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CORVALLIS, Ore. – Mechanical engineering students at Oregon State University will demonstrate on Thursday, Dec. 4, robot prototypes that will simulate retrieving and transporting rocks on Mars.

CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Oregon State University’s commitment to promote diversity on campus has received a national “best practices” award for college programs.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers have solved one of the significant remaining challenges with photonic “metamaterials,” discovering a way to prevent the loss of light as it passes through these materials, and opening the door to many important new optical, electronic and communication technologies.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Hal Schudel changed the shape of the Christmas tree – and the entire industry. Founder of Holiday Tree Farms Inc., the largest Christmas tree grower in the world, Schudel popularized the lush, triangle-shaped, plantation-grown conifers that decorate many homes and offices during the holiday season.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A new Spanish language version of a successful online training course is being offered to nursery growers to help them learn more about the harmful plant pathogen Phytophthora, the leading cause of nursery plant disease in Oregon and nationwide.

SALEM, Ore. – Water experts and owners of wells will meet on Dec. 11 in Salem to learn about and discuss growing concerns over Oregon's limited groundwater and to identify potential solutions.

BEND, Ore. – Oregon State University announced today that Rebecca “Becky” Johnson, vice provost for academic affairs and international programs on the Corvallis campus, will take over interim leadership of the OSU-Cascades Campus in Bend, effective immediately.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A new study suggests that exposure of a fetus to common carcinogens during the late stages of pregnancy may be even more harmful than exposure after birth, causing long-lasting genetic damage that could lead to cancer in childhood, young adulthood or even middle age.