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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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Oregon State alum receives prestigious graduate fellowship

Friday, April 16th, 2010

Taralyn Tan, a 2008 graduate of Oregon State University in biochemistry and biophysics, has been awarded a Phi Kappa Phi Marcus L. Urann Fellowship, which provides $15,000 toward her graduate study in neuroscience at Harvard University. Tan was the recipient of the 2010 OSU Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi award, which put her in the [...]

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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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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

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