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Sean Trobaugh in front of research poster
Integrative Biology

Science scholarship enables biology senior to expand marine science research

A recipient of the SURE Science award, biology senior Sean Trobaugh studied the symbiotic relationship between algae and sea anemones.

Mikayla Pivec
Students

Science student and basketball star studies resources for homeless populations

Basketball star and BioHealth Sciences junior Mikayla Pivec used her SURE Science scholarship to study how the homeless can have better access to resources.

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Integrative Biology

Countries follow through on more than 200 ocean conservation promises

Graduate students find that countries did actually honor the more than 200 ocean conservation promises they made four years ago.

Cori Hall standing outside Kidder Hall
Teaching Innovation

New Student Success Advisor: ‘Every student can excel with the right tools’

The College of Science welcomes Cori Hall as its new Student Success Advisor.

Julianna Donohoe in Spain with her colleague
Microbiology

Microbiology senior undertakes neuroscience research in Spain

A Gilman scholarship took microbiology senior Julianna Donohoe to Spain for her medical research internship.

Jesse Laney in front of brick wall and shrubbery
Graduate students

Graduate students receive ARCS scholarships for academic excellence

Congratulations to doctoral students Jesse Howe, Ashley Pica and Jesse Laney on receiving 2018 ARCS Foundation Oregon scholarships!

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Students

Nearly 40 students win 2018 SURE Science awards

The College of Science awarded 38 SURE Science awards of $5,500 to each student to conduct summer research in 2018.

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Students

Meet our class of 2022

The College of Science welcomes 744 new first-year students and 180 transfer students in fall 2018.

Roy Haggerty talking with female science students in his office
Teaching Innovation

New faculty-student mentor program to raise retention and graduation rates

OSU has launched a new mentoring program to strengthen faculty and students relationships, with the goal of improving student retention and graduation rates.

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Events

GRAD Lab Workshops assist STEM students find the path to graduate school

The College of Science is co-sponsoring the Fall 2018 Northwest Regional GEM Getting Ready for Advanced Degrees (GRAD) Laboratory on campus Friday and Saturday, September 28-29, 2018.

Trisha Chau sitting with female friends in front of painted mural
Biochemistry & Biophysics

Taking science across borders to help Puerto Rico in aftermath of Hurricane Maria

A medical school aspirant, Biochemistry and pre-med Honors student Trisha Chau is deeply interested in helping underserved populations internationally and has undertaken volunteer work in Puerto Rico and Indonesia.

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Climate and Oceans

Size the main factor in predicting how calcifying organisms will respond to ocean acidification

Size is the main factor that predicts how calcifying organisms will respond to ocean acidification, according to a new study by biology Ph.D. candidate Allison Barner.