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IMPACT Fall 2025 now available 
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Alumni and Friends

What does an actuary do? Erica Baird’s path from math student to industry leader

Erica Baird (’05, M.A. mathematics ’09, Ph.D. mathematics and statistics ’13) didn’t set out to become an actuary. In fact, when she first heard about the career as an undergraduate mathematics student at Oregon State University, she was skeptical.

Faculty and Staff, Physics, Student Success
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Chemistry

Conference access fuels career growth for Oregon State chemistry graduate students

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Teaching Innovation

Research partnerships strengthen science teaching across Oregon

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Chemistry

Oxide-based sensor opens door to greener, faster, more accurate food quality testing

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Statistics

Milne Lecture 2026: "Veridical Data Science for Healthcare in the Age of AI"

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Mathematics

OSU faculty and students partner with Corvallis schools to make math fun

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Physics

Making physics more accessible through interactive demonstrations

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Integrative Biology

How a weekend in the Oregon wilderness transformed these biology students' careers

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Students

The Wei family science legacy continues at Oregon State

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Chemistry

Honors general chemistry series brings students into a community of innovation

 
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Elkhorn Media Group

OSU researchers make breakthrough in Alzheimer’s research

New Electronics - Australia & New Zealand

Fungi-based semiconductors for flexible electronics

Labmate

Real-time imaging reveals how copper drives amyloid-beta plaques aggregation in Alzheimer’s disease progression

Phys.org

New lab technique can reverse chemical process linked with Alzheimer's disease

Oregon State University News