Oregon State University News

About 17 percent of children and teenagers are obese, according to the Center for Disease Control, and that number jumps to more than one-third of adults in the United States.

At Oregon State University's Environmental Health Sciences Center, ALS is an item of interest for student and faculty researchers.

A subcommittee of the Student Experience Center Space Allocation & Policy Committee discussed conference room and lounge space reservations, as well as hours for the building - which has yet to be built.

After 11 years, Debra Derr is returning to her stomping grounds, taking the helm as president of Mt.

   Dry spring weather does not bode well for summer in Oregon.    So say climatologists at Oregon State University, which released a report last week that, through May 10, it has been the driest year on record as measured at weather stations at airports in Eugene (6.54 inches) and Salem (7.

Dillon Grover was one of only two cadets from Oregon to attend the selective George C. Marshall ROTC Seminar, established in 1978.

The Corvallis City Council reviewed and moved forward two extensive recommendations for the Collaboration Corvallis Steering Committee.

Revolve, a consignment boutique in downtown Corvallis, focuses on collaborating with the local community and sustainability.

Jorge Michel , an Oregon State University student who is going on a "people-to-dictatorship," Castro propaganda adventure to Cuba, expresses his excitement over the trip : Obviously, Jorge realizes it will be sooner rather than later when Cuba is released from the yoke of tyranny and goes on to lose all its romantic charm... "I've romanticized it, ... (more)

We have many grave concerns about Senate Bill 270, a bill establishing institutional governing boards for Portland State University, the University of Oregon and possibly our own Oregon State University.

When Oregonians can rototill their gardens in March, but then have to water their lawns all throughout April and May, you know it's drier than usual. Experts say that through May 10th, it has been the driest start to the year on record at the Eugene and Salem airport weather stations, and the second driest start at Hyslop Farm in Corvallis and the Medford Airport.

Just how much attention your surgeon pays to tasks in the operating room can be affected by a number of distractions, recent research suggests.

Kendo Club members Karen Zhen and Brian Cox assume the "sonkyo" position, or crouch position, as they focus and ready themselves for a sparring match.

The Brew Station, located on Monroe Avenue, will close because of differences between the tenants and landlord of the property.

Most students at Oregon State University have probably never been to a factory farm, so peta2 - PETA's youth division - is bringing factory farms to them.

Despite the typically gloomy Oregon spring rain, bicycle enthusiasts gathered in the Memorial Union quad on Thursday for a day of riding challenges and activities held by the Oregon State University Student Sustainability Initiative.

I now see that the old dishonest game is well afoot: Biotech types and media pretending that human cloning isn't really human cloning unless a baby is born.

An expanded Oregon State University-Cascades Campus would need between 41 and 65 acres by 2025, depending on whether officials choose to build an urban campus integrated into the city or one more self-contained, consultants said Wednesday.

The Oregon State University Student Sustainability Initiative will host their annual Bicycle Extravaganza fair on Thursday.

US researchers have reported a breakthrough in stem cell research, describing how they have turned human skin cells into embryonic stem cells for the first time.