When she came to Oregon State University to study computer science, Helen Shin struggled to feel at home in a course of study dominated by men. At OSU, female students constitute 20 percent of the College of Engineering, but few choose computer science, Shin says. The scarcity of female role models in the field made [...]
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Caring for Kids
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Albany dentist Scott Nicholson is showing 8-year-old Keisha an x-ray of her teeth. “Mom can come take a look too,” he says, inviting Keisha’s mother to join them at the screen. Keisha’s mom leans over to see the x-ray from the wall between the two exam rooms where she hovers, simultaneously watching her daughter and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Want to be on MTV?
Monday, October 3rd, 2011
Are you looking to exercise more? Want to make the commitment to get in shape? MTV is looking for students to compete in the next season of mtvU’s “Student Bodies,” where two teams of two go head-to-head in a competition to get fit for the ultimate prize: an expense paid trip to Spring Break 2012! [...]
Following Footsteps
Friday, September 30th, 2011
In the magical world of Harry Potter, there exists a map that tracks the movements of each person (and ghost) at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The series’ protagonist, Harry, and his friends, can watch their teachers’ tiny footprints move through the school’s corridors as they wait for the coast to clear. The [...]
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 [...]
Coming Home
Saturday, September 3rd, 2011
In June, OSU alum Ariko Iso (’93) returned to the Beavers to become the Head Football Athletic Trainer. It makes Iso, 40, only the third female football trainer at the Division I level. Prior to returning to OSU, Iso worked as an assistant athletic trainer for the Pittsburgh Steelers. She was the first – and [...]
OSU alum Cheering in the NFL
Monday, August 8th, 2011
It’s one thing to be a great athlete or a great academic. It’s another to be both. Lindsey Yoder (’09, BS in ChemicalEngineering) was always a dedicated student, having been involved in the Chemical, Biological, & Environmental Engineering Student Club, the OSUAthletic Club, and the college’s ambassador program. Now, the OSU graduate is an automation engineer at Merck and a top-notch athlete. She recently made the Carolina Panthers 2011 cheerleading squad and will make a two-hour drive twice a week for cheerleading practice.
We want to congratulate Lindsey and wish her good luck in both interests. Go Beavers!
Launching Careers
Friday, August 5th, 2011
It’s 250 feet long, has millions of parts and can put nearly one million pounds into the air. And a number of Oregon State alumni are on the team that’s making the latest version of Boeing’s iconic jumbo jet — the 747-8 — a reality.
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