IMPACT

On November 2 and 3, 1500 K-12 students gather for Discovery Days on campus.

Artist Abigail Losli (BFA '16) will be exhibiting her painting inspired by a research cruise on the Pacific Ocean at the SPARK reception on October 7, 2016.

Oregon State University has received a Grand Gold award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) for its 2015 “Ocean Challenges” broadcast commercial.

Senior researcher at Hatfield Marine Science Center Sarah Henkel will set sail on the Pacific Ocean with her team and artist, Abigail Losli (BFA, ‘16).

Bruce Menge and his team of researchers have reported on the appearance of an unprecedented number of juvenile sea stars off the Oregon coast over the past several months.

Clouds that form at sea are key to regulating atmospheric temperatures, and scientists now understand more of the chemistry involved.

A new study by microbiologist Steve Giovannoni finds that one of the most abundant plankton in our oceans are pumping out massive amounts of sulfur gases that play important roles in the Earth’s atmosphere.

Integrative Biology researchers co-author a study on the effects of ocean acidification on West Coast mussels published in Ecology Letters.

Microbiology doctoral student Stephanie Rosales will spend two months in Nepal on an NSF Graduate Research Internship Program (GRIP).

Integrative Biology professor Francis Chan, co-chair of a 20-member panel of leading ocean scientists, published report addressing increasing ocean acidification and hypoxia.

An interdisciplinary research team receives a 3-year NSF grant for $583K to study animal-microbe interactions to expand our understanding of the immune system's evolution.

Transdisciplinary team receives $3 million NSF grant to develop Research Traineeships using Big Data to analyze effects of human activities and climate change on oceans.