College of Forestry confers alumni awards</h1> <article> <h1>College of Forestry confers alumni awards</h1> <p>stauthd — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:42:33 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/24/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. – The OSU College of Forestry has named three alumni as Outstanding Alumni for 2012, a recognition of their professional accomplishments and inspirational leadership.</p> <p>Recognized were John Murphy, Jr., of Medford; Dennis Dykstra, of Portland; and Andrea Thorpe, of Corvallis.</p> <p>Murphy, a 2003 forestry graduate with a bachelor’s degree in wood technology and minor in business administration, is considered an early career award winner. After graduation he joined Murphy Veneer to learn production from the arrival of logs at the mill, and now oversees Murphy Companies’ southern region.</p> <p>Dykstra earned his bachelor’s degree in forest engineering in 1966, and later returned as an instructor in the college and earned a doctorate in industrial engineering. He went on to teach at three other universities, including one in Tanzania. In his career in global forestry and global forest conservation, Dykstra served as director of the World Forestry Center in Portland, director for the International Center for Forestry Research, and forestry officer for the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization. He was also a member and leader in the International Union of Forest Research Organizations.</p> <p>Thorpe graduated from OSU with a bachelor’s degree in natural resources in 1998, then earned her doctorate from the University of Montana in 2006. She has worked for the Coast Range Association, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and is currently the conservation research program director at the Institute for Applied Ecology in Corvallis. Her research focuses on the restoration and conservation of native species and habitats.</p> <p>The 2012 Outstanding Alumni will be recognized at the College of Forestry Spring Awards Ceremony on May 31, 2012 at the CH2M Hill Alumni Center Ballroom on the OSU Campus.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> College of Forestry </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-media-contact"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Kira Hughes, 541-737-3475</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-multimedia"> <div class="field-label">Multimedia: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/7264049182/" title="Dennis Dykstra by Oregon State University, on Flickr"></a> <br />Dennis Dykstra<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/7264067200/" title="John Murphy, Jr. by Oregon State University, on Flickr"></a> <br />John Murphy, Jr. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/7264075384/" title="Andrea Thorpe by Oregon State University, on Flickr"></a><br /><br />Andrea Thorpe</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Students receive forestry scholarships</h1> <p>stauthd — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:03:23 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/24/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. – Scholarships totaling $516,500 have been awarded to Oregon State University undergraduate students in the College of Forestry. The scholarships are made possible by gifts to the college.</p> <p>Recipients of scholarships for the 2012-2013 academic year include:<strong> <br /></strong></p> <p><strong>Albany</strong> ShyAnne Woods, a junior in natural resources, received a $3000 DeMuth Forestry Scholarship and a $3000 Gordon & Priscilla Duncan Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Alsea </strong> Brandon Hendrix, a post-baccalaureate student in forest management, received a $7000 Oregon Forest Industries Council Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Aumsville</strong> Jarrid Raney, a junior in renewable materials, received a $3000 Richardson Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Bend</strong> Lucas Glick, a senior in forest management, received a $2600 Vance & Dorothy Shugart Scholarship, a $1400 T.J. and Margaret O. Starker Memorial Scholarship, and a $1000 Wakefield Family Scholarship; Kelly Regan, a sophomore in natural resources, received a $4000 Forestry Legacy Scholarship; Kimberly Wesseler, a senior in natural resources, received a $7000 Gordon & Priscilla Duncan Scholarship; Margie Wilson, a junior in natural resources, received a $4000 Gordon and Priscilla Duncan Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Bonanza</strong> Rebecca Armstrong, a renewable materials freshman, received a $2000 Robert Aufderheide Scholarship and a $2000 Campbell Group Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Brownsville</strong> Alyssa Weger, a junior in recreation resource management, received a $7000 Glenn and Josephine Thompson Scholarship and a $1500 Schutz Family Education “Forestry Ambassador” Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Buxton </strong> Jacob Hilger, a senior in forest management, received a $7000 Larry Hoffman Scholarship in Wildland and Ecosystem Health</p> <p><strong>Canby</strong> Katherine Nichols, a junior in forest engineering, received a $4500 Charles Lord Scholarship, a $1500 Alkire Scantlebury Scholarship, and a $1000 Bart Thielges Memorial Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Central Point</strong> Brandon White, a junior in renewable materials, received a $1250 Lois and Dick Kearns Scholarship, a $3000 Billie J. Larson Scholarship, and a $3000 Richardson Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Coos</strong><strong> Bay</strong> Bryan Feger, a senior in forest engineering, received a $4000 C. Wylie Smith Scholarship and a $7000 Dorothy D. Hoener Memorial Scholarship; Tasha Livingstone, a senior in forest management, received a $7000 Dorothy D. Hoener Memorial Scholarship and a $1500 Forestry Legacy Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Corbett</strong> Nicholas Bechtoldt, a senior in renewable materials, received a $4000 Oregon Forest Industries Council Scholarship and a $3000 Richardson Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Corvallis</strong> Thomas Bain, a sophomore in renewable materials, received a $3000 Richardson Scholarship; James Boulger, a freshman in renewable materials, received a $6500 Willamette Industries Legacy Scholarship and a $1000 Francis Jepson Memorial Scholarship; Thor Dodson, a freshman in renewable materials, received a $1100 N. Stewart Rogers Scholarship, a $2600 Vance & Dorothy Shugart Scholarship, and a $3000 Richardson Scholarship; Suzanne Katz, a sophomore in forest management, received a $2600 Vance & Dorothy Shugart Scholarship, a $1000 Pastega Family Scholarship, and a $1400 Catharine Cox Merriam Memorial Scholarship; Bruce Moffatt, a senior in natural resources, received a $5000 George Brown Scholarship; Jessica Priest, a senior in natural resources, received a $1300 George M. Cornwall Scholarship, a $1400 Helen and Charles Fulton Memorial Scholarship, and a $2300 G. Robert Leavengood Scholarship; Jake Thompson, a senior in forest operations management, received a $7000 Dorothy D. Hoener Memorial Scholarship and a $1000 Rob Johnson Memorial Scholarship; Jeffrey Traver, a sophomore in renewable materials, received a $5000 Oregon Forest Industries Council Scholarship and a $3000 Richardson Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Cottage Grove</strong> Heath Webb, a junior in forest management, received a $6000 Albert Powers, Sr. Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Dallas</strong> Mychal Westendorf, a freshman in Forest Engineering, received a $4000 Oregon Forest Industries Council Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Dayton</strong> Eric Nygren, a freshman in forest engineering, received a $2300 Eula M. Ten Eyck Scholarship and a $2700 Dan Graham Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Drain </strong> William Hollamon, a junior in wood science and technology, received a $7000 Dorothy D. Hoener Memorial Scholarship, a $1000 B.D. Mitchell and H.R. Blacketor Scholarship, and a $3000 Richardson Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Dundee</strong> Garrett Duyck, a senior in natural resources, received a $2100 Rex Brown Memorial Scholarship, and a $5900 DeMuth Forestry Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Eugene</strong> Jasmine Adams, a freshman in renewable materials, received a $2600 Portland Hoo Hoo Club Scholarship and a $1400 Campbell Group Scholarship; Steven Huff, a junior in forest management, received a $4000 Francis Jepson Memorial Scholarship and a $2000 Robert E. and Hedy M. Snow Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Forest Grove</strong> Alex Van Loo, a junior in forest engineering, received a $5000 Oregon Forest Industries Council Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Glide </strong> Sara Smaha, a senior in Natural Resources, received a $4000 Gordon and Priscilla Duncan Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Harrisburg</strong> Benjamin Sundberg, a senior in wood science and technology, received a $7000 Dorothy D. Hoener Memorial Scholarship, a $1000 Joseph Strehle Scholarship, and a $3000 Richardson Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Hillsboro</strong> Shane Prohaska, a junior in forest engineering, received a $7000 Dorothy D. Hoener Memorial Scholarship and a $1000 John W. Warjone Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Jefferson</strong> Kayla Naas, a freshman in renewable materials, received a $4200 Harold “Bud” Freres Scholarship and a $1500 Richardson Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Keizer</strong> Allen Stevens, sophomore in forest engineering, received a $7000 Dorothy D. Hoener Memorial Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Medford</strong> Jared White, a freshman in renewable materials, received a $3000 Richardson Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Myrtle Point</strong> Karl Smith, a sophomore in forest engineering, received a $4000 Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Newport</strong> Andrew Bartoldus, a senior in forest engineering, received a $7000 Dorothy D. Hoener Memorial Scholarship and a $1000 Burton E. and Mary Jane Jeppesen Oregon Small Woodlands Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Oakland</strong> Chet Miller, a senior in forest engineering, received a $4000 C. Wylie Smith Scholarship and a $4000 Glenn and Josephine Thompson Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Philomath</strong> Derek Gourley, a junior in forest management, received a $6000 Helen and Charles Fulton Memorial Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Portland</strong> Max Blasdel, a sophomore in natural resources, received a $4000 Forestry Legacy Scholarship and a $1000 Forestry Natural Resources Program Scholarship; Jessica Kessinger, a freshman in forest engineering, received a $4000 Oregon Small Woodlands Scholarship; Sara Lynch, a senior in recreation resource management, received a $7600 Autzen Foundation Scholarship; Matthew McKenzie, a sophomore in Forest Management, received a $1000 Jay B. Hann, Jr. Scholarship and a $5000 Francis R. McCabe Memorial Scholarship; Camille Moyers, a junior in renewable materials, received a $6000 Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation Scholarship and a $3000 Richardson Scholarship; Jeremy Porter, a senior in forest management, received a $2400 Robert F. Keniston Memorial Scholarship, a $1500 Schutz Family Education “Forestry Ambassador” Scholarship, and a $2000 Durward “Ben” F. Slater Memorial Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Roseburg</strong> Kirsten Fox, a freshman in pre-forest/civil engineering, received a $6000 Joe M. Crahane Scholarship; Tiffany Netz, a sophomore in forest engineering, received a $500 James Girard Scholarship, a $2500 Wendell Oliver Walker Scholarship, and a $2500 Gordon G. Carlson Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Salem</strong> Travis Emerling, sophomore in forest operations management, received a $5000 John R. Snellstrom Scholarship; Christofer Farm, a junior in forest engineering, received a $1500 Eula M. Ten Eyck Scholarship and a $2500 Harold Scritsmier Scholarship; Marie Petrie, a senior in forest management, received a $7000 Forestry Legacy Scholarship; Jordan Vesper, a freshman in forest engineering received a $1700 Robert and Edward Peterson Scholarship and a $2300 Glenn and Josephine Thompson Scholarship; Katelin Williamson, a senior in forest management, received an $1100 Catharine Cox Merriam Memorial Scholarship, a $2500 John & Elizabeth Morrison Scholarship, and a $400 Louis & Alice Blaser Humboldt Area Foundation Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Scappoose</strong> Anna Grabhorn, a junior in forest management, received a $2300 Janet K. Ayer Sachet Memorial Scholarship and a $2600 Vance & Dorothy Shugart Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Seneca </strong> Brady Long, a senior in renewable materials, received a $1250 Lois & Dick Kearns Scholarship, a $2700 B.D. Mitchell and H.R. Blacketor Scholarship, and a $3000 Richardson Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Springfield</strong> Elijah Allensworth, a senior in forest management, received a $7000 Dorothy D. Hoener Memorial Scholarship and a $1000 Floyd Hart Memorial Scholarship; Landon Fisher, a freshman in forest engineering, received a $2000 Margaret Starker Memorial Scholarship and a $2000 Eula M. Ten Eyck Memorial Scholarship; Caleb Gee, a freshman in renewable materials, received a $1500 Richardson Scholarship; Garrett Yarbrough, a senior in forest management, received a $2500 John and Elizabeth Morrison Scholarship and a $2600 Vance and Dorothy Shugart Scholarship; Joel Zeni, a senior in forest engineering, received a $7000 Dorothy D. Hoener Memorial Scholarship and a $1000 T.J. and Margaret O. Starker Memorial Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Sutherlin</strong> Dallas Reid, a senior in renewable materials, received a $3000 Richardson Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Union </strong> Matthew Smith, a senior in forest engineering, received a $4000 Eula M. Ten Eyck Memorial Scholarship and a $1000 Michael V. and Barbara “Kay” Brown Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Vida</strong> Mattias Cronholm, a freshman in forest engineering, received a $2700 Kurt Jon Peterson Scholarship and a $3300 Robert E. and Hedy M. Snow Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Waldport</strong> Christiana Kittel, a sophomore in forest operations management, received a $2700 Wendell Oliver Walker Scholarship and a $5000 Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Wallowa</strong> Brandon Mahon, a senior in forest engineering, received a $1500 Sam Konnie Family Scholarship and a $4500 Eula M. Ten Eyck Memorial Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Warrenton</strong> Erik Neilson, a junior in forest engineering, received a $3500 Robert E. and Hedy M. Snow Scholarship</p> <p><strong>West Linn</strong> Thomas Lord, a senior in forest engineering, received a $7000 Dorothy D. Hoener Memorial Scholarship and a $1000 Forestry Alumni Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Westfir </strong> Sally Murray, a senior in natural resources, received a $2750 Clarence Richen Memorial Scholarship</p> <p><strong>Wilsonville</strong> Alexandra Pederson, a senior in natural resources, received a $1500 Schutz Family education “Forestry Ambassadors” Scholarship and a $7000 Forestry Legacy Scholarship</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> College of Forestry </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-media-contact"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Kira Hughes, 541-737-3475</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Discarded data may hold the key to a sharper view of molecules</h1> <p>houtmann — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:41:52 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/24/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. — There’s nothing like a new pair of eyeglasses to bring fine details into sharp relief. For scientists who study the large molecules of life from proteins to DNA, the equivalent of new lenses have come in the form of an advanced method for analyzing data from X-ray crystallography experiments.</p> <p>The findings, just published in the journal <em>Science</em>, could lead to new understanding of the molecules that drive processes in biology, medical diagnostics, nanotechnology and other fields.</p> <p>Like dentists who use X-rays to find tooth decay, scientists use X-rays to reveal the shape and structure of DNA, proteins, minerals and other molecules.</p> <p>As X-rays pass through atoms, they reflect distinctive patterns, which reveal what atoms are present and how atoms are bonded to each other. However, some data are typically discarded because of concerns over quality. In particular, data derived from edge regions of the pattern — although very important for understanding the details of structure — are often overwhelmed by the random errors associated with a weak signal in the midst of a lot of background noise.</p> <p>Oregon State University biophysicist Andy Karplus and his colleague Kay Diederichs at the University of Konstanz in Germany have now proven that useful information can be gleaned from data that have about five times the noise level that was previously considered acceptable.</p> <p>“The criteria that have been used in the past are way too conservative,” said Karplus, an expert in protein structure and stability. “These data that people have been throwing out are actually good.”</p> <p>The bottom line for crystallographers is the accuracy of their molecular models. The better the model, the better it will predict the pattern created by X-rays passing through a molecule, and the better it will be to develop new drugs and nanotechnologies that operate at the molecular scale.</p> <p>The new method may be the most important conceptual advance in the past 20 years in how these data are used in modeling, the scientists said. It shows how data from “noisy” parts of the measurement can still provide information and allows scientists to see directly where the model is limited by noise in the data and where the model is a better estimate of molecular structure than experimental data.</p> <p>“The question is, ‘Where do we cut it off?’” said Karplus. By adding data at incremental steps and showing how the model improved, Karplus and Diederichs showed that scientists had been cutting off their analyses too soon and discarding data that could sharpen their view of molecular structure.</p> <p>“The big impact on the field will be that every structure determined from here on out will be a little more accurate because people won’t throw away data that are okay,” Karplus said. “If you have a crummy image of the protein, it will get a little sharper. If you have a good image of the protein, it will also get a little sharper.”</p> <p>While the method will be an important step for X-ray crystallographers, the scientists said that other physical sciences may also find ways to benefit from this type of data quality analysis. They noted that one branch of science has been using this type of statistical analysis for many years. The field of psychometrics — the analysis of data from psychological tests — has used a similar technique called the “Spearman-Brown prophecy formula” to determine the minimum length of such tests.</p> <p>“Now that we know that very noisy data are useful, this will presumably enable still further improvements as it stimulates new software development to do a better job of handling such weak data,” said Karplus.</p> <p>The paper is also the subject of a Perspectives piece in the same issue of <em>Science</em> by Phil Evans of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England. The research was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> College of Science </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/nick-houtman">Nick Houtman</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="mailto:andy.karplus@oregonstate.edu">Andy Karplus</a>, 541-737-3200</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Wearing two different hats: moral decisions may depend on the situation</h1> <p>yeagera — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:07:56 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/23/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-label">Teaser: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>In the study, lead author <a href="http://business.oregonstate.edu/faculty-and-staff-bios/keith-leavitt">Keith Leavitt</a> of OSU found that workers who tend to have dual roles in their jobs would change their moral judgments based on what they thought was expected of them at the moment.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. – An individual’s sense of right or wrong may change depending on their activities at the time – and they may not be aware of their own shifting moral integrity — according to a new study looking at why people make ethical or unethical decisions.</p> <p>Focusing on dual-occupation professionals, the researchers found that engineers had one perspective on ethical issues, yet when those same individuals were in management roles, their moral compass shifted. Likewise, medic/soldiers in the U.S. Army had different views of civilian casualties depending on whether they most recently had been acting as soldiers or medics.</p> <p>In the study, to be published in a future issue of <em>The Academy of Management Journal</em>, lead author <a href="http://business.oregonstate.edu/faculty-and-staff-bios/keith-leavitt">Keith Leavitt</a> of Oregon State University found that workers who tend to have dual roles in their jobs would change their moral judgments based on what they thought was expected of them at the moment.</p> <p>“When people switch hats, they often switch moral compasses,” Leavitt said. “People like to think they are inherently moral creatures – you either have character or you don’t. But our studies show that the same person may make a completely different decision based on what hat they may be wearing at the time, often without even realizing it.”</p> <p>Leavitt, an assistant professor of management in the College of Business at OSU, is an expert on non-conscious decision making and business ethics. He studies how people make decisions and moral judgments, often based on non-conscious cues.</p> <p>He said recent high-profile business scandals, from the collapse of Enron to the Ponzi scheme of Bernie Madoff, have called into question the ethics of professionals. Leavitt said professional organizations, employers and academic institutions may want to train and prepare their members for practical moral tensions they may face when asked to serve in multiple roles.</p> <p>“What we consider to be moral sometimes depends on what constituency we are answering to at that moment,” Leavitt said. “For a physician, a human life is priceless. But if that same physician is a managed-care administrator, some degree of moral flexibility becomes necessary to meet their obligations to stockholders.”</p> <p>Leavitt said subtle cues – such as signage and motivation materials around the office – should be considered, along with more direct training that helps employees who juggle multiple roles that could conflict with one another.</p> <p>“Organizations and businesses need to recognize that even very subtle images and icons can give employees non-conscious clues as to what the firm values,” he said. “Whether they know it or not, people are often taking in messages about what their role is and what is expected of them, and this may conflict with what they know to be the moral or correct decision.”</p> <p>The researchers conducted three different studies with employees who had dual roles. In one case, 128 U.S. Army medics were asked to complete a series of problem-solving tests, which included subliminal cues that hinted they might be acting as either a medic or a soldier. No participant said the cues had any bearing on their behavior – but apparently they did. A much larger percentage of those in the medic category than in the soldier category were unwilling to put a price on human life.</p> <p>In another test, a group of engineer-managers were asked to write about a time they either behaved as a typical manager, engineer, or both. Then they were asked whether U.S. firms should engage in “gifting” to gain a foothold in a new market. Despite the fact such a practice would violate federal laws, more than 50 percent of those who fell into the “manager” category said such a practice might be acceptable, compared to 13 percent of those in the engineer category.</p> <p>“We find that people tend to make decisions that may conflict with their morals when they are overwhelmed, or when they are just doing routine tasks without thinking of the consequences,” Leavitt said. “We tend to play out a script as if our role has already been written. So the bottom line is, slow down and think about the consequences when making an ethical decision.”</p> <p>Pauline Schilpzand from OSU, along with researchers from the University of Washington, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest University, contributed to this study.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> College of Business </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/angela-yeager">Angela Yeager</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="mailto:Keith.leavitt@oregonstate.edu">Keith Leavitt</a>, 541-737-8631</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Acclaimed Germany comedy shows May 29 in Corvallis</h1> <p>yeagera — Tue, 22 May 2012 22:57:55 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/22/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. – A Germany comedy that the Hollywood Reporter called “a whimsical Woody Allen vibe” will be screened on Tuesday, May 29, in Corvallis.</p> <p>The free, public screening is sponsored by the German Program at Oregon State University. It shows at 6 and 8 p.m. at the <a href="http://www.darksidecinema.com/">Darkside Cinema</a>, 215 S.W. 4th St.</p> <p>“Whiskey and Vodka” (or “Whisky mit Wodka”) is a 2009 comedy by prolific German director Andreas Dresen. Starring veteran actor Henry Hübchen as a past-his-prime movie star whose drunken antics imperil his latest production, the film is a sensitive tale of loneliness and growing old, of chances and dreams, of small and great lies.</p> <p><a href="http://oregonstate.edu/dept/foreign_lang/heiduschke">Sebastian Heiduschke</a>, an assistant professor of German at OSU, will introduce the movie.</p> <p>The screening is supported by the OSU proposed <a href="http://oregonstate.edu/cla/slcs/home">School of Language, Culture, and Society</a>, <a href="http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/saf/enindex.htm">Goethe-Institute San Francisco</a>, and <a href="http://www.sophieschollschule.org/corvallis.html">Sophie Scholl Schule German Immersion Saturday School</a> in Corvallis.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> College of Liberal Arts </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/angela-yeager">Angela Yeager</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="mailto:sebastian.heiduschke@oregonstate.edu">Sebastian Heiduschke</a>, 541-737-3957</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-multimedia"> <div class="field-label">Multimedia: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/7242267678/" title="whisky_vodka_2009_1 by Oregon State University, on Flickr"></a><br />Whiskey and Vodka</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>OSU prof named to U.S. National Commission to UNESCO</h1> <p>floydma — Mon, 21 May 2012 22:07:56 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/21/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. – Rich Meganck, an Oregon State University faculty member specializing in international water resources, has been appointed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to a three-year term on the United States National Commission to UNESCO.</p> <p>UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, which is a specialty agency within the U.N. that has several areas of focus, including oceans, the environment, and water.</p> <p>Meganck has been the international program leader of OSU’s Institute for Water and Watersheds. He most recently was on assignment with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management, which is affiliated with UNESCO.</p> <p>He also spent six years as rector and professor of the United Nations Institute for Water Education in The Netherlands.</p> <p>Meganck, who received his Ph.D. from OSU in 1974, has been on dozens of economic development missions and natural resources projects during his career, which has taken him to more than 100 countries around the world.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Generic OSU Boiler Plate </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/mark-floyd">Mark Floyd</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Rich Meganck, 541-737-6118</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>OSU scientist awarded prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship</h1> <p>floydma — Mon, 21 May 2012 21:58:58 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/21/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. – Peter Clark, an Oregon State University scientist who is known internationally for his work on climate history, has received a prestigious fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.</p> <p><a href="http://ceoas.oregonstate.edu/profile/clark/">Clark</a> is the lone recipient nationally in the category of Earth Sciences. Most of the <a href="http://www.gf.org/news-events/2012-Fellows-in-the-United-States-and-Canada/">Guggenheim fellows</a> are in humanities and social science fields.</p> <p>Clark is a professor in OSU’s <a href="http://ceoas.oregonstate.edu/">College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences</a>, where his research has focused on the relationship between ice sheets and global climate, and the impact of a changing climate on sea level. He is a coordinating lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report, which is due out in 2013.</p> <p>An OSU faculty member since 1988, Clark is author of more than 120 peer-reviewed science articles, many of which have been published in Science and Nature. His latest publications have focused on the underlying mechanisms that drove the Earth out of its latest Ice Age.</p> <p>The 2012 Guggenheim Fellowships were awarded to 181 scholars, artists and scientists, chosen from among 3,000 applicants. Selection is based on prior achievement and exceptional promise, according to the Guggenheim Foundation.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/mark-floyd">Mark Floyd</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Peter Clark, 541-737-1247</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Scientists hope OSU whale-tracking data can reduce accidental deaths</h1> <p>floydma — Mon, 21 May 2012 18:54:41 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/21/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-label">Teaser: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>A team of scientists has launched a project to reduce the number of whales killed from ship strikes and entanglement in fishing nets, using data from more than 300 whales tagged by OSU's Marine Mammal Institute.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>NEWPORT, Ore. – A multi-agency team of scientists has launched a project to reduce the number of whales killed from ship strikes and entanglement in fishing nets by identifying high-risk areas along the West Coast of the United States.</p> <p>The WhaleWatch project will use data from the tagging and satellite monitoring of more than 300 whales, conducted by researchers at Oregon State University’s <a href="http://mmi.oregonstate.edu/">Marine Mammal Institute</a>, and combine it with environmental data and human activities to look for areas where whales and ships are most likely to intersect – and when it is most likely to occur.</p> <p>The project will involve scientists from the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service, as well as Oregon State.</p> <p><a href="http://mmi.oregonstate.edu/bruce-mate">Bruce Mate</a>, director of the OSU Marine Mammal Institute, has led tagging studies of numerous populations of seven whale species over the past three decades. The tags can last anywhere from a few weeks to more than a year, and provide scientists with details about migration routes, feeding areas, frequency of diving and other activities.</p> <p>“We hope that the study shows any propensities for risk where there is strong overlap between whale migration routes and anthropogenic activities,” said Mate, a professor of fisheries and wildlife at OSU. “We know, for example, that the West Santa Barbara Channel off California is a place where blue whales feed and it is right in the middle of shipping lanes to the Los Angeles harbor.</p> <p>“Identifying the seasonal trends, as well as the geographical movement, may help policymakers find ways to better protect the whales,” Mate added. “We’re just trying to provide the science.”</p> <p>Project leader Helen Bailey, of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, said a number of recent net entanglements involving gray whales off California illustrates the need for the research, which is being funded by a variety of agencies and organizations.</p> <p>“A first step in reducing these threats to whales is to have a better understanding of where the whales go,” Bailey said. “We will be analyzing the largest satellite tracking dataset for large North Pacific whales from Oregon State University, and combining it with satellite-derived environmental data.”</p> <p>Mate has seen first-hand the results of whales’ interactions with ships. In 2007, he tagged a number of blue whales off the southern California coast during a project featured in a 2009 National Geographic Channel <a href="http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2009/mar/national-geographic-channel-film-blue-whales-features-osu%25E2%2580%2599s-mate-pacific-storm">documentary</a>, “Kingdom of the Blue Whale.” During the three months surrounding the field work, five blue whales were struck by ships in the immediate area and died.</p> <p>“That was really sobering,” Mate said. “To see that kind of an impact on one species, in a small geographic area, really demonstrated how at-risk some species may be – and how difficult it may be for struggling populations of whales to recover.”</p> <p>Mate and his colleagues at OSU’s <a href="http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/">Hatfield Marine Science Center</a> in Newport, Ore., are pioneers in the use of satellites to monitor tagged whales. They most recently tracked a western gray whale named Varvara from Russia’s Sakhalin Island all the way to the breeding grounds of Mexico – and back.</p> <p>As technology has improved, so has the ability to track whales during their entire migration routes.</p> <p>“When we first started,” Mate recalled, “we were lucky if the tags lasted more than a month. Whales can be tough on tags, and the Pacific Ocean can be a rugged place. Now we routinely deploy tags that usually last for three or more months and show us where the whales seasonally feed, breed and birth their calves – and it is that ability to monitor through the seasons that is so important.”</p> <p>The tag used by the researchers that has lasted the longest reached 620 days, on a sperm whale.</p> <p>The WhaleWatch project is being funded by NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Smithsonian Institution, the Pacific Predators Program, NOAA, OSU, and the Office of Naval Research.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Marine Mammal Institute </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/mark-floyd">Mark Floyd</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Bruce Mate, 541-867-0202</p> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <p>Helen Bailey, 240-237-8751</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-multimedia"> <div class="field-label">Multimedia: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/7243596686/" title="California Blue Whale by Oregon State University, on Flickr"></a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Poet Alcosser to read at OSU May 24</h1> <p>yeagera — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:19:07 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/18/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. – Sandra Alcosser, an award-winning poet whose work has been called “feisty, accomplished and mature,” will read from her work on Thursday, May 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the main rotunda at Oregon State University’s Valley Library.</p> <p>Alcosser’s seven books of poetry include “A Fish to Feed All Hunger” and “Except by Nature,” both of which were selected for the National Poetry Series.</p> <p>She is the National Endowment for the Arts’ first “Conservation Poet for the Wildlife Conservation Society,” and was Montana’s first poet laureate. Her poems have appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and the Pushcart Prize Anthology.</p> <p>In advance of her Corvallis reading, Alcosser will be writer-in-residence for the Long-Term Ecological Reflections program at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, which is co-sponsored by the Spring Creek Project and the U.S. Forest Service. The Visiting Writers Series is supported by the proposed School of Writing, Literature, and Film, the Valley Library, the Office of the Provost, the College of Liberal Arts, Kathy Brisker and Tim Steele, and the OSU Beaver Store.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> College of Liberal Arts </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/angela-yeager">Angela Yeager</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="mailto:Charles.goodrich@oregonstate.edu">Charles Goodrich</a>, 541-737-6198</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Scientists document volcanic history of turbulent Sumatra region</h1> <p>floydma — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:55:44 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/16/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-label">Teaser: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Sumatra has been battered by earthquakes and tsunamis that have killed tens of thousands of people; now a newly published study outlines a different threat - explosive volcanic eruptions.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. – The early April earthquake of magnitude 8.6 that shook Sumatra was a grim reminder of the devastating earthquakes and tsunami that killed tens of thousands of people in 2004 and 2005.</p> <p>Now a new study, funded by the National Science Foundation, shows that the residents of that region are at risk from yet another potentially deadly natural phenomenon – major volcanic eruptions.</p> <p>Researchers from Oregon State University working with colleagues in Indonesia have documented six major volcanic eruptions in Sumatra over the past 35,000 years – most equaling or surpassing in explosive intensity the eruption of Washington’s Mount St. Helens in 1980.</p> <p>Results of the research have just been published in the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.</p> <p>“Sumatra has a number of active and potentially explosive volcanoes and many show evidence of recent activity,” said Morgan Salisbury, lead author on the study, who recently completed his doctoral studies in OSU’s <a href="http://www.coas.oregonstate.edu/">College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences</a>. “Most of the eruptions are small, so little attention has been paid to the potential for a catastrophic eruption.</p> <p>“But our study found some of the first evidence that the region has a much more explosive history than perhaps has been appreciated,” he added.</p> <p>Until this study, little was known about Sumatra’s volcanic history – in part because few western scientists have been allowed access to the region. The most visible evidence of recent volcanic activity among the estimated 33-35 potentially active volcanoes are their steep-sided cones and lack of vegetation, indicating at least some minor eruptive processes.</p> <p>But in 2007, <a href="http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2007/apr/osu-researchers-visit-site-2004-2005-indonesian-quakes-groundbreaking-project">an expedition</a> led by OSU’s Chris Goldfinger was permitted into the region and the Oregon State researchers and their Indonesian colleagues set out to explore the earthquake history of the region by studying sediment cores from the Indian Ocean. Funded by the National Science Foundation, it was the first research ship from the United States allowed into Indonesia/Sumatran waters in nearly 30 years.</p> <p>While searching the deep-sea sediment cores for <a href="http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2005/dec/scientists-hone-earthquake-pulses-help-predict-tsunami-impact">“turbidites”</a> – coarse gravel deposits that can act as a signature for earthquakes – they noticed unmistakable evidence of volcanic ash and began conducting a parallel investigation into the region’s volcanic history.</p> <p>“The ash was located only in certain cores, so the activity was localized,” said <a href="http://geo.oregonstate.edu/people/faculty/Adam_Kent">Adam Kent</a>, a professor of geosciences at OSU and an author on the study. “Yet the eruptions still were capable of spreading the ash for 300 kilometers or more, which gave us an indication of how powerful the explosive activity might have been.”</p> <p>Salisbury and his colleagues found evidence of six major eruptions and estimated them to be at least from 3.0 to 5.0 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index. Mount St. Helens, by comparison, was 5.0.</p> <p>The Indian Ocean region is certainly known to have a violent volcanic history. The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa between Sumatra and Java is perhaps the most violent volcanic explosion in recorded history, measuring 6.0 on the VEI and generating what many scientists believe to have been one of the loudest noises ever heard on Earth.</p> <p>Sumatra’s own Toba volcano exploded about 74,000 years ago, generating a major lake – not unlike Oregon’s own Crater Lake, but much larger. “It looks like a giant doughnut in the middle of Sumatra,” said Jason “Jay” Patton, another OSU doctoral student and author on the study.</p> <p>Sumatra’s volcanoes occasionally belch some ash and smoke, and provide comparatively minor eruptions, but residents there may not be fully aware of the potential catastrophic nature of some of its resident volcanoes, <a href="http://www.coas.oregonstate.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.search&searchtype=people&detail=1&id=540">Goldfinger</a> said.</p> <p>“Prior to 2004, the risk from a major earthquake were not widely appreciated except, perhaps, in some of the more rural areas,” Goldfinger said. “And earthquakes happen more frequently than major volcanic eruptions. If it hasn’t happened in recent memory…”</p> <p>Kent said the next step in the research is to work with scientists from the region to collect ash and volcanic rock from the island’s volcanoes, and then match their chemical signature to the ash they discovered in the sediment cores.</p> <p>“Each volcano has a subtly different fingerprint,” Kent said, “so if we can get the terrestrial data, we should be able to link the six major eruptions to individual volcanoes to determine the ones that provide the greatest risk factors.”</p> <p>In addition to the Oregon State University scientists, two Indonesian researchers were authors on the journal article: Yusuf Djadjadihardja and Udrekh Hanif, of the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology in Jakarta.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/mark-floyd">Mark Floyd</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="mailto:salisbum@science.oregonstate.edu">Morgan Salisbury</a></p> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <p><a href="mailto:Adam.Kent@geo.oregonstate.edu">Adam Kent</a>, 541-737-1205</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>OSU’s Engineering Expo to showcase student projects</h1> <p>floydma — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:11:25 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/14/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. – The 13th annual Engineering Expo, featuring student projects that range from across all engineering disciplines, will be held this Friday, May 18, at the College of Engineering at Oregon State University.</p> <p>The senior design showcase with more than 100 student-built projects is combined with a “Robo*Palooza,” and the event is free and open to the public. It will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Kelley Engineering Center on the OSU campus. Tours of the Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory are also available from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.</p> <p>More information on the event is available online at <a href="http://engineering.oregonstate.edu/expo2012">http://engineering.oregonstate.edu/expo2012</a> by calling 541-737-3101.</p> <p>The various displays offer an entertaining learning opportunity for anyone, organizers say, and may be of particular interest to high school students who are considering a career in engineering.</p> <p>“The Engineering Expo showcases our emphasis on hands-on experience,” said Scott Ashford, interim dean of the College of Engineering. “The senior design project is just one of the many examples of how the OSU engineering education prepares our graduates to make a seamless transition into their careers.</p> <p>“OSU has one of the nation’s largest and most productive engineering programs, with more than 4,000 undergraduates, world-class research, and state-of-the-art facilities.” Ashford added.</p> <p>Among the various displays will be: </p> <ul> <li>An automated brewing system that makes beer-brewing as simple as baking a loaf of bread in a breadmaker;</li> <li>A unique approach to transportation that replaces pedals and the steering wheel with a game controller;</li> <li>A soil additive that could mitigate contamination from the Fukushima nuclear crisis in Japan;</li> <li>A 360-degree video player that lets users fully immerse themselves into the game and interact with the images;</li> <li>A new approach to compostable cutlery that could reduce breakdown time to a matter of weeks.</li> </ul> <ul> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> College of Engineering </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/david-stauth">David Stauth</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="mailto:thuy.tran@oregonstate.edu">Thuy Tran</a>, 541-737-6020</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>How do hatchery and wild salmon and steelhead interact?</h1> <p>floydma — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:35:04 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/14/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-label">Teaser: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>The genetic differences between wild and hatchery salmon and steelhead have gotten the attention, but sciences say ecological interactions between the two may be of more importance.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. – Genetic differences between hatchery-raised salmon and steelhead and fish born in the wild have sparked controversy and raised questions about future policies, overshadowing ecological interactions that may ultimately be of greater importance.</p> <p>How hatchery and wild fish deal with competition, predation, disease and ecosystem effects will dictate fish runs of the future, yet the science on salmon has lagged behind management decisions.</p> <p>That may be changing. The professional journal <a href="http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/ecology/journal/10641">Environmental Biology of Fishes</a> is publishing a special edition this May called “Ecological Interactions of Hatchery and Wild Salmon” that provides some of the latest findings on the topic. Edited by <a href="http://fw.oregonstate.edu/About%20Us/personnel/faculty/noakes.htm">David Noakes</a> of Oregon State University, the journal will include results from 22 studies conducted by scientists around the world.</p> <p>The papers were presented at a conference organized by the Wild Salmon Center in Portland.</p> <p>“Before we address whether we can have both wild fish and hatchery fish,” Noakes said, “we need to design a platform of scientifically based research to answer a series of questions. And we need to carefully define just what those questions are. People are always looking for simple solutions, and they are usually driven by short-term needs.</p> <p>“But managing salmon, which live in both fresh and salt water, and may migrate through waters of multiple jurisdictions, is quite complex,” Noakes added. “When you add in variables such as habitat loss and ocean conditions, you also have to look at long-term trends.”</p> <p>Noakes is an internationally known fish biologist who came to OSU in 2005 as professor and senior scientist with the <a href="http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources/visitors/oregon_hatchery_research_center.asp">Oregon Hatchery Research Center</a>, a facility in the Alsea River basin jointly operated by the <a href="http://fw.oregonstate.edu/">Department of Fisheries and Wildlife</a> at OSU and the <a href="http://www.dfw.state.or.us/">Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife</a>. Here scientists study fish ecology and behavior in artificial streams as well as in Fall Creek and Alsea River.</p> <p>If hatcheries are part of the solution for stable fish runs of the future, some of the changes they will need to make may emerge out of research at the facility. But, Noakes cautions, seemingly simple changes can have multiple impacts – not all of them positive.</p> <p>“You often hear people say that we should create more fish,” Noakes said. “But if our hatcheries produce more smolts, do we know that more fish will come back as adults? When we push fish out of the hatcheries at certain times of the year, we create a big flush of food for hawks, cormorants, seals, fox and numerous other predators. If you drop a bunch of candy in the street, kids will show up to eat it.</p> <p>“The wild fish may get hammered along with the hatchery fish,” Noakes added. “We may actually be doing more harm than good.”</p> <p>Such reasoning is why Noakes said a thoughtful, well-designed research agenda is so critical. Hatcheries produce a staggering 5 billion salmon and steelhead each year, and both Alaska and Russia are planning to increase that number. While the ocean is a vast area, salmon tend to congregate in certain areas and thus may compete for food and habitat.</p> <p>Before churning out more and more hatchery fish each year, scientists need to better understand foraging and breeding competition with wild fish; influence of disease and parasites; constraints by habitat in fresh water and marine environments; growth and survival rates; influence of predation; and freshwater and saltwater life cycles and the timing of migration.</p> <p>“Many of the studies illuminate our understanding of hatcheries as a potential and growing risk factor to wild salmon throughout the North Pacific,” said Pete Rand, senior conservation biologist with the Wild Salmon Center. “Much of the research and media attention has focused on hatchery impacts of ‘stream type’ salmon and steelhead; some of the new studies more fully explore potential effects of hatcheries on ‘ocean type’ salmon, such as chum and pink.”</p> <p>Some important studies are beginning to emerge that will answer some of the questions and help define the future research agenda, Noakes said. The forthcoming special edition of Environmental Biology of Fishes includes a range of studies. They include:</p> <ul> <li>Barry Berejikian, of NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Washington, and colleagues found that rearing hatchery steelhead for two years, instead of breeding them to grow quickly and releasing them as yearlings, more closely mimics behavior of wild steelhead and could improve survival rates of hatchery fish;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>A literature review by Seth Naman, of the National Marine Fisheries Service, found that predation of wild juvenile salmonids by hatchery fish overall was low, but increased greatly if the timing of the hatchery release coincided with large numbers of wild fish still in the river;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>An article by W. Stewart Grant, of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, outlines the case for preserving in wild fish populations their “adaptive potential” to environmental conditions as a buffer against disease and climate variability – and suggests considering adaptation in planning hatchery production levels and release timing and locations;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>A study led by Gregory Ruggerone, Natural Resources Consultants, Inc., suggests that the release of hatchery chum salmon from Asia resulted in a dramatic decline of a small wild chum salmon population in western Alaska.</li> </ul> <p>“The impacts of hatchery fish are just one of many risk factors fisheries managers must account for in ensuring wild fish are conserved and recovered for present and future generations of Oregonians,” said Bruce McIntosh, ODFW’s deputy administrator for inland fisheries.</p> <p>McIntosh said ODFW actively supports research addressing the underlying mechanisms that cause the differences between hatchery and wild fish, and management solutions to minimize the risks of hatchery fish. “That fundamental question is why the department worked with OSU to develop and fund the Oregon Hatchery Research Center,” he pointed out.</p> <p>The articles are available at: <a href="http://www.stateofthesalmon.org/hatcheries/abstracts.html">http://www.stateofthesalmon.org/hatcheries/abstracts.html</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> College of Agricultural Sciences </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/mark-floyd">Mark Floyd</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="mailto:david.noakes@oregonstate.edu">David Noakes</a>, 541-737-1953</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-multimedia"> <div class="field-label">Multimedia: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/3607613689/" title="Spawning steelhead by Oregon State University, on Flickr"></a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Ambassador to give talk on nuclear proliferation on May 24</h1> <p>yeagera — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:00:13 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/14/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. – Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr., who has served as a senior United States diplomat for more than 30 years, will give a free, public talk on nuclear proliferation on Thursday, May 24, at Oregon State University.</p> <p>Graham’s talk, “Endless Crisis: North Korea, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Palestine and Nuclear Proliferation,” will begin at 4 p.m. at the Construction and Engineering Hall of LaSells Stewart Center. A reception and book signing will follow.</p> <p>Graham is a renowned figure in the field of nuclear non-proliferation and international relations. During his diplomatic career, he advised five presidents and has written a new book, “Unending Crisis: National Security Policy after 9/11.”</p> <p>During his tenure serving the Clinton administration, Graham played a significant role in extending the Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1995 and has been involved in negotiations with more than 100 nations. As a diplomat he was involved in forming the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty and the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty.</p> <p>The talk is sponsored by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> College of Liberal Arts </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/angela-yeager">Angela Yeager</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Brent Steel, 541-737-6133</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>NASA astronaut to recount spaceflight experience at OSU on May 17</h1> <p>floydma — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:35:19 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/11/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. – NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff will relive his spaceflight experience during a multimedia presentation that is free and open to the public on Thursday, May 17, at Oregon State University.</p> <p>The event begins at 6 p.m. at Reser Auditorium in the Linus Pauling Science Center, located at the corner of S.W. 30th Street and S.W. Campus Way on the OSU campus.</p> <p>During the presentation, <a href="http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/chamitoff.html">Chamitoff</a> will share a video of his most recent mission aboard space shuttle Endeavor. A brief question-and-answer session will follow.</p> <p>Selected by NASA as an astronaut in 1998, Chamitoff worked in various positions within the</p> <p>Astronaut Office until he was assigned to his first spaceflight mission. In 2008, Chamitoff served as the flight engineer and science officer for a long duration mission aboard the International Space Station during Expeditions 17 and 18.</p> <p>In 2011, Chamitoff served as a mission specialist on the last flight of space shuttle Endeavour, STS-134. During this mission, Chamitoff performed operations with the shuttle and station robotic arms, including the installation of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS). He also performed two spacewalks, the last of which marked the completion of the ISS assembly and was the final spacewalk of the Space Shuttle Program by a space shuttle crew member.</p> <p>Chamitoff has logged more than 198 days in space.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Generic OSU Boiler Plate </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/mark-floyd">Mark Floyd</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="mailto:Brenda.a.cabaniss@nasa.gov">Brenda Cabaniss</a>, Johnson Space Center, 281-244-8860</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Updated guides help manage plant diseases, weeds and insects</h1> <p>leasej — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:24:03 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/11/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. –Three updated research-based guides – each with its own website – on managing plant disease, weeds and insects are available through the Extension Service programs at Oregon State University, the University of Idaho and Washington State University.</p> <p>The guides have been revised for 2012, and the plant disease handbook has a newly redesigned website.</p> <p>The handbooks provide extensive information on pest biology and chemical and nonchemical control methods. Pacific Northwest farmers and growers as well as consultants and home gardeners will find the handbooks helpful.</p> <p>The 2012 Pacific Northwest handbooks are now available in print and may be purchased for $50 online at: <a href="http://pnwhandbooks.org">http://pnwhandbooks.org</a> or by calling OSU Extension and Experiment Station Communications at 800-561-6719.</p> <p><strong>PNW Plant Disease Management Handbook</strong></p> <p>The Plant Disease Management Handbook is a reference for important plant diseases in the Pacific Northwest, and all content is available on a new website: <a href="http://pnwhandbooks.org/plantdisease">http://pnwhandbooks.org/plantdisease</a>. The handbook is the primary method for OSU Extension plant pathology to deliver information to producers, agricultural consultants, field scouts, Oregon Department of Agriculture personnel, field and nursery people, Master Gardeners and chemical industry representatives.</p> <p>Organic or conventional growers should find the guide useful. General information on disease biology as well as cultural, biological and chemical control recommendations are summarized for each plant disease. Crop diversification, evolving biological systems, new cultural and biological controls and changing chemical control recommendations require continued enhancement of the handbook.</p> <p><strong>PNW Weed Management Handbook</strong></p> <p>The Weed Management Handbook is updated quarterly, and all information from the printed handbook is also available online at: <a href="http://pnwhandbooks.org/weed">http://pnwhandbooks.org/weed</a></p> <p>The handbook is a quick reference of weed control practices used in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Chemical regulation of plant growth is complex, and a large portion of the handbook is devoted to registered uses of herbicides, crop desiccants and plant growth regulators.</p> <p>Recommendations in the handbook are based on research of the Agricultural Experiment Stations and Extension Services in Oregon and neighboring states, where circumstances are similar.</p> <p>Additional publications on weed management for particular crops, sites or situations can be found in the OSU Extension Catalog (<a href="http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/">http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/</a>).</p> <p><strong>PNW Insect Management Handbook</strong></p> <p>The Insect Management Handbook contains the most current information on insect pests in the Pacific Northwest. Management information for insect pests of hundreds of crops, livestock species, and landscape and home situations is included. It is useful for commercial growers, Extension agents, consultants, field and nursery staff, and chemical industry representatives and also contains sections of particular interest to Master Gardeners and homeowners.</p> <p>More than 50 contributors revise the Insect Management Handbook annually to address the latest information on insecticide registrations, formulations and use restrictions. Separate chemical recommendations are listed for commercial and home use. The handbook also includes biological and other nonchemical management recommendations.</p> <p>The web version of the handbook, <a href="http://pnwhandbooks.org/insect">http://pnwhandbooks.org/insect</a>, includes links to pest photographs, fact sheets and pesticide labels.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Extension Service </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/judy-scott">Judy Scott</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Jay Pscheidt, 541-737-3472</p> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <p>Cynthia Ocamb, 541-737-4020</p> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Craig Hollingsworth, 413-545-1055</p> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <p>Ed Peachey, 541-737-3152</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Editorial Festival returns to Corvallis May 31 with a conversation by prominent magazine editors</h1> <p>yeagera — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:49:09 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/11/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Rainbow </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. – Two national magazine editors will discuss the ins and outs of magazine writing, editing, and the creative process at an Oregon State University-sponsored panel discussion called “The Editorial Connection: Editor-Writers on Magazine Writing and Publishing.”</p> <p>The discussion, followed by a question-and-answer session, is scheduled for Thursday, May 31, at The Arts Center, 700 S.W. Madison. The free public program, which begins at 7:30 p.m., is the last event in the 2012 OSU Visiting Writers Series.</p> <p>Drawing from their decades of experience as professional writers and editors, panelists <a href="http://grayssportingjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=68">Jim Babb</a> and <a href="http://www.briankellowwriter.com/">Brian Kellow</a> will discuss their creative work, share behind-the-scenes stories on magazine publishing, and offer advice for prospective freelance writers. Dionisia Morales, an essayist and recent alumna of the OSU Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing, will moderate the session.</p> <p>Kellow, an OSU alumnus, is features editor of Opera News magazine and author of four biographies. His newest book, “Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark,” (Viking, 2011) is the first biography of the acclaimed American film critic. His articles have appeared in magazines and newspapers including Travel and Leisure, BBC Music Magazine, and Newsday.</p> <p>Babb is editor of <a href="http://grayssportingjournal.com/">Gray’s Sporting Journal</a> and the author of the essay collections “Crosscurrents: A Fly Fisher’s Progress,” “River Music: A Fly Fisher’s Four Seasons,” and “Fly-Fishin’ Fool: The Adventures, Misadventures, and Outright Idiocies of a Compulsive Angler.” He lives in Maine where he writes, fishes, and is at work on his first novel.</p> <p>This public discussion is part of OSU’s 2012 Editorial Festival, an annual gathering of prominent editors and writers created to engage students and community members in a discussion about contemporary writing, publishing, and media studies. It is sponsored by the proposed School of Writing, Literature, and Film with contributions from The Valley Library, the Office of the Provost, the College of Liberal Arts, Kathy Brisker and Tim Steele, and the OSU Beaver Store.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> College of Liberal Arts </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/angela-yeager">Angela Yeager</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="mailto:olsonreb@onid.orst.edu">Rebecca Olson</a>, 541-737-1648</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Brian Kellow to read from biography on film critic Pauline Kael on May 30</h1> <p>yeagera — Thu, 10 May 2012 23:06:26 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/10/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. – Noted journalist and editor Brian Kellow will read from his newly released biography, “Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark,” on Wednesday, May 30, in Oregon State University’s Memorial Union Journey Room.</p> <p>The reading, which begins at 7:30 p.m., is free and open to the public.</p> <p>“Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark” (Viking, 2011) is the first biography of The New Yorker’s most influential, powerful, and controversial film critic. Selected as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Kellow’s biography creates a moving portrait of Kael as a bold, brash, and remarkably driven critic. </p> <p>Ben Brantly, chief theater critic at The New York Times, notes the significance of Kellow’s biography of this influential woman: “[Pauline Kael] got into my bloodstream more than any other critic. So I have been waiting most of my life for a smart, insightful biography like this to take me beyond and beneath the hypnotic thrill of her prose.”</p> <p>Kellow is the features editor for Opera News and author of four books, including “Ethel Merman: A Life,” “The Bennetts: An Acting Family” and “Can’t Help Singing: The Life of Eileen Farrell.” He writes the popular Opera News column “On the Beat,” and his articles have appeared in Travel and Leisure, BBC Music Magazine and Newsday.</p> <p>An alumnus of OSU’s English Department, Kellow now lives in New York.</p> <p>Kellow’s appearance in Corvallis is part of the proposed School of Writing, Literature, and Film’s 2011-12 Visiting Writers Series, and is made possible by contributions from The Valley Library, the Office of the Provost, the College of Liberal Arts, Kathy Brisker and Tim Steele, and the OSU Beaver Store.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> College of Liberal Arts </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/angela-yeager">Angela Yeager</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="mailto:olsonreb@onid.orst.edu">Rebecca Olson</a>, 541-737-1648</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-multimedia"> <div class="field-label">Multimedia: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/7173513488/" title="cover.-PAuline-Kael by Oregon State University, on Flickr"></a><br />"Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark"</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Student-created plays one-act plays open May 17</h1> <p>yeagera — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:51:02 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/09/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. – The 2012 Spring One-Act Festival, featuring plays written, directed and designed by Oregon State University students, comes to the Withycombe main stage starting Thursday, May 17.</p> <p>The festival, which runs May 17-19 beginning at 7:30 p.m. and May 20 at 2 p.m., features six original one-act plays including an eclectic mix of comedy and drama from playwriting students. Withycombe Hall is located at 30th and Campus Way on the OSU campus.</p> <p>“Jolly Jack Junior,” by Jeff Goode and directed by Sarah McKenney, is a swashbuckling farce complete with pirates, wenches, and sword-fights. The cast includes OSU students Sam Thompson and Alexa Johnston.</p> <p>Christopher Durang’s “The Actor’s Nightmare,” directed by Davey Kashuba, is a comedy about an actor thrust into a nightmare of a show. This play features students Megan Haverman, Nicole Snyder, Mason Atkin, Chris Peterman, Chris Omerod, and Sam Thompson. Corvallis community member Eric Leman is also featured.</p> <p>In Crane Johnson’s “Fear”, directed by Megan Grassl, a young woman is terrorized by a charming young man. This play features community members Jamie Bilderback and Jonathan Thompson.</p> <p>Lanford Wilson’s drama “Your Everyday Ghost Story,” directed by Abbey Pasquini, is a tale about the destruction and devastation of AIDS and features OSU students Andrew Toyer and Alexander Johnston.</p> <p>“Get Out of Your Cage,” by Mary Plowman and directed by Tucker Minnick, is a play dealing with the conflict between life’s duties and the desire for adventure. It features OSU students Alycia Olivar, Maira Rodriguez, Kimberly Wilson, Emerson Hovenkamp, Deborah Shapiro, and Troy Toyama.</p> <p>Romulus Linney’s bittersweet comic drama “Paradise,” directed by Rowan Wolff Russell, explores the dynamics of a family trying to find its footing in Florida. It features students Irene Drage, Caleb Lewis, Ciana Ginochio, and Pat Purdue. Community member Ariel Ginsburg also stars.</p> <p>Tickets are $8 general, $6 seniors, $5 for student/youth and $4 for OSU students. Information: 541-737-2784 or <a href="../../dept/theatre">http://oregonstate.edu/dept/theatre</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> College of Liberal Arts </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/angela-yeager">Angela Yeager</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="mailto:Elizabeth.helman@oregonstate.edu">Elizabeth Helman</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Yoshida’s Gourmet Sauces CEO to speak at OSU May 17</h1> <p>yeagera — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:43:44 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/09/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-label">Teaser: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Junki Yoshida, the high-energy chairman and CEO of Portland-based <a href="http://www.yoshidagroup.com/index">Yoshida Group</a>, will detail how he created his own “American Dream” during a talk beginning at noon on Thursday, May 17.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. – Junki Yoshida, the high-energy chairman and CEO of Portland-based <a href="http://www.yoshidagroup.com/index">Yoshida Group</a>, will detail how he created his own “American Dream” during a talk beginning at noon on Thursday, May 17, at Oregon State University.</p> <p>The free, public event takes place at the Construction & Engineering Hall of LaSells Stewart Center, 875 S.W. 26th St., Corvallis.</p> <p>Yoshida, the man behind Yoshida’s Gourmet Sauces, rose from his modest beginnings to own 18 successful companies and become recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Respected Japanese in the World by Japanese Newsweek magazine.</p> <p>Known for his zany marketing of sauces, the seventh-degree black belt will discuss how he went from sleeping in his own car to owning a multimillion dollar conglomerate and traveling the world as a motivational speaker.</p> <p>Aside from his entrepreneurial activities, he also serves on many charitable boards including the Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Foundation and Ronald McDonald House Charities NW, as well as being a trustee for the Children’s Cancer Association.</p> <p>The talk is sponsored by the Austin Entrepreneurship Program and the OSU College of Business.</p> <p>For more information call (541) 713-8044 or go to <a href="http://business.oregonstate.edu/programs/aep">http://business.oregonstate.edu/programs/aep</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> College of Business </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/angela-yeager">Angela Yeager</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="mailto:Jenn.Casey@bus.oregonstate.edu">Jenn Casey</a>, 541-737-0695</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-multimedia"> <div class="field-label">Multimedia: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/7161522792/" title="yoshida by Oregon State University, on Flickr"></a><br />Yoshida</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>OSU to hold rulemaking hearing on May 25</h1> <p>floydma — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:24:58 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/09/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University will hold a rulemaking hearing on Friday, May 25, to receive public input on several proposed rule changes.</p> <p>Among the proposals is the annual setting of fees and charges for services during fiscal year 2012-13. A list of these fees and charges may be viewed in the Valley Library on the OSU campus under call number PERM 006.</p> <p>OSU also will take public comment on changes to the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics’ substance use and drug testing rule, which is being updated to reflect current best practices in testing protocols and procedures.</p> <p>Another proposed rule change governs the use of motor vehicles on campus. The proposed change defines the use of mopeds and non-motorized scooters on campus, and suggests providing free three-hour parking permits for disabled campus visitors.</p> <p>Copies of the rules and the proposed changes to them are available from Beth Giddens at <a href="mailto:beth.giddens@oregonstate.edu">beth.giddens@oregonstate.edu</a>. The hearing will begin at 1 p.m. in Memorial Union Room 206. It is open to the public.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Generic OSU Boiler Plate </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/mark-floyd">Mark Floyd</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Beth Giddens, 541-737-2449</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Program announced to advance nuclear energy, new reactor technology</h1> <p>stauthd — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:16:44 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/08/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-label">Teaser: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>A $47 million award program announced by the U.S. Department of Energy will help support at OSU on research and education in nuclear power.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Department of Energy today announced recipients of $47 million in a major initiative under the <a href="https://inlportal.inl.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=600&mode=2">Nuclear Energy University Program</a>, an effort to support education, research and facilities that will lead toward a “re-invigorated” nuclear energy industry in the U.S.</p> <p>Awards were made to 46 universities<a href="https://inlportal.inl.gov/portal/server.pt/community/neup_home/600/FY-12_Infrastructure_awards">, including $1.1 million</a> to Oregon State University, which has been a pioneer in the development and testing of “passive safety” nuclear energy concepts and new types of small “modular” reactors that hold great promise in the future of nuclear power.</p> <p>Daniel Poneman, the deputy secretary of energy, said that President Obama has cited nuclear energy as “a part of his blueprint to build the economy.” He also pointed to the programs at OSU as being a key part of future systems of nuclear energy.</p> <p>“Small modular reactors are exciting for a number of reasons,” Poneman said. “They have safety and non-proliferation advantages, could be used in smaller communities, and you could punch them out in a standardized manner.</p> <p>“Only time will tell, but their flexibility in cost and deployment is very promising,” he said.</p> <p>OSU has one of the nation’s leading programs in education and research in nuclear energy and radiation health physics. Some of the large “next-generation” reactors being built in the world today were developed in part by testing of <a href="http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2011/mar/%25E2%2580%259Cpassive-safety%25E2%2580%259D-reactor-designs-would-improve-response-japan%25E2%2580%2599s-nuclear-events">passive safety concepts</a> in OSU laboratories in the 1990s, in which the reactor is designed to shut down automatically, if necessary, using natural forces including gravity and convection.</p> <p>Those same features were incorporated into even more innovative technology researched at OSU – <a href="http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2008/jul/new-company-reactor-design-may-boost-nuclear-energy">small modular reactors</a>. These reactors are designed to be built in a factory, standardized, and shipped via rail car or other means to a location where they could be used individually or in groups. They provide different and attractive options to “the business model developed over decades of reactors getting larger and larger, built as one-of-a-kind reactors,” Poneman said.</p> <p>"This is a continuation of the Department of Energy’s support for our research and educational programs, and it’s very important to what we’re trying to accomplish,” said Kathryn Higley, professor and head of the OSU Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics. “It supports our students, our infrastructure and the research that leads to commercialization of new technologies.”</p> <p>One of the commercial leaders in the development of small modular reactors is a spinoff company that evolved from OSU research, NuScale Power.</p> <p>Other features of the new program announced today include <a href="https://inlportal.inl.gov/portal/server.pt/community/neup_home/600/FY-12_S&F_Recipients">$5 million for undergraduate student scholarships</a>, including several at OSU. OSU’s educational programs and enrollment in nuclear engineering and radiation health physics <a href="http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2008/aug/nuclear-renaissance-having-impact-higher-education">have expanded rapidly in recent years</a>, and programs such as this will be important “to create the next generation experts, fresh thinking to jump start America’s nuclear energy industry,” Poneman said.</p> <p>The four priorities outlined today included fuel cycle research and development; reactor concepts and designs; advanced modeling and simulation; and transformative research. Federal officials said today that significant progress is needed on three fronts for nuclear power to move forward – economic efficiency, non-proliferation issues and waste disposal. A panel has been appointed to explore the waste disposal issue and work towards a national consensus, they said.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> College of Engineering </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/david-stauth">David Stauth</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="mailto:kathryn.higley@oregonstate.edu">Kathryn Higley</a>, 541-737-0675</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-multimedia"> <div class="field-label">Multimedia: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/3615048378/" title="NuScale module in pool by Oregon State University, on Flickr"></a><br /><br />Modular reactor</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>New Corvallis microtechnology firm takes aim at $2 billion market</h1> <p>houtmann — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:17:28 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/08/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. — <a href="http://www.microflowcvo.com">Microflow CVO</a><sup>TM</sup>, a company spun off from research in the Oregon State University Microproducts Breakthrough Institute (MBI), has launched its first product line of stainless steel micromixers. Inside the precision-engineered devices, which are about the size of a dime, is a multilayer network of channels designed to meet manufacturer needs in the pharmaceutical, petrochemical, personal-care product and other industries.</p> <p>The problem that Microflow CVO<sup>TM </sup>has addressed seems simple: how to mix two liquids with consistently high-quality results. Manufacturers commonly perform this step in large vats where batches of liquids are stirred and then processed.</p> <p>In contrast, so-called “microfluidic technologies” push liquids through channels slightly larger than a human hair where mixing occurs under precisely controlled conditions. Microflow CVO’s stainless steel microreactors perform better and cost less than devices currently on the market. They can be customized easily for existing processing operations, said Todd Miller, prototyping manager at the MBI and president of the new firm.</p> <p>Located in the MBI building on the Corvallis HP campus, the company currently offers two products for sale and will expand its offerings to more than 15 by the end of the calendar year, providing options in flow rates, fluid inputs and operational scale.</p> <p>Miller has developed and tested micromixers to produce copper nanoparticles, a collaborative effort with the company’s chief technology officer Scott Gilbert, OSU chemistry professor Vincent Remcho and the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. With proof-of-concept in hand, Miller applied for and received “gap funding” assistance through the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI), which supports efforts to commercialize technology originating from the Oregon University System. “ONAMI has been critical to this whole process,” said Miller. “Without ONAMI, we wouldn’t be here.”</p> <p>A market analysis by the OSU College of Business estimates the global micromixer (also called “microreactors”) market in the life sciences at $2 billion. “It’s a rapidly changing and growing market,” said John Turner, OSU instructor and CEO of Microflow CVO. He and OSU MBA student Ken True identified more than 1,000 researchers at 270 institutions in 30 countries using microreactors in pharmaceutical research. “We expect the market to exceed $3 billion by 2014. And that’s only in the life sciences. Other chemical manufacturing markets raise the potential for these products,” added Turner.</p> <p>Miller said the company has licensed rights to patent applications he has made over the past five years while at OSU.</p> <p>More information is available at <a href="http://www.microflowcvo.com">http://www.microflowcvo.com</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Generic OSU Boiler Plate </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/nick-houtman">Nick Houtman</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="mailto:john.turner@microflowcvo.com">John Turner</a>, 541-760-0225</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-multimedia"> <div class="field-label">Multimedia: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/7158821648/" title="Microflow CVO by Oregon State University, on Flickr"></a><br />Scott Gilbert, left, and Todd Miller of Microflow CVO collaborated in the creation of a stainless steel micromixer for use in the chemical, pharmaceutical and petrochemical industries. (Photo: Karl Maasdam)</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/7158820442/" title="Microflow CVO micromixer by Oregon State University, on Flickr"></a><br />The Microflow CVO micromixer achieves a high-quality mixture of liquids for research and industrial process control. (Photo: Karl Maasdam)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Parenting Education Week May 20-26 casts spotlight on effective parenting</h1> <p>yeagera — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:47:28 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/08/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-label">Teaser: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>National problems of childhood obesity and school readiness – and how effective parenting can play a role in overcoming these issues – is lending new urgency this year in Oregon to <a href="http://health.oregonstate.edu/hallie-ford/oregon-parenting-education-week">Parenting Education Week</a>, which takes place May 20-26.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. – National problems of childhood obesity and school readiness – and how effective parenting can play a role in overcoming these issues – is lending new urgency this year in Oregon to <a href="http://health.oregonstate.edu/hallie-ford/oregon-parenting-education-week">Parenting Education Week</a>, which takes place May 20-26.</p> <p>As a kickoff for the week, Gov. John Kitzhaber will sign a proclamation on Friday, May 11, in the Ceremonial Office at the Capitol.</p> <p>Oregon State University’s <a href="http://health.oregonstate.edu/hallie-ford/">Hallie E. Ford Center for Healthy Children and Families</a>, which has taken a leadership role in parenting education in Oregon, will hold a series of events as part of Parenting Education Week. They include:</p> <ul> <li>Monday, May 21, 3 p.m.: “Making the Link Between Parenting and Policy: Understanding the Impact of Parenting on Early Childhood Outcomes,” a presentation by Rebecca Parlakian of the Washington, D.C.-based Zero to Three.</li> <li>Wednesday, May 23, 2 p.m.: A panel discussion on parenting education in Oregon</li> <li>Friday, May 25, noon: “Measuring and Predicting Healthy Development in Young Children,” an analysis by Megan McClelland, associate professor in OSU’s College of Public Health and Human Sciences.</li> </ul> <p>All presentations will take place at the Hallie Ford Center on campus and will be streamed live on the Web at: <a href="http://health.oregonstate.edu/hallie-ford/">http://health.oregonstate.edu/hallie-ford/</a>.</p> <p>“Parenting skills are learned, and always have been,” said <a href="http://health.oregonstate.edu/people/rennekamp-denise">Denise Rennekamp</a>, parenting education program coordinator for the Hallie Ford Center. “In the past perhaps those skills were gained from a family and extended community network. But today as people are more separated by distance, and parents have to work more, the ability to learn those skills and obtain that knowledge can be a struggle.”</p> <p>Rennekamp says effective parenting education programs have been linked with decreased rates of child abuse and neglect, better physical, cognitive and emotional development in children, and increased parental knowledge of child development and parenting skills. A list of resources is available here: <a href="http://health.oregonstate.edu/hallie-ford/resources">http://health.oregonstate.edu/hallie-ford/resources</a></p> <p>Kathy Barber, a parenting education specialist with Pathways to Positive Parenting, an organization that offers parenting classes and workshops in Coos and Curry counties, said with limited resources and many demands, the skills and resources that researchers at the Hallie Ford Center offer have proven invaluable.</p> <p>“OSU provides a solid foundation upon which to stand as we extend ourselves and dream big about what is possible to achieve for children and families,” she said. “It is a secure feeling to know that if there is a problem to be solved, or a need to be met regarding data, curricula, online reporting issues or conference content that I can get the help or resources I might need by calling any of the OSU team.”</p> <p>Through the <a href="http://oregoncf.org/receive/grants/grant-opportunities/ready-to-learn/parent-ed-collaborative">Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative</a>, the Hallie Ford Center has taken a leadership role in evaluating the effectiveness of nonprofit programs that offer help to parents. The collaborative provides grants to nonprofit organizations to build systems, coordinate services, and provide programs for parenting education.</p> <p>The collaborative is a partnership with The Ford Family Foundation, OSU, the Meyer Memorial Trust, The Collins Foundation and The Oregon Community Foundation.</p> <p>Annual grants of $80,000 to $90,000 support regional parenting education “hubs.” The 12 hubs are in: Wallowa/Baker, Deschutes/Crook/Jefferson, Douglas, Linn/Benton, Hood River/Wasco and Coos/Curry, Columbia/Clatsop, Lincoln, Polk, Umatilla/Morrow, Lane and Siskiyou County, California. More information is available at: <a href="http://health.oregonstate.edu/hallie-ford/oregon-parenting-education-week/opec-hubs%20">http://health.oregonstate.edu/hallie-ford/oregon-parenting-education-week/opec-hubs </a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> College of Public Health and Human Sciences </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/angela-yeager">Angela Yeager</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="mailto:denise.rennekamp@oregonstate.edu">Denise Rennekamp</a>, 541-737-1013</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>State Treasurer Ted Wheeler to deliver McCall lecture May 31 at OSU</h1> <p>yeagera — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:51:30 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/08/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-label">Teaser: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Oregon Treasurer <a href="http://www.ost.state.or.us/about/treasurer/Wheeler.asp">Ted Wheeler</a> will deliver the annual Gov. Tom McCall Memorial Lecture at Oregon State University on Thursday, May 31. The talk is free and open to all.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon Treasurer <a href="http://www.ost.state.or.us/about/treasurer/Wheeler.asp">Ted Wheeler</a> will deliver the annual Gov. Tom McCall Memorial Lecture at Oregon State University on Thursday, May 31.</p> <p>His talk, “Investing in Oregon’s Future,” begins at 7 p.m. in the Construction and Engineering Hall of the LaSells Stewart Center. It is free and open to the public. A question and answer session and public reception will follow.</p> <p>In his talk, Wheeler will address how, in an era of budget cuts and sluggish economic growth, the state of Oregon is targeting its resources by investing in education and in entrepreneurs and small business creation. According to Wheeler, tackling the state’s pressing issues – education gaps, an aging population, and constrained public resources – means finding solutions that blur the line of traditional government in order for Oregon to compete in a global marketplace and thrive. </p> <p>Before entering elected office as State Treasurer in 2010, Wheeler worked in the financial services industry. He was elected in 2006 as the chief executive of Multnomah County, where he oversaw a workforce of more than 4,400 and was responsible for reducing and balancing the budget.</p> <p>Wheeler was born in Portland, and graduated from Lincoln High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Stanford University, an MBA from Columbia University and a master’s in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.</p> <p>Wheeler is a longtime community volunteer leader who has worked with diverse organizations including Neighborhood House, Portland Mountain Rescue, the Boy Scouts of America, and the Oregon Sports Authority.</p> <p>The OSU lectureship is named after Tom McCall, who was Oregon’s governor from 1967-75.</p> <p>Notable speakers from different careers have included Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, Washington Post columnists David Broder and William Raspberry; Oregon political analyst Floyd McKay; Dennis Dimick of National Geographic magazine, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.</p> <p>The McCall Lecture is presented by the OSU College of Liberal Arts.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> College of Liberal Arts </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/angela-yeager">Angela Yeager</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="mailto:david.bernell@oregontate.edu">David Bernell</a>, 541-737-6281</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-multimedia"> <div class="field-label">Multimedia: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/7114155993/" title="Ted Wheeler by Oregon State University, on Flickr"></a><br />Ted Wheeler</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>OSU to host 2012 Hyslop Farm Field Day on May 30</h1> <p>leasej — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:29:29 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Date: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">05/07/2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-default-thumb"> <div class="field-label">Default Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Custom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnail"> <div class="field-label">Thumbnail: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <div class="field-label">Body: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University Extension Service specialists and researchers from OSU's Department of Crop and Soil Science will host the annual Hyslop Research Farm Field Day on Wednesday, May 30. The program runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.</p> <p>Field day topics will focus on cereal and seed crops, and will be presented in both morning and afternoon sessions. The public is invited, and people should plan to stay all day to hear presentations in all sessions. The OSU Crops Club will prepare no-cost lunch at noon sponsored by the Oregon Seed Council and the Oregon Wheat Growers League.</p> <p>Cereal topics will include Pacific Northwest winter wheat varieties, presented by both public and private wheat breeders; management of wheat diseases, including stripe rust, in the Willamette Valley; and discussion on winter barley varieties available for a variety of end uses. Faculty from Linn Benton Community College will also be on hand to discuss their new biofuel crops program.</p> <p>Seed crop topics will include advances in meadowfoam breeding; fiber flax planting date and weed management studies; the use of plant growth regulators in red clover seed production; updates on alternatives to the use of diuron in carbon-seeded perennial ryegrass; and updates on barley yellow dwarf virus in perennial ryegrass seed production.</p> <p>Hyslop Farm is located six miles northeast of Corvallis on Granger Road, just off of Highway 20. Watch for signs.</p> <p>For more information, contact Mike Flowers, OSU Extension cereals specialist, at 541-737-9940; or Andy Hulting, OSU Extension weed management specialist, at 541-737-5098. A detailed agenda of the field day and maps to Hyslop Farm can be found at: <a href="http://cropandsoil.oregonstate.edu/">http://cropandsoil.oregonstate.edu/</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-boiler-plate"> <div class="field-label">Boiler Plate: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Extension Service </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-media-contact-0"> <div class="field-label">Media Contact: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/ua/ncs/contact/judy-scott">Judy Scott</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Andy Hulting 541-737-5098</p> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <p>Mike Flowers 541-737-9940</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-promote-home-page"> <div class="field-label">Promote to OSU home page: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Promote to the OSU home page </div> </div> </div> </article> </main></body></html>