Oregon State University News

Perhaps the green branches of the well-loved Douglas-fir or noble fir delight you.

The spotted wing drosophila, a major pest that targets berries and cherries and other fruits in the United States, Canada and Europe, is itself being targeted, thanks to groundbreaking genome sequencing at UC Davis and a public-access Web portal hosted at Oregon State University.

Only two kinds of people ventured out Saturday morning in the Portland area: Those who had to be out in the 24-degree weather and those who wanted to be.

Most Americans have heard little or nothing of the oil and gas production process called hydraulic fracturing, and many don't know if they support or oppose it, according to a new paper by researchers from Oregon State, George Mason and Yale universities.

A grafted blueberry tree grows in a test plot at Oregon State University's North Willamette Research and Extension Center in Aurora.

Battle of the Bands concert at Salem Public Library Several Salem Health clinics are closed including: Parkside Clinic at 966 12th St SE; River Road South Clinic at 2925 River Rd S; and the Edgewater Clinic at 1049 Edgewater St NW are closed.

CORVALLIS, Ore. Oregon State University will close its main campus in Corvallis at noon Fridday because of excessive snow that is becoming packed, creating hazardous conditions.

In six locations across the country, in-plants have been gathering over the past month for one-day networking forums.

"The media creates a lot of body dissatisfaction, specifically in teen girls," says Elizabeth Daniels, co-author of a new study, which finds that ethnic identification may help Latina adolescents find better satisfaction in their bodies.

The work is expected to accelerate basic and applied research, leading to better monitoring and control strategies for the pest.

The suspects swiped two wallets and a Mac laptop from campus, then used one of the stolen debit cards to buy a power cord for the computer.

Continuing with the series of post on how customers are using C++ AMP, we are happy to publish the following guest blog post from Matthew Crews, a research student at Oregon State University.

Smithsonian American Art Museum senior curator Eleanor Harvey moderates an exploration of the western American landscape and its relationship to ceramic vessels with ceramist Wayne Higby and Henry Sayre, professor of art history at Oregon State University.

David Robinson, who challenged former U.S. Rep. David Wu , is running against Clackamas County Clerk Sherry Hall for her seat in the November 2014 election.

A Portland family refuses to leave the hospital bedside of an Oregon State University student critically hurt when a repeat drugged driver hit her 11 days ago.

The Oregon Hatchery Research Center Advisory Committee will meet Monday, Dec. 9 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the ODFW Adair District Office, 7118 NE Vandenberg Ave., Adair Village, Ore.

Last week more than 100 sheep and goat producers gathered in Roseburg for a meeting hosted by the Oregon Sheep Growers' Association and Oregon State University Extension Service.

Roderick H. Dashwood has spent years looking at ways beneficial compounds in food could help prevent certain forms of cancer, and thinking about how to take those compounds from farm fields to the clinic.

On a rare, beautiful, clear, November day in the Willamette Valley, the urge to skip work and go hiking is almost painful.

It is time to reinvest in innovation and higher education. The financial ropes of sequestration that constrained federal funding for research and education have bound our economy long enough.