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Faculty and Staff

Faculty excellence: Promotions and Tenure, 2017

The College of Science congratulates 18 faculty who received promotions and/or tenure for the 2016-17 academic year.

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Students

Celebrating Undergraduate Excellence in Science

Thirty-four science majors presented their research at the Celebrating Undergraduate Excellence event sponsored by the Division of Undergraduate Studies.

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Faculty and Staff

Phi Beta Kappa student awards for best instructor and best mentor go to science faculty

Congratulations to senior chemistry instructor Daniel Myles and biochemistry and biophysics professor Kevin Ahern for winning the very first Oregon State Phi Beta Kappa Society student awards!

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Events

Renowned ecologist to present lecture on nature and conservation

Dr. Harry W. Greene, an ecologist at Cornell University, will present the second annual Robert M. Storm Distinguished Lecture May 31, 2017.

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Events

Oregon State biochemist to give public lecture on the 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine

Corvallis Public Library presents a public lecture on the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine by Viviana Perez, assistant professor of biochemistry and biophysics.

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Events

Scenes from 2017 Gilfillan Memorial Lecture

Photos from biologist Robert Mason's wonderful talk on snakes, sex and scents.

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Microbiology

Study illuminates fate of marine carbon in last steps toward sequestration

A new study by Oregon State microbiologists reveals how deep-water bacteria's genomes break down carbon molecules.

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Students

Physics student wins national award, fellowship

Bethany Matthews, a physics graduate student, won a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research Award.

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Research

2017 SURE Science Scholars

Congratulations to these 31 students who have received 2017 SURE Science Scholarships!

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Integrative Biology

Detailed study of predators' effects on complex, subtidal food web

In the Galapagos Islands, scientists from Oregon State University and Brown University examined the relationships among predatory fishes, urchins, algae, sea lions and sharks.

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Events

Scenes from 2017 Spring Family Weekend

Enjoy these photos from a talent-filled 2017 Spring Family Weekend.

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Students

Science student-athletes honored for academic achievement

Go Beavs! Sixteen science majors who are members of an OSU athletics team were recognized for their achievement in maintaining at least a 3.0 GPA at the Oregon State Athletics Academic Achievement Dinner.