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IMPACT Fall 2019 now available 
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Faculty and Staff

Scientists garner innovation awards for cancer and materials research

The Science Research and Innovation Seed awards were given to four multidisciplinary research teams working on cancer diagnostics and materials science.  

Faculty and Staff, Physics, Student Success
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News

Renovations to Cordley Hall – home to Integrative Biology and Botany and Plant Pathology – will begin this summer. When the project is complete in 2024, Cordley Hall will be transformed into a welcoming, attractive academic home for the thousands of students the two departments service each term.

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Faculty and Staff

The College of Science celebrated its 2020 Winter Teaching and Advising Awards with faculty, advisors and students on February 13 to recognize exceptional teaching and advising, both areas of distinction in the College. 

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Biomedical Science

Ecologist Benjamin Dalziel discusses the novel coronavirus outbreak and transmission and its ramifications for all of us.

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Integrative Biology

The findings shed new light on the early days of bees and the diversification of flowering plants.

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Student Success

The Learning Assistant program in the College of Science has reduced the drop-fail-withdrawal rate in several key courses by half and has become a model for other colleges at the university.

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Integrative Biology

Effective communication can be a critical tool to ensure one's science discoveries translate to real-world breakthroughs and influence policy makers.

Kyriakos Stylianou standing in front of Gilbert Hall
Chemistry

Chemist Kyriakos Stylianou has developed new carbon capture materials to reduce emissions from anthropogenic sources.

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Students

Victor “Tori” Puoci’s "At This Point” science podcast shapes undergraduate research science stories in such a way that people listen.

Thomas Sharpton working in lab with student
Biomedical Science

A study of early school-aged children shows a connection between the bacteria in their gut and their behavior, and that parents play a key role in their kids’ microbiome beyond the food they provide.

 
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Children's behavior linked to gut microbiome

Gazette-Times

OSU's Bob Mason untangles secrets of snake sex

The Register-Guard

OSU scientists replace mice genes to study vitamin D's effects on infections

Oregon State University News
February 12

Fossilized insect from 100 million years ago is oldest record of primitive bee with pollen

January 31

Carnegie Foundation again bestows coveted 'Community Engagement' designation on OSU

January 21

Kindergartners’ behavior, socioeconomic risk linked to gut microbiome composition, function

December 16

Blue pigment discoverer makes key design advance for future durable, vivid pigments

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