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Faculty and Staff

Seven science faculty recognized for excellence at 2019 University Day

Matching last year's record, eight science faculty will receive awards at University Day, OSU’s most prestigious annual awards.

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Climate and Oceans

Recipe for a dune: Sand, wind, water, plants

Ecologist Sally Hacker helped lead a team of scientists who developed a mathematical model that predicts the evolution of the beach profile.

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Climate and Oceans

The sounds of science: Acoustic tags reveal the journey of Dungeness Crabs

Marine ecologist Sarah Henkel glued acoustic tags onto 10 Dungeness crabs to learn more about their movements.

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Climate and Oceans

Scientists lay out plan for managing rivers to be resilient to climate change

New strategies for river management are needed to maintain water supplies and avoid big crashes in populations of aquatic life.

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Integrative Biology

Crustacean’s life in low-oxygen water suggests there’s more than one way to survive hypoxia

A crustacean’s ability to survive oxygen deprivation raises the possibility that animals may have more ways of dealing with low areas of oxygen than previously thought.

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News

Renowned ecologists call for a new ocean narrative to spur new science and effective actions

Distinguished marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco proposes a “new narrative for the ocean” in an editorial published in the journal Science.

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Students

Medical school awaits this biology senior

Biology senior Ashley Victor's dream of becoming a physician is coming true as she gets ready to begin medical school.

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Students

Biochemistry and biology students win 2019 Fulbright awards

Congratulations to 2019 Fulbright scholars: biochemistry and biophysics senior Delaney Smith and biology Ph.D. student Andrea Burton.

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Students

Biology and biochemistry seniors, graduate students, alumna win NSF fellowship for outstanding research

Four College of Science students and alumni have received prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards in 2019.

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Climate and Oceans

Localized efforts to save coral reefs won’t be enough, new study suggests

A National Science Foundation study suggests that localized attempts to curb pollution won’t save coral reefs without a worldwide effort to reduce global warming.

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Faculty and Staff

Two distinguished professors share their impacts in science

Faculty members who have received one of the university’s top honors will offer Distinguished University Professor lectures on May 13.