IMPACT

Allyson Erlendson, a first-year biochemistry and biophysics graduate student, receives the 2016 Christopher and Catherine Mathews Graduate Fellowship.

YinMn, the blue pigment discovered by Chemistry Professor Mas Subramanian in 2009, generates a new wave of worldwide media attention and interest.

Alex Carbaugh-Rutland ('16), a graduating senior in zoology from Sacramento, Calif., has been fascinated by killer whales since he was a small boy.

A first generation college student earns his bachelor's degree in chemistry and heads to the University of California, Berkeley for a Ph.D. in physical chemistry on a full scholarship and research stipend.

Biology alumnus Jackson Dougan ( ‘13), former U.S. Youth Observer to the United Nations where he focused on climate change policies and LGBT rights, was the young alumni speaker at our annual Scholarship Dessert.

Graduates reflect on their experience in science and their education at OSU. Meet Justin, Lindsey, Jonathan and Katie.

Honors College and mathematics major Johnathan Van Why lands job at Google months before graduation.

Although she describes herself as “an unlikely science student,” Biochemistry and Biophysics senior Lindsay Winkenbach can’t think of anything better than continuing her voyage of scientific adventure and discovery after graduation.

Katherine Banowetz stands out as the only woman in her senior year physics class.

After graduation, microbiology senior Justin Frost heads to Boise, Idaho, to teach science in a public school as part of the Teach for America program.

Dr. Kent Thornburg (’72), who earned his earned his Ph.D. in Zoology at OSU, is now a globally acclaimed scientist in cardiovascular physiology.

Hours after returning from a business trip to Africa to his home in Geneva, Switzerland, alumnus Ramesh Krishnamurthy (’00) boarded a flight for Oregon.