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Students

¡Bienvenidos a las familias de nuestros estudiantes!

This year Mi Familia Weekend unites with Juntos Family Day to welcome hundreds of Hispanic students and their families to campus on May 10-11, 2019 to celebrate cultural diversity and student success.

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Students

Scholarship Dessert honors extraordinary students

The College of Science will recognize its outstanding scholarship students and generous donors at its spring Scholarship Dessert on May 23, 2019.

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Climate and Oceans

Localized efforts to save coral reefs won’t be enough, new study suggests

A National Science Foundation study suggests that localized attempts to curb pollution won’t save coral reefs without a worldwide effort to reduce global warming.

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Faculty and Staff

Two distinguished professors share their impacts in science

Faculty members who have received one of the university’s top honors will offer Distinguished University Professor lectures on May 13.

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Events

Support science worth doing on Dam Proud Day

On April 30, the College of Science community is coming together for 2019 Dam Proud Day, one exciting day to support science worth doing.

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Physics

Livermore Labs atomic physicist to discuss growth of physics in Africa

Kennedy Reed, an atomic physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, presents the Physics Department’s 2019 Yunker Lecture on the growth of physics in Africa.

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Events

Celebrating Spring Family Weekend with special events

The College of Science warmly invites all students and their families to join us for Spring Family Weekend events on Saturday, May 4, 2019.

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Events

Pre-eminent marine biologist from Australian Research Council to discuss Great Barrier Reef

Renowned marine biologist Terry Hughes, director of Australia’s Centre for Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, to discuss the health of the Great Barrier Reef.

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Events

Exploring science through the 2018 Nobel Prizes

The College of Science presents three talks by science faculty on the meaning of the 2018 Nobel Prize Awards in Physics, Chemistry and Medicine.

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Students

The impact of Presidential Scholars after one year

Meet 2018 Presidential Scholars and science students Eli Nicholas and Jordyn Hamilton.

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Research

New diffractometer opens door to discovery

In its first week, Oregon State’s new diffractometer has already generated data for eight publishable articles in peer-reviewed science journals.

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Faculty and Staff

Matt Andrews to serve as Nebraska’s EPSCoR Director

Matt Andrews, Executive Associate Dean in the College of Science, is the new Director of NSF EPSCoR and NIH Institutional Development Award for the state of Nebraska.