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President Ed Ray will host a town hall discussion on equity, inclusion and civil and social justice at Oregon State University on Monday, Feb. 29.

Psychology classes are among the most popular courses on college campuses today, but new research shows that many of them lack important information about the largest single minority group in the U.S. – people with disabilities.

With a $10 million grant from the NSF, OSU is partnering with 11 other universities and organizations to expand computer science research on projects that impact sustainability.

Oregon poet Cindy Williams Gutiérrez and fiction writer Justin Taylor will read at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 4, in the Valley Library Rotunda.

The Finance & Administration Committee of the OSU Board of Trustees will meet on Feb. 23 to consider quarterly management and investment reports.

Oregon State University Theatre will host the Milagro Theatre’s bilingual play, 'Broken Promises' by Olga Sanchez, on Monday, Feb. 29.

OSU has named Peter Clark and Margaret Burnett as its 2016 Distinguished Professor recipients, the highest academic honor the university can bestow on a faculty member.

The Oregon State University School of Arts and Communication is hosting the Ivy Street Ensemble of Colorado at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 25 in First Presbyterian Church.

A new study offers genetic evidence that wild and hatchery fish are different at the DNA level, and that they can become different with surprising speed.

President Edward J. Ray has announced a new “Student Success Initiative,” calling on the university within four years to make an OSU degree an affordable reality for every qualified Oregonian.

Oregon State University researchers have developed a new method for producing stable pigments from fungi, a process they say can be scaled up to match the needs of manufacturers of paints, wood finishes and textile dyes.

The Oregon State University School of Arts and Communication will present Cole Porter’s jazzy musical comedy, "Kiss Me, Kate," Feb. 26-28 and March 3-5.

Essayist, poet and critic Maggie Nelson will read on Friday, Feb. 19, in the Valley Library Rotunda on the Oregon State University campus in Corvallis.

Campaigns that seek to stigmatize all genetically modified crops and foods through “GMO-free” labeling distort the scientific record on their safety and represent an abuse of science, a leading biotechnology researcher said today.

At the rate humans are emitting carbon into the atmosphere, the Earth may suffer irreparable damage that could last tens of thousands of years, according to a new analysis.

Oregon State University will be participating in a national recycling competition from Feb. 7 through April 2.

A modest warming of coastal waters can have a significant impact on juvenile fish assemblages in just a few years, raising concern about the effects of climate change.

Noted national food writer, critic and television personality Ruth Reichl will speak at Oregon State University on Feb. 17 as part of the Provost’s Lecture Series. 

The OSU Board of Trustees has re-elected officers, reviewed future business strategies, and explored ways to advance equity, social justice, campus safety and emergency response.

The Crossroads International Film Festival is celebrating its 10th year in February with a slate of five films from across the globe. 

The 2016 Diversity Career Symposium, a career development event for college students and alumni who identify with communities that are traditionally underrepresented in professional settings, will be Friday, Jan. 29 in Salem.

The papers of beer journalist and historian Fred Eckhardt have been acquired by the Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives 

Construction crews digging in the end zone in Reser Stadium on Monday uncovered a large femur bone, likely from a mammoth, along with more bones from several extinct mammals.

New approaches to help limit and "taper" opioid use has been shown to be useful in addressing a major national problem of opioid use, abuse and overdose deaths.

Endangered western gray whales appear to have plenty of food in a rich feeding area, but the food is most abundant in winter - under ice and not readily accessible in most years.

There is no evidence that water births, where a baby is intentionally born under water in a tub or pool, poses any increased harm to the child, Oregon State University researchers have found.

Giustina Gallery at The LaSells Stewart Center is hosting the Albany Artists 10 x 10 art exhibit again this year. 

Oregon State University Theatre will present Paula Vogel’s haunting tale, 'Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief,' on Feb. 4-7.

Artemio Rodriguez, an award-winning artist, author and printmaker, is visiting Oregon State University as an artist in residence Jan. 26-29. 

With wildfires increasing in frequency and threatening urban as well as rural communities, Oregon State University’s annual Starker Lecture Series will tackle trends in living with fire in the Pacific Northwest.

Corvallis newspapers from a 46-year period more than a century ago can now be accessed online, for free.

Oregon State University’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr., celebration will be held Jan. 11-22 with the theme “Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere.”

Novelist and journalist Héctor Tobar will read at Oregon State University on Friday, Jan. 15.

Using fitness DVDs to work out at home may seem like a good way to get started on new exercise goals this year, but those DVDs may also include negative imagery and demotivating language.

Oregon State University has become one of the few college campuses in the nation to participate in the federalSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

OSU marine educator Bill Hanshumaker will conduct side-by-side necropsies of two sharks this Saturday, Jan. 9, at OSU’s Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport.

OSU Ecampus is opening a new research unit to explore online teaching and learning concepts and improve services to students.

Commercial Dungeness crab fishing on the West Coast is one of the highest risk occupations in the United States, but non-fatal injuries appear to go largely unreported.

“VČELA: Blood & Honey,” an exhibit of sculpture, installation and language by artist Craig Goodworth, opens on Monday, Jan. 11, in the Fairbanks Gallery.

OSU research is tracing aging to its biochemical roots, and scientists believe they may identify ways to slow the process down.

Selina Heppell, an OSU conservation biologist, has been named the first woman to head the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife in its 80-year history.

Engineers at OSU will use a new $2 million grant from the Department of Defense to study the impacts of smoldering combustion and the problems it can cause.

Juvenile chinook salmon have to eat more when the Pacific Ocean is warm, but they are smaller and thinner than salmon the same age during cold-water years.

The Guistina Gallery in The LaSells Stewart Center at Oregon State University will be one of the first venues to host a full showing of original works by artist Thomas Kinkade since his death in 2012.

A group of 72 leading climate change scientists have written a letter to major United States presidential candidates urging strong American leadership on clean energy.

OSU is implementing a series of steps to address racial concerns and to strengthen equity, social justice and inclusivity.

The Oregon State University Extension Service's 4-H youth development program will induct four longtime volunteer leaders or retired staff into its Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Dec. 9.

A fundamental advance in understanding the physics of photonic “sintering” could lead to many new approaches to solar cells and flexible electronics.

The Oregon State University Board of Trustees’ standing committees will hold meetings in December.