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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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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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Events

International statistics conference comes to campus

The Department of Statistics will host the 2016 International Indian Statistical Association Conference August 18-21, attracting 200 statisticians from around the world.

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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.

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Biomedical Science

Genetic Code Expansion Conference at OSU

The first-ever Genetic Code Expansion (GCE) Conference was hosted by the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics August 11-14, 2016.

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Marine Science

Art meets Science on the Pacific

Senior researcher at Hatfield Marine Science Center Sarah Henkel will set sail on the Pacific Ocean with her team and artist, Abigail Losli (BFA, ‘16).

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Integrative Biology

Marine Biologist discovers starfish baby boom

Bruce Menge and his team of researchers have reported on the appearance of an unprecedented number of juvenile sea stars off the Oregon coast over the past several months.

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Graduate students

Five science students nab top NSF awards

A total of five science Ph.D. students received prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards in 2016.

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Alumni and Friends

Physics major has eyes set on healthcare

Katherine Banowetz stands out as the only woman in her senior year physics class.

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Alumni and Friends

A passion for communicating science

After graduation, microbiology senior Justin Frost heads to Boise, Idaho, to teach science in a public school as part of the Teach for America program.