Oregon State University News

Oregon State University is organizing its 11 colleges under four divisions for greater efficiency and focus.

The new leader of the Oregon environmental movement's political arm says the state's environmentalists need to get "bigger, badder, tougher and smarter" if they want to make a difference in Salem.

Oregon's upcoming census could mean another seat in congress. Who's killing Rudolph? Gimme A Break Earl Blumenauer's bill pays people to ride their bikes to work, but not everyone's cashing in yet.

Kalypso will lead a panel of CIOs from The Dannon Company, Greatwide Logistics and Oregon State University at SIMposium 09 to discuss best practices for driving innovation across the organization and sustaining disruptive positive change SEATTLE, WA, November 05, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Kalypso, the world's premier innovation consulting firm, ...

Oregon Sen. Jackie Dingfelder of Portland and Maye Thompson of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, in a recent opinion piece on The Stump argued for state legislation to prohibit the chemical bisphenol-A in food packages sold in Oregon.

The Oregon State University fraternity whose member shot a homeless man back in 2006 will be responsible for paying damages to the victim.

A jury has awarded about $41,000 in damages to a homeless man who was shot by an Oregon State University fraternity member in 2006.

Tom Vincent, Professor Emeritus in the University of Arizona's Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, has passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Aquifers are being depleted much faster than they are being replenished in many places, wells are drying up, massive lawsuits are already erupting and the problems have barely begun.

A single, incredibly well-preserved specimen of the tiny but scary-looking fly was preserved for eternity in Burmese amber, and it had a small horn emerging from the top of its head, topped by three eyes that would have given it the ability to see predators coming.

A homeless man shot by an Oregon State University fraternity member three years ago is asking for more than $380,000 in a civil trial that began in Corvallis this week.

Joyce Furman, seen here with good friend Murdo, played a major, if quiet, role in many of Portland's more notable philanthropic efforts over the last several years.

The following announcement came Monday from Advance Publications, owner of The Oregonian: N. Christian Anderson III, former Publisher and CEO of The Orange County Register, has been named publisher of The Oregonian in Portland, Or.

CORVALLIS, Ore. A- A new study by Oregon State University researchers shows that those in poverty in rural Oregon often know what kinds of foods they should be eating, but face tough choices between eating well and spending less money for meals.

A former Southern California newspaper executive who grew up in Oregon has been named publisher of The Oregonian in Portland.

Scientists say a group of previously unknown faults was behind an odd swarm of earthquakes last year off the Oregon Coast.

The stage happens to belong to North Salem High School, but this scene could be taking place at any Mid-Valley high school this fall: -Cast members stand awkwardly in jeans and T-shirts, practicing a scene and calling "line" when they're stumped.

A new study suggests warming temperatures predicted over the next century could boost tree growth on Northwest forests, but less so at lower elevations where most of the timber is and temperatures are already warm.

Those who think women scoring more on the weighing scale do not score much when it comes to sexual behaviour certainly need a reality check, for a new study has revealed that fat ladies have more sex than females with "normal weight'. Oregon and Hawaiian researchers have found that a woman's weight does not seem to affect sexual behaviour.

Chris Rowan is a geologist specialising in the dark arts of paleomagnetism, and getting people to pay him to travel to exotic destinations for fieldwork.