IMPACT

OSU wins a 2017 WCET Outstanding Work award for groundbreaking, first-of-its kind 3-D Virtual Microscope and online introductory biology course series.

Michael Lerner has been selected as the new Head of the Department of Chemistry.

Science faculty received $18.7 million in research grants and awards in FY17, the second highest year since FY2013 and a 54% increase from last year.

Biochemists develop a novel method to overcome major challenges in the study of the otoferlin protein and its role in human deafness.

Oregon State microbiologists have suggested a new paradigm for the study of microbiomes—one that has key implications for medical care.

The College of Science welcomes its new dean Roy Haggerty, who recently served as Associate Vice President for Research at OSU.

T-Rex bulling its way through a forest likely dislodged flowers 100 million years ago. Today those fossilized flowers have revealed a new species of tree.

Microbes that produce important secretions can suffer a blow to their own fitness for supplying non-producing “cheater” bacteria when certain nutrients are limited.

Statistics faculty and students participate in the Joint Statistical Meetings 2017 in Baltimore, July 29-August 3.

Jaga Giebultowicz, professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, has been awarded a Fulbright research and teaching scholarship for 2017-2018.

Five faculty, staff and students in the College of Science received OSU's most prestigious annual awards in teaching, advising and administrative service.

New research shows a species of diatom, a single-celled algae thought to be asexual, does reproduce sexually—a finding with important biotechnology implications.