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Faculty and Staff

Meet Interim Assistant Dean Lyn Riverstone

The College of Science welcomes Lyn Riverstone as interim Assistant Dean for Academic and Student Affairs.

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Events

2016 Fall Welcoming Social for new science students

The College of Science Students Advisory Committee invites all new science students to its annual Fall Welcoming Social on Tuesday, September 20.

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Research

Research funding trending up

The College of Science received $12.3 million in research grants and awards in fiscal year 2015-2016, fueling strong growth of 25% since FY14.

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Physics

Physicist discovers new process of intercellular communication

Physicist Bo Sun has discovered a mechanism of intercellular communication that helps explain how biological systems function properly most of the time.

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Faculty and Staff

Chemist receives national research award

Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Douglas Keszler receives 2017 American Chemical Society national award in the Chemistry of Materials.

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Faculty and Staff

Chemist named most promising OSU Scholar

Associate professor of chemistry Chong Fang is the 2016 recipient of the OSU Promising Scholar Award.

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Faculty and Staff

Dean Pantula honored with statistics service award

Dean Sastry G. Pantula was honored for his outstanding and extensive service to the statistics profession with the 2016 Paul Minton Service Award from the Southern Regional Council On Statistics.

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Events

Statistics researchers well represented at JSM

Statistics researchers from the College of Science and across Oregon State University are participating in JSM 2016.

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Faculty and Staff

New associate dean to lead strategic initiatives

Dr. Matthew Andrews from the University of Minnesota-Duluth has been hired as the Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Administration.

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Chemistry

Taking inspiration from nature for anti-cancer compounds

A team of chemists discovered how to create isomandelalide, a synthetic, stable compound which is a huge asset for scientists studying disease.

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Graduate students

Biochemistry student named 2016 Mathews Graduate Fellow

Allyson Erlendson, a first-year biochemistry and biophysics graduate student, receives the 2016 Christopher and Catherine Mathews Graduate Fellowship.

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Materials Science

YInMn Blue captures the world's attention: From teens, architects, artists, industry and beyond

YinMn, the blue pigment discovered by Chemistry Professor Mas Subramanian in 2009, generates a new wave of worldwide media attention and interest.