a PhD student working in water resource engineering. Here he answers questions about his research in groundwater movement and snowmelt, and how future climate change may affect both. Roth’s work is just one way Oregon State’s researchers use Inventions that Serve the Public Good.
How do you describe your work?

My [...]


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