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Oregon State University and Virginia Tech are partners in a new National Science Foundation-funded initiative that will create a cooperate research center focusing on wood-based composite materials.

Oregon State University is one of only 19 colleges in the United States to receive a five-star ranking for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) inclusion and friendliness.

A major international educational conference for International Baccalaureate students, which has never been held on the U.S. mainland, will open at Oregon State University on Aug. 9.

University researchers were responsible for a major surge in competitive grant awards, with sizable funding increases from the U.S. Dept. of Energy, Dept. of Agriculture and more.

A new approach to managing public forest lands in Oregon has been developed by an OSU professor and students that would require compromises and new thoughts on reforestation.

A new study led by OSU's Bryan Black has found that mini-pulses of February upwelling have an amazingly strong correlation with rockfish growth and seabird nesting success.

Mark Zabriskie, a longtime pharmacy faculty member and natural products researcher has been selected to lead the College of Pharmacy for Oregon State University.

The recent closure of razor clamming along much of Oregon's coast has cast a spotlight once again on "harmful algal blooms," which scientists say are increasing globally.

Restoration work, conservation activities, and research taking place in the Deschutes Basin and the Closed Lakes Basin are now featured on two websites, the Deschutes Basin Explorer and the Lakes Basin Explorer. These are the first east-of-the-Cascades basin portals within the Oregon Explorer series.

Oregon State University has been named a Best Buy School in the upcoming edition of “The Fiske Guide to Colleges” for 2011.

An international group of scientists finds pollution in all eight of the national parks and preserves that were studied. Some pollutants had traveled from distant sources in Asia and elsewhere.

Todd Simmons has been named interim vice president for University Advancement at Oregon State University, OSU President Ed Ray announced.

He succeeds Luanne Lawrence, who resigned this month to accept a similar position at the University of South Carolina.

Karyle Butcher's 29 years of service to OSU and its Valley Library have been key in redefining the role of the traditional library at Oregon State and elsewhere.

Technology being developed by HD+ has earned new funding support and could make home dialysis possible for individuals in kidney failure -- a major step forward.

Young men who attempt suicide before age 18 are much more likely as adults to be aggressive toward their girlfriends or wives, including hitting and injuring their partners, according to a new study.

Unique properties of this new strain may make it particularly well suited to help clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill with no harmful environmental side effects, researchers say.

Researchers disclose a new way to apply nano coatings that could revolutionize cooling technology, potentially affecting applications ranging from laptops to advanced radar systems.

A new OctoCam at OSU's Hatfield Marine Science Center allows web users a 24/7 glimpse at the center's resident giant Pacific octopus, which already is a hit with students in...Iowa?

The American Veterinary Medical Association has opened a new college - sports medicine and rehabilitation for animals - that will create new opportunities for students at OSU.

Through its “Orange Spotlight” program, OSU is recognizing PGE as an exemplary business demonstrating a dedication to community service, sustainability and innovation. Part of the “Powered by Orange” campaign, the Orange Spotlight features a different business each month.

OSU faculty member bridges the "home/hospital divide" in her research, documenting benefits of traditional birthing practices with more modern practices.

An OSU senior who will graduate this June has been selected as one of the first 19 women in the U.S. to serve on a submarine, overcoming a gender barrier that has stood for 110 years.

Oregon State University art professor Shelley Jordon will join notable Americans including Jonathan Safran Foer as a fellow at the pilot program for the American Academy in Jerusalem this summer.

The former president of the OSU Faculty Senate is named to a two-year term on the governing body for the Oregon University System and its seven member institutions.

A new advance in technology developed by OSU researchers may lead toward a new generation of robots that can walk and run - and use less energy in the process.

The Pacific Northwest has better than a one-in-three chance of facing a mega-earthquake in the next 50 years, with a magnitude comparable to those that devastated Chile.