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Scientists for the first time have simultaneously compared widespread impacts from two of the most common forest insects in the West – mountain pine beetle and western spruce budworm – an advance that could lead to more effective management policies.

People with disabilities have unmet medical needs and poorer overall health throughout their lives, and as a result should be recognized as a health disparity group, a new analysis shows.

Oregon State University’s Nutrition and Dietetics Club is celebrating National Nutrition Month on Wednesday, March 4, with an event in the Memorial Union quad from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

OSU researchers have received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation that will allow them to outfit a pair of undersea gliders with acoustical sensors to make them "think like a fish."

Oregon State University Theatre will present a Lab Theatre production of Stephen Metcalf’s Vietnam-era play, 'Strange Snow,' in March.

Author Jenny Boully will read from her works on Friday, March 6, at Oregon State University’s Valley Library rotunda on the Corvallis campus beginning at 7:30 p.m.

A cultural center for international students at Oregon State University is getting a new home, which will be celebrated this weekend at an event filled with music and food.

A new study suggests that climate change is altering life cycles of blacklegged ticks, which could increase transmission of certain pathogens, including the bacterium that causes Lyme disease.

Students, faculty and staff at Oregon State University have largely embraced a new policy that prohibits smoking on the Corvallis campus, new research shows.

New research indicates that global warming may increase upwelling in several ocean current systems globally by the end of this century and will cause major changes in marine biodiversity.

Gabor Temes, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Oregon State University, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

A new study has found that both the population and habitat of Pacific lamprey - an ecologically and culturally important species - are declining in western Oregon.

The increase in physical activity by office workers using treadmill desks was small and did not help workers meet public health guidelines for daily exercise, an OSU researcher found.

Five more private companies have successfully completed the Oregon State University Advantage Accelerator program, designed to boost their chances at commercial success.

Oregon State University President Edward J. Ray has been elected chair of the Association of American Colleges and Universities board of directors

The OSU Foundation’s Portland presence is growing, with five staff members hired in recent months, including a new associate vice president and development officers in athletics, business, engineering and gift planning.

An analysis of Oregon State University’s economic impact released today estimates that Oregon’s largest university contributed $2.371 billion to the global economy last year.

Oregon State University Theatre will present “The Diary of Anne Frank,” Feb. 12-14 and Feb. 20-22 in the Withycombe Hall Main Stage theater in Corvallis.

The Center for Healthy Aging Research is recruiting volunteers to join a registry for possible participation in future studies related to the health and well-being of middle-aged and older adults.

Marcus Borg, a renowned New Testament scholar known for his groundbreaking books on the life of Jesus, died Wednesday, Jan. 21, following a battle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Authors Tracy Daugherty and Wayne Harrison will read from their works on Friday, Jan. 30, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at Oregon State University.

The Willamette Valley Bird Symposium will be held this Saturday, Jan. 24, at Oregon State University.

OSU plans to launch the state’s only four-year degree in hospitality management beginning this year at OSU-Cascades - a proposal that was approved Friday by the OSU Board of Trustees.

Ilene Kleinsorge, dean and Sara Hart Kimball chair of the College of Business at Oregon State University, announced today that she will retire from OSU effective June 30.

Students at Oregon State University will have a chance to help shape policies related to marijuana legalization in Oregon as part of a new public policy course.

Oregon State University will host a screening and discussion of the 1957 Stanley Kubrick film, “Paths of Glory,” Jan. 24 at the NW Film Center at the Portland Art Museum.

Sulforaphane, one of the compounds found in foods such as broccoli that give it special health benefits, may be able to play a role in therapy for metasticized cancer.

A study of infectious disease suggests that some treatments meant to help, such as deworming, may aid individuals but do so at the expense of the herd - both in animals and humans.

Wave energy should be able to be integrated into  the overall energy grid fairly effectively, and at less cost than wind energy, a new analysis suggests.

OSU has begun a new $60 million initiative to create the Oregon Forest Science Complex, dedicated to education and research on advanced wood products.

Oregon State University’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr., celebration will be held Jan. 12-23 with the theme “Ordinary People, Extraordinary Change.”

A new system developed at OSU may improve the efficacy of cancer surgery through the use of phototherapy and a technique that "illuminates" the tumor.

OSU is liquidating the furniture and kitchenware remaining in four cooperative housing units that are being closed.

La mortalidad de larvas de ostra japonesa u ostión en criaderos de la región costera del Noroeste de EEUU (Pacífico Nororiental) ha sido asociada a la acidificación del océano. 

A new study of Pacific oyster and Mediterranean mussel larvae found that the earliest larval stages are directly sensitive to saturation state, not carbon dioxide (CO₂) or pH.

OSU’s Center for Latino/a Studies and Engagement has been selected to join the Inter-University Program for Latino Research, a national consortium of university-based research centers.

Building on a 15-year plan to improve its athletic and educational facilities for student-athletes, OSU announced a $42 million project to expand and renovate the Valley Football Center.

Researchers have developed a method to track through the human body the movement of carcinogens known as PAHs as they are biologically processed and eliminated.

Oregon State University has formed a new group to organize and expand its work and collaboration with unmanned aerial vehicles and sensing technologies.

Building on a new commitment to improved marine protection and management, the U.S. Department of State has chosen Jane Lubchenco as the first Science Envoy for the Oceans.

The Oregon State University Honors College was rated to be among the top 22 honors colleges in the nation in 2014 by Public University Press, a private organization.

The Lois Bates Acheson Veterinary Teaching Hospital at OSU is resuming normal operations following several cases of equine influenza.

Oregon State University is ranked among the strongest Earth and environmental sciences programs in the world by the journal Nature.

Patrick Iversen, a professor at Oregon State University, led the development of a drug that targets the genetic machinery of the Ebola virus. At the Dec. 8 Corvallis Science Pub, he will review what scientists know about Ebola and how the new drug works.

The director of the Silicon Valley United States Patent and Trademark Office will explore startup business issues on Wednesday, Dec. 3, in Corvallis, in an open public discussion.

The Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Oregon State University will not accept horses for anything but emergency services until at least Tuesday, Dec. 2, due to three diagnosed cases of equine influenza virus at the hospital.

New studies of lionfish may help researchers better understand how they, and other animal species, select their prey.