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IMPACT Fall 2025 now available 
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Statistics

New data visualization course equips students to turn data into real-world impact

What do ocean currents, baseball statistics and insect populations have in common? These real-world systems have all become living datasets — transformed by students into interactive apps and digital stories in a new course in data visualization.

Faculty and Staff, Physics, Student Success
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Microbiology

New analysis yields clearer picture of toxin-producing blue-green algae blooms

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Health and Biotechnology

New material designed at OSU represents breakthrough in medical imaging

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Alumni and Friends

Contributions to experimental chemistry earn Joe Nibler Lifetime Achievement in Science Award

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Alumni and Friends

Distinguished Alumni Award winner changes lives for cystic fibrosis and cancer patients

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Alumni and Friends

Leader in data science curricula development wins Early Career Alumni Award

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Alumni and Friends

Distinguished Service Award winners support the next generation of scientists

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Alumni and Friends

Predicting the next outbreak: Disease ecologist wins 2025 Emerging Leader Award

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Graduate students

Modeling the molecular: Martin O’Neill fellow shines in spectroscopy

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Climate and Oceans

As ochre sea star ‘baby boomers’ grow up, species showing signs of recovery

 
IMPACT Fall 2025 now available 
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In the news
USA Today

How America's fisheries rebounded from collapse and overregulation

The Oregonian

Oregon sea stars bounce back from near extinction after years of decline

SciComm Excellence on YouTube

Cosmology: Our Quest to Understand the Universe

OSU Newsroom

As ochre sea star ‘baby boomers’ grow up, species showing signs of recovery

Oregon State University News