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CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Oregon State University has received full accreditation for the next five years from the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University student Taryn Luna is one of 20 students nationwide to be selected to attend the New York Times Student Journalism Institute for members of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists in Miami in January.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Rob Golembiewski wears a size 13 shoe, but that's nothing compared with the shoes he has to fill.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Men who engage in risky sexual behavior with other men report much higher rates than average of experiencing severe childhood sexual abuse, according to a new study in the November issue of the International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – An Oregon State University oceanographer has been appointed as program director for the National Science Foundation’s signature research project focusing on climate change – a $400 million anticipated investment in a national Ocean Observatories Initiative that just passed the agency’s final design review.

NEWPORT, Ore. – For years, scientists have wondered why only males of the rarely seen family of beaked whales have “tusks,” since they are squid-eaters and in many of the species, these elaborately modified teeth seem to actually interfere with feeding.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A draft report on ocean and coastal research and information needs on the West Coast is available for public review and comment from the Oregon Sea Grant Web site.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – A community of microbes, living in a frigid layer of gas hydrates deep beneath the Arctic permafrost, has piqued the interest of scientists who say a better understanding of that environment is important because it is both a potential fuel source and record of climate change.