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IMPACT Spring 2020 now available 
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University Day 2020
Faculty and Staff

Scientists recognized for research, service and mentoring excellence at 2020 University Day

Five faculty and scholars from the College of Science are among this year’s award recipients at University Day, OSU’s most prestigious annual awards for research mentoring, scholarship, teamwork, teaching and service.

Faculty and Staff, Physics, Student Success
Dr. Samuel Wang with OSU's previous president Ed Ray and his wife, Beth Ray standing together along the Memorial Union Java Stop balcony.
Alumni and Friends

The College of Science received a generous endowment gift from the estate of Dr. Samuel Shan-Ning Wang, which will support College of Science faculty to maintain state-of-the-art facilities and advance scientific discoveries.

Weatherford Hall peering over trees
Microbiology

Recent microbiology master’s program graduate Elizanette ‘Nette’ Lopez was selected to participate in the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Fellowship program.

Van Anh Vu
Alumni and Friends

As a 12th-grader, Van Anh Vu was accepted into the College of Pharmacy as part of the college’s Early Assurance Program and completed her bachelor’s degree in biohealth sciences and international studies at Oregon State University.

Managing an epidemic with a groundbreaking public health project
Biomedical Science

Scientists at Oregon State University acted swiftly to the greatest public health emergency of our time, leveraging the College of Science’s unique capabilities in biomedical research and the quantitative sciences to investigate and contain the coronavirus crisis.

Kim Halsey and Cleo Davie-Martin collecting samples from a river.
Research

College of Science faculty were awarded $15.82 million in new research grants and awards in fiscal year 2020. Two months into the new fiscal year, the College is seeing strong momentum with significant awards totaling more than $3.48 million already.

Brittany Lasher in a kayak on a river with dogs.
Graduate students

The College of Science is proud to announce that Brittany Lasher, a first-year biochemistry and biophysics Ph.D. student, has been selected as the 2020-21 Christopher and Catherine Mathews Graduate Fellow.

Bloom sits on a rocky ledge by the beach.
Students

Many of us know of forensic science from crime TV shows. Madeline Bloom, an incoming senior in honors chemistry, is trying to make it her life.

Julia Zavala standing in front of purple backdrop.
Students

Julia Zavala is one of seven undergraduate students at Oregon State University to have been awarded a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship during the 2020-2021 academic year.

Aquaculture in Maine, courtesy of Costello Lab, UCSB
News

As the world's population continues to grow, new research from OSU marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco predicts that the ocean may hold solutions.

 
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In the news
MSNBC

Prominent climate denier tapped for key NOAA position

NPR

Longtime Climate Science Denier Hired At NOAA

Sea West News

The future of food is from the sea

Seafood Source

As the world’s population grows, researchers say the ocean and seafood have big roles to play

Oregon State University News
September 14

Fifth round of Corvallis TRACE-COVID-19 sampling postponed again as smoke persists

September 11

Smoke postpones TRACE-COVID-19 sampling scheduled for Sept. 12-13 in Corvallis

September 9

Fifth weekend of Corvallis TRACE-COVID-19 sampling to take place Sept. 12-13

September 3

Student move-in at Oregon State’s Corvallis campus to include enhanced health and safety steps

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