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Saving Atlantis
Marine Science

Oregon State University-produced coral reef documentary now streaming worldwide

"Saving Atlantis" producers followed coral microbiologist Rebecca Vega Thurber and other researchers from Oregon State and around the world who are uncovering the causes of coral decline and looking to find solutions so they don’t completely disappear.

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Marine Science

Marine ecologists devise handbook to accelerate global ocean protection

Two new grants will assist marine scientists at Oregon State University to make significant progress in global ocean protection.

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Events

Third annual Juntos Chemistry Camp sparks STEM ambition in high-school students

The third annual Juntos Chemistry Overnight Camp delighted 22 fortunate high school students from across Oregon over a beautiful sunny June weekend on campus.

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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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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.

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Physics

Livermore Labs atomic physicist to discuss growth of physics in Africa

Kennedy Reed, an atomic physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, presents the Physics Department’s 2019 Yunker Lecture on the growth of physics in Africa.

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Events

Pre-eminent marine biologist from Australian Research Council to discuss Great Barrier Reef

Renowned marine biologist Terry Hughes, director of Australia’s Centre for Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, to discuss the health of the Great Barrier Reef.

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Events

Exploring science through the 2018 Nobel Prizes

The College of Science presents three talks by science faculty on the meaning of the 2018 Nobel Prize Awards in Physics, Chemistry and Medicine.

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Mathematics

Mathematics graduate students tackle risk and uncertainty in marine science

The NSF Research Traineeship project on “Risk and Uncertainty Quantification in Marine Science” at OSU is preparing a new generation of natural resource scientists.

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Events

Understanding science's highest award: The Nobel Prizes

Three OSU scientists explore the 2017 Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry and medicine and the exciting scientific advances they represent at a public lecture April 30, 2018.

Bets Cole Evolution of a Superbug
Microbiology

Sparks fly between arts and science — and a giant petri dish

Catalyzed by OSU's yearlong arts+science event SPARK, a Harvard scientist purchases a stunning work by an Oregon artist who was in turn inspired by his experiment with bacteria on a giant petri dish.

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Graduate students

From the lab to the world: OMSI Science Communication Fellowships

Applications are open for Oregon's top academic and professional fellowship program: The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry's OMSI Science Communication Fellowship.