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Students

Biochemistry student awarded Goldwater Scholarship, studies molecular origins of alcohol addiction

Honors biochemistry/biophysics student Delaney Smith receives the 2018 Goldwater scholarship. She is the only Goldwater Scholar from an Oregon institution this year.

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Teaching Innovation

Coaching science students to be career-ready

The College combines both traditional and innovative approaches to make sure our science graduates are well prepared for lifelong success.

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Faculty and Staff

Statistician receives national award for building diversity, exceptional mentoring

Korvis Professor of Statistics Javier Rojo is the recipient of the 2018 Dr. Etta Z. Falconer Award for Mentoring and Commitment to Diversity.

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Sustainable Energy and Materials

Making the world safer: Nuclear stewardship a critical priority

Chemist May Nyman is part of a five-year, $12.5 million National Nuclear Security Administration grant to study nuclear stewardship.

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Students

Summer research takes physics undergraduates far and wide

Physics undergraduates had an outstanding summer in 2017! At least 20 physics undergraduates engaged in significant research projects all over the country, including OSU physics labs.

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Students

SURE Science students spend summer researching oceans, new planets and human health

Thirty-one SURE Science students spent their summers immersed in the beauty and drama of science.

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Integrative Biology

Size matters, and so do temperature and habitat, to scavengers and the carcasses they eat

Carrion, the decaying flesh of dead animals, is a key nutrient for vertebrates worldwide but little is known about how the interplay works. Until now.

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Events

Share your research: Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium

The 2017 Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium invites all undergraduates to show off their research in lightning talks and poster sessions on September 14.

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Students

A summer of mathematical research

Ten students from institutions across the country have gathered for the prestigious Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program in Mathematics.

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Statistics

Students experience a summer of state-of-the-art data science research

Two new Research Experiences for Undergraduates in the field of statistics are training students in cutting-edge data analytics and computational skills essential to interdisciplinary research.

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Students

From cuddling gibbons to grinding horse teeth

Senior Karianna Crowder has always loved animals and thrown herself passionately into whatever she does at at Oregon State, in the community and abroad.

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Students

Four years and two degrees later

Shan Lansing earned her master's degree in one year and her bachelor's in three. Now's she's beginning a career in medicine at Ohio State University.