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Oregon State University has been given top marks as one of the best campuses in the country for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students.

A type of freshwater zooplankton could form a new approach to biological control of a fungus that is devastating amphibian populations around the world.

A new survey suggests that persons become vegans or vegetarians for a multitude of reasons, from personal health, to dislike of chemical additives, to concern about animal welfare.

William McDougal has been named director of CCE (Civil and Construction Engineering) Research Laboratories at the Oregon State University Hinsdale complex.

It's a more complicated game than a lot of people realize, and researchers at OSU are making important advances in artificial intelligence by having their computer systems watch Beaver football.

A new study by researchers at Oregon State University has found that college students, in general, aren't getting enough fruits and vegetables - in fact, less than a serving a day on average.

An OSU professor has edited a new book on the popular television program, "The Daily Show," that examines how it uses rhetoric to critique media and politics.

Former Oregon governor and U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield passed away Sunday after a long illness. His legacy lives on at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, OSU's world-class marine research campus.

More intensive engineering design and rigorous construction standards could help reduce the catastrophic loss of life from some of the massive tornadoes that have occurred recently.

OSU researchers earn nearly $184 million in federal research awards in the recently completed fiscal year, and nearly $262 million in overall research funding.

Oregon State University scientists and engineers earned nearly $262 million in research contracts and grants in the recently concluded fiscal year. Here are some of the stories behind that total.

Antioxidants may hold significant potential to address problems with infertility, but more clinical trials are needed, researchers say.

Conifers in the Pacific Northwest actually face their greatest struggle for water during the torrential rains of winter, not the dryest periods of summer, new research has shown.

Scientists at OSU are leading an international effort to employ the use of beach cameras and surf cameras to collection data on the near-shore for information on beach formation, erosion, rip currents and other issues.

President Obama’s “Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge” is drawing participation from leading campuses around the United States, and Oregon State University is among them.

A rich methane field is located at Hydrate Ridge, about 55 miles off the Oregon coast, and scientists are intrigued by its potential as an energy source - and concerned about potential effects of climate change.

OSU oceanographers will turn the ocean green this week, using a temporary, harmless dye to track near-shore ocean water movement off the coast of Newport.

Oregon State University Libraries is being honored for its work in specialized librarianship by the Special Libraries Association.

Larry Flick has been named dean of the College of Education at Oregon State University, succeeding Sam Stern, who is returning to his faculty position after a sabbatical.

A new publication by the OSU Extension Service outlines the range of ways that homeowners can take actions to help protect their homes from wildfires.

Inkjet printers may soon be used with technology developed at OSU to dramatically reduce the cost of solar cells made from promising new compounds.

Southern right whales are now returning to their ancestral calving grounds for the first time in more than a century in New Zealand, after being locally hunted to extinction.

A 1983 OSU business graduate who heads the AAA organization in Oregon and Idaho is the new president of the university's growing alumni association.

When a crisis hits stock markets around the world, smaller companies in the U.S. get hit even harder than their larger, multinational counterparts, a new study shows.

OSU continues to be the predominant university of choice for valedictorians, salutatorians and other top high school graduating seniors, according to a new survey from The Oregonian.

Ed Ray, who has served for the past two years as chair of the NCAA Executive Committee, takes over leadership of the governing body of the Pac 12 Conference starting next month.

Samantha Martinez has become the fourth Oregon State University 4-H Latino summer camp counselor in five years to receive a Bill and Melinda Gates Millennium Scholarship, a prestigious full-ride scholarship from undergraduate through Ph.D. study, given out to only 1,000 students a year.

One of the key phytochemicals in broccoli that makes it so healthy has been shown for the first time to target and kill cancer cells, while leaving normal cells untouched, a new OSU study found.

The College of Veterinary Medicine at Oregon State University will award diplomas to its graduating class this Sunday, June 12, in a special ceremony that begins at 1:30 p.m. in LaSells Stewart Center.

A major gift from an Oregon State University alumnus will allow the master of fine arts program in creative writing to establish one of the nation's top literary prizes.