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Student Success

Student who’s 84 years young returns to complete a degree she started in the 1950s

At the age of 84, Bobbie Giacino is taking a geosciences course this summer on OSU's Corvallis campus to complete a degree she started in the 1950s.

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Faculty and Staff

Math faculty win award for exceptional teamwork and teaching

Mathematics instructors receive 2018 Faculty Senate Student Learning and Teamwork Award for creating and sustaining an exemplary learning environment in mathematics courses.

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Students

Celebrating the class of 2018

The College of Science will celebrate its 2018 graduates and their families at a special reception in their honor on June 15, 2018.

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Faculty and Staff

Faculty excellence: Promotions and tenure 2018

The College of Science congratulates 20 faculty on receiving promotions and/or tenure for the 2017-18 academic year.

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Graduate students

Graduate students, alumni win national fellowships for outstanding research

The College of Science congratulates two PhD students for receiving prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRF) awards for 2018.

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Integrative Biology

Biologist takes ecological approach to improving human health

Biologist suggests an ecological approach to improve human health, comparing a person to an ecosystem in which fighting chronic disease requires bolstering gut microbes.

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Women in Science

Science faculty receive fellowships to advance equity and inclusion in STEM fields

Math and biology professors named 2018 OSU Advance Faculty Fellows to advance diversity and equity in STEM fields.

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Data Science

The blood of schizophrenia patients contains more genetic material from microbes

The blood of schizophrenia patients features genetic material from more types of microorganisms than that of people without the debilitating mental illness.

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Biochemistry & Biophysics

Big-data tool improves understanding between disease and mutant genetic material

Biochemist David Hendrix and a team of OSU researchers developed a computer program that illuminates the connections between mutant genetic material and disease.

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Mathematics

Tackling misconceptions about climate science with mathematics

Mathematician employs statistical models to address uncertainties in climate science.

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Events

Take a break with science and doughnuts

The Science Student Advisory Board hosts spring Science Fair and Study Break on June 8, 2018, with quirky science games, student clubs and Voodoo Doughnuts.

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Students

Scholarship Dessert recognizes outstanding students

The College of Science recognizes scholarship students at its annual spring Scholarship Dessert on Monday, June 4, 2018.