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Monday, April 16th, 2012
A Cooperative System of Sustainable Ranching Sustainable ranching means taking care of scarce water supplies and fragile desert grasses. Parched streams, erosion and invasive plants pose threats to ranchers’ livelihoods and a productive ecosystem. For more than 30 years, Oregon State rangeland scientists have been working with Central Oregon ranchers to test the effects of [...]
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Dear Class of 2015, Welcome to Oregon State University! Whether you’ve traveled more than 8,000 miles to become a Beaver — like Indonesian Johannes Simanjuntak — or only had to drive a few blocks — like Corvallis-raised Olivia Hawkinson — you all now share one amazing home. This fall, the OSU community is expected to [...]
Friday, October 1st, 2010
Oregon State University students and staff turned the Memorial Union Quad into the scene of a Bollywood film on Friday afternoon when more than 70 people participated in a flash mob dance in the middle of the quad. The event, which was staged as a surprise during the annual Beaver Fair for students in the [...]
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
A year ago we talked with California native and OSU freshman Sam Kelly-Quattrocchi about why he chose Oregon State. He cited the school’s welcoming character as well as the great marine biology program as the major motivators behind his decision. We recently had the chance to catch up with the University Honors College student to [...]
Friday, September 24th, 2010
Oregon State Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Kathleen Dean Moore has spent the past week guest blogging for Powell’s Books in Portland. Moore is writing about how we all have a moral obligation to confront climate change so that we can preserve the Earth for future generations. That idea is the central theme of the new [...]
Friday, September 17th, 2010
Okay, so maybe it’s not Corvallis. But the Beavers get a great nod at the end of this ESPN3 commercial on how Tangier Island, Maryland, became the biggest sports town in the country…per capita, at least. Watch till the end!
Monday, September 13th, 2010
Will you be in Portland on Friday, Sept. 17? Want to get your orange on? Then join us for our “Rally in Pioneer Square” to welcome our incoming students! Hundreds of new and current Oregon State University students will get an enthusiastic send-off for the academic year ahead in Corvallis from alumni, university leaders and [...]
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Oregon State alum Bob Johnson never imagined he’d be in the film industry. But it was his belief in his son’s creative energy that propelled the family into the heart of show business. Now Johnson’s Sisters, Oregon-based business, Fluid Images, is considered a pioneer in the industry. Johnson, who graduated in 1962 with a degree [...]
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Recently NPR reporter Ari Shapiro caught up with Marine Geology and Geophysics PhD student Summer Praetorious. But they didn’t talk about the technical stuff…instead they talked about luck. Shapiro had heard from a former professor of Praetorious’ that she had a knack for finding four-leaf clovers. And Shapiro got curious. Check out the story that [...]
Friday, July 16th, 2010
If you found yourself standing on the roof of Oregon State’s Valley Library, the dark greens of cedars and maples that skirt the town’s buildings and streets would perhaps call attention to themselves as they never have before. It would be difficult to take the town’s trees for granted from that vantage point, and easier [...]