IMPACT

Associate Professor of Statistics, Sarah Emerson presented a talk at the Corvallis Women in Data Science (WiDs) satellite event on February 3, 2017.

Biochemistry and molecular biology junior Tricia Chau received a 2017 Tunison Scholarship for her impressive scholarly achievements.

Mathematician Juan Restrepo receives the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Geosciences Career Prize.

The discovery of a reverse gear in a motor protein could help us understand cancer growth and guide design of a more targeted drug delivery device.

Three Ph.D. students in integrative biology and microbiology receive prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program fellowships for 2017.

Biochemist Viviana Perez has found that a compound called rapamycin has unusual properties that may help address neurologic damage such as Alzheimer’s disease.

An award symposium will be held in honor of Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Douglas Keszler at the American Chemical Society conference, April 2-6, 2017.

Chemist Staci Simonich explains how tiny toxic air particles travel great distances and significantly increase overall health risks in an interview for Living on Earth that aired on NPR and was broadcast internationally.

OSU Microbiologist discovers that Chitosan, a natural carbohydrate derived from crustacean shells, shows potential as an antidote against a food poisoning bacterium.

Physicist and alumnus Shane Larson made one of the most important scientific discoveries of the century last year and continues to be an ardent communicator and advocate for science and astrophysics.

The Microbiology Student Association Research Symposium will be held on April 8, 2017, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Microbiologist Rebecca Vega Thurber has pioneered research aimed at protecting marine biodiversity with a special focus on highly endangered coral reefs.