News Archive

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The first lecture in Oregon State University’s 2008-09 American Culture & Politics series, by William Leach of Columbia University, will focus on the trade of tropical butterflies.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Reser’s Fine Foods of Beaverton, Nosler of Bend and Solar Summit of Philomath are among the Oregon companies that will receive the 2008 Excellence in Family Business Awards at a ceremony to be held Nov. 20 at the Oregon Zoo in Portland.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Award-winning photographer, writer and conservationist Tim Palmer will present excerpts and images from his new book, “Forests of America” at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at Oregon State University.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon and Hawaiian researchers have found that a woman’s weight does not seem to affect sexual behavior. In fact, overweight women are more likely to report having sex with men than women considered to be of “normal weight.”

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Kelly Benoit-Bird, an Oregon State University oceanographer who specializes in the study of marine ecological communities, has been named the 2008 recipient of the American Geophysical Union’s Early Career Award for Ocean Science.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University professor Marie Harvey has been given the 2008 Carl S. Shultz Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement from the American Public Health Association’s Population, Family Planning and Reproductive Health Section.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Four distinguished Oregon State University alumni – and one rising star – have returned to campus for OSU’s Homecoming (Oct. 30-Nov. 1) as part of the Alumni Fellows Program sponsored by the OSU Alumni Association.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Improved techniques have been developed by microbiologists from Oregon State University to assess the threat from whirling disease, a deadly parasitic infection of rainbow trout and other salmonids, and new reports are outlining some of the most likely areas to which it could spread.