How an Oregon State Ecampus graduate is using his degrees in horticulture and sustainability to support and transform his community — one act at a time.
Following a comprehensive search, Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences has named Dr. Lauren Gwin as its new Director of the Center for Small Farms and Community Food Systems (SFCFS).
Gwin joined Oregon State in...
The campaign was designed entirely in-house by the Oregon State marketing team and ran in eight issues of Diversity in Action. Ads focused on the college's belief in the importance of advancing access to STEM fields for historically...
Q: Last month I planted a brand-new flower bed with bulbs such as daffodils, Siberian squill, fritillary, anemone, crocus, etc. But I also seeded the bed with blue gilia, sea blush self-heal and buttercup. Now the flower bed is entirely covered...
Yuhan Wang, one of the study’s authors, said the team analyzed sales of privately held timberlands across Washington, Oregon, and California. Their goal was to quantify economic impacts of climate disasters, such as wildfires. They found values...
As growers experiment with new ideas, they rely on Oregon State University’s Extension Service for assistance.
The choices go beyond traditional poinsettias and amaryllis. Colorful African violets, gloxinia, cyclamen, orchids, ornamental peppers and Christmas cactus are blooming and readily available. Dress them up with bows and cellophane or combine a...
“The organic potato industry cannot depend on traditional chemical anti-sprouting treatments since synthetic chemicals are banned in certified organic,” said Valtcho Jeliazkov of OSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences.
The cultivar is geared toward maximizing yield potential per acre, including in fruiting wall systems harvested with over-the top machinery currently used for blueberries, said Shawn Mehlenbacher, OSU’s hazelnut breeder.
In 1973, a USDA research laboratory, designed to foster collaboration between federal scientists and Pacific Northwest universities, opened at Oregon State University. The USDA Agricultural Research Service Horticultural Crops Research Units in...
A professor in the Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Department at Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences, Dr. Field focuses her research on the quantitative analysis of organic micropollutants and their...
After serving the Klamath Basin Research and Extension Center (KBREC) for three years as a post-doc scholar, McLennon was recently named Assistant Professor.
With a PhD in Environmental Sciences from the University of Nevada, McLennon...
Some researchers are working on varieties of hops that can better withstand summer heat, warmer winters, changing pests and diseases and less snowfall, which could mean less available irrigation, said Shaun Townsend, an associate professor and...
Thousands of students, scientists, and university leaders from all over the nation converged in Portland last week to equip, empower and energize the future of STEM at the National Diversity in STEM Conference (NDiSTEM).
NDiSTEM is...
Following a comprehensive national search, Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences has named Dr. Brian Pearson as the new Director of the Mid-Columbia Agricultural Research and Extension Center (MCAREC)....
What are some of the foods that you should include into your diet? A one cup serving of red raspberries is very healthy, 64 calories, 8 grams of fiber, and 5 ½ grams of sugar. That’s a good balance.
Josephine Antwi has joined Oregon State University (OSU) as the new irrigated crop entomology extension specialist at the Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center (HAREC). She is familiar with the region and its pests after working...
OSU Extension is participating in a multi-state, multi-university research team to determine the climate readiness of selected ornamental plants.
One important aspect that scientists say must be included in the treaty is the simplification of chemicals in order to reduce the negative impacts they have on humans and other living organisms. "Thousands of chemicals are used...
“Some groups are fervently anti-cultivar,” Jen Hayes said. “I don’t think that’s fair. I came into the study thinking that I preferred natives just because I had assumptions about the ecological benefits. There is intrinsic value to planting...
Options to replace plastic packaging is the focus of research at Oregon State University where they are looking at recycling fruit waste from processing plants to do that.
“One of the strategies that we’re going to have to employ, I believe, is to have more barley, and more diverse barley, grown in more places,” says Patrick Hayes, professor of barley breeding and genetics at Oregon State University.
Oregon State University-Cascades will host a science pub talk Nov. 14 on sharks and research at the Chapple Big Fish Lab at the university's Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport.
“It’s all about saving energy. The females must use as little energy as they can so that they can produce as many eggs and many offspring as they can,” says OSU entomologist Vaughn...
“The dam removals will likely go a long way towards restoring balance in the river,” said Sascha Hallett, a fish parasitologist at Oregon State University who has studied the river for two decades. “Certainly under certain circumstances there...
Brad Johnson is an OSU graduate, having studied landscape architecture in the class of 1981. The program found its home in Strand Hall, where he would eventually hang some of his finest work. The wooden signs found within Strand Hall, including...
“This is really exciting documentation of behaviors we believe have never been directly observed by scientists,” said Ellen Dymit, a doctoral student at Oregon State. “It kind of forces us to reconsider the assumptions that underlie a lot of...
Following a comprehensive search, Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences has named Dr. James Osborne as its new Director of the Oregon Wine Research Institute (OWRI...
Scott Lukas, Oregon State University associate professor, said some fruits grown in the Northwest have tight margins, and farms face international competition.
Michelle Markesteyn said her research shows more than 20 positive impacts on participants, including improvements in behavior, cooperation, citizenship skills, cultural identity, skill mastery, responsibility, work ethic and general happiness...
Desiree Tullos, a professor of biological and ecological engineering, and Bryan Tilt, a professor of anthropology, will give the talk at 6 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Old World Deli in Corvallis. It can be viewed in person or online.
In early September I overseeded my lawn and had to keep it moist so the seed would germinate. It grew beautifully, however, now in mid-October it has started to thin a little so I checked it and the soil is a bit slimy and smells a little. If...
“You plant spring-flowering bulbs in fall, they grow over winter, flourish in spring and go dormant in summer,” said Heather Stoven, a horticulturist with the Oregon State University Extension Service. “Once they’re in the ground, they do quite...
Other authors included William Price and Sergio Arispe with Oregon State University (OSU) Extension, April Hulet with Brigham Young University, Chad Boyd and Kirk Davies with the USDA Agricultural Research Service Eastern Oregon Agricultural...
Professor Emeritus Stanley Gregory told KOIN 6 News that there are a few common types of floating aquatic plants, known as macrophytes, that occasionally wash into the main stem of the Willamette. These plants include azolla, duckweed and...
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Art About Agriculture’s annual exhibition of agriculture and natural resource-themed artwork by Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a touring show that will be on display from Nov...
OSU's Department of Horticulture's Pollinator Paradise license plates, the "bee plate" will be available starting on November 1, 2023. A $40 surcharge is due at first issuance of Pollinator Paradise plates, and every 2 years, for renewal. Minus...
As climate change continues to stir up the weather in unprecedented ways, farmers in the Willamette Valley struggle to provide summer forage that will survive extreme conditions to feed their livestock. In a needs assessment survey, meetings...
Following a comprehensive national search, Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences has named Timothy Rager as its new Director of Information and Technology.
Rager brings...
OSU Extension researchers are endeavoring to find an alternative to chlorpyrifos which was banned by the EPA in 2020.
Dynamic and changing Arctic Ocean conditions likely caused three major mortality events in the eastern North Pacific gray whale population since the 1980s, a new study has found. During each of these die-offs, including one that began in 2019 ...
Preliminary research regarding cover cropping as part of the Resilient Dryland Farming Alliance will be presented during the October Climate Conversation Program. Christina Hagerty, an associate professor of plant pathology at Oregon State...
Codling moth pressure, once thought to be well-managed with IPM and pheromone disruption, is increasing, said Chris Adams, Oregon State University entomologist and chair of the Northwest’s codling moth task force.
To pinpoint nanomaterials that show toxic effects in biological systems, researchers rely on the petite but powerful zebrafish.
Q: Can you help me with my evergreen clematis? It was beautifully green when I planted it last spring but has continued to yellow. I’ve thought overwatering, but it doesn’t get any more water via drip than the rest of my landscape. I thought...
Chris Mundt started at OSU in 1985, and has spent 38 years working on disease resistance in wheat.
“You’re slowing the flow of water down as much as possible so the water stays on the land as long as possible,” said Maud Powell, a small farms specialist with Oregon State University Extension.
Dean Staci Simonich highlighted how OSU has the No. 2-ranked agricultural college in the United States by universities.com, $900,000 in available scholarships, 1,000 employees and a record $114 million in research funding.
Fossil researchers have discovered a novel genus and species of tiny wasp with a mysterious, bulbous structure at the end of each antenna. The female micro-wasp was described from 100-million-year-old Burmese amber in a study led by George...
The U.S. West Coast produces over 90% of America’s wine, but it’s also prone to wildfires — a combustible combination that spelled disaster in 2020 for the industry and one that scientists are scrambling to neutralize
A biomedical research program at Oregon State University has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to modernize their lab.
The Sinnhuber Aquatic Research Laboratory at OSU has received $7.5 million from the National...
Commercial whaling in the 20th century decimated populations of large whales but also appears to have had a lasting impact on the genetic diversity of today’s surviving whales, new research from Oregon State University shows.
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In spring garden centers stock a tempting variety of brightly colored tuberous begonias that are hard to resist. Gardeners have a tremendous choice of flower color in shades of orange, pink, yellow, white and bi-colored.
Researcher Cole Cerrato recently stood in Oregon State University’s vineyard, nestled below forested hills near the village of Alpine, as he turned on a fan to push smoke from a Weber grill through a dryer vent hose. The smoke emerged onto a...
It’s a material world, and the soda bottles, coffee cup lids, take-out containers and clothes we wear are coming back to haunt us in fragmented form. Plastic pollution and their remnants, microplastics, are everywhere - beachfronts, riverbanks...
Following an exhaustive internal search, Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences has named Dr. Samuel Bell as the Director of the Sustainability Program.
With a Ph.D. in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell...
The project aims to make a complete ‘bee atlas,’ detailing every single local pollinator.
Research on whales, other marine mammals might help decide the location of offshore wind farms. Blue whales have made a comeback from the days of the late 1800s to the mid-1900s when whale hunting nearly annihilated the population. These days,...
The findings, published in Land Economics, counter a common news media refrain that geotagged posts on social media are “ruining the great outdoors,” said Steve Dundas and Ashley Lowe Mackenzie of OSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences.
Drawing on empirical studies, theoretical research and climate change policy models, Bill Jaeger also concludes that 30 years of international treaties addressing climate change, including most recently the Paris Agreement of 2015, are...
Oregon State University’s Science Pub event return in October to Corvallis focused on the secret lives of sharks. The talk will take place at 6 p.m. Oct. 4 at the Old World Deli. It can be attended in person or viewed online and is free.
New funding aims to help landowners sequester carbon in the soil of working farms and ranches.
The Sinnhuber Aquatic Research Laboratory, led by Distinguished Professor Robyn Tanguay, a molecular toxicologist in the College of Agricultural Sciences, exploits the unique advantages of zebrafish to protect and improve human and...
It may be a unique job, but Caitlin Bartlemay was destined to be a distiller. She's been breaking down barriers for 13 years.
“I’ve been dying to meet all of you. You all do amazing work, which is absolutely what OSU is all about.” Oregon State University President Jayathi Murthy said this to attendees of an intimate gathering at the Malheur Experiment Station in...
The college’s research funding was up 30% over 2022, which also was an all-time record.
The Oregon Agristress Helpline – 833-897-2474 – is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week by call or text. The voice line can be accessed in up to 160 languages with the help of interpreters, and the text line services English, Spanish and...
Following an exhaustive national search, Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences has named Dr. Travis Mulliniks as the Glenn & Mildred Harvey Professor of Beef Cattle...
The toxins are hard to track as a mix of many organisms make them. Now, researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new way to monitor the danger associated with algae blooms that occur at the surface of the water. The researchers “...
While the practice of no-till gardening is not new, information has traditionally centered on agricultural field crops. Now, home gardeners are catching on.
Q: A mass of honeybees overwhelmed three hummingbird feeders Friday and are still here on Saturday. They appear to be coming from a hive about 12 feet up in the cavity of an old oak tree. They’ve been up in the tree at least 10 years but I’ve...
“I’ve studied the response of aspen in northern Yellowstone to the reduction in elk after the wolves were brought back and found that during this time, bison increased and have begun to affect aspen,” Luke Painter said. “Now we’re showing...
As part of the fellowship, students work for 10 weeks at paid, mentored research programs. Each student is paired with a faculty mentor from the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences. Students have been involved in...
Researchers at Oregon State University believe they've identified a scent-based way to measure the severity of cyanobacteria, which often causes blooms and affects many of the region's popular waterways.
Decades of data show that despite billions in taxpayer investment, salmon and steelhead hatchery programs and restoration projects in the Columbia River Basin have failed to support or boost native fish populations and in fact are contributing...
Oregon State University is using the grant, which came from the US Department of Agriculture, to explore practices to improve soil health and crop outcomes, and will be working with farmers and several Native American tribes to that end.
The College of Agricultural Sciences received its highest ever amount of annual research funding in FY23, bringing in more than $114M. This us up over 30% from last year which was also an all-time record for college research funding...
Following an exhaustive national search, Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences has named Dr. Marcia Walker as the director of the Food Innovation Center (FIC).
A 2003 PhD graduate from the College’...
It's all part of the senator's "Oregon Bounty" tour exploring innovative ways to boost Oregon's food and beverage industry through conversations with stakeholders, and mirrors outreach efforts to support the state's semiconductor industry a few...
Following an exhaustive national search, Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences has named Dr. Jamie DeWitt as the director of the Environmental Health Sciences Center (EHSC)....
"The wildfire smoke can severely impact wine quality,” Cody Copp, an Oregon State University assistant professor and horticulturist said. “And for a lot of vineyards and wineries it can make fruit unmarketable."
A minor-league baseball promotion rooted in a quirky bit of Oregon history will culminate this weekend in Eugene with a fundraising auction to benefit Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute.
Oregon State University can now boast about its new arboretum status for the tree-filled campus after accreditation from ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program, an international organization that recognizes excellence in tree-focused gardens....
Marie Tosa explores the intricate relationship between social behavior, disease transmission, and survival rules among bighorn sheep.
Shark expert Dr. James Sulikowski joins ‘Cavuto: Coast to Coast’ to discuss the surge of shark sightings and its impact on Northeast beaches.
Both males and female gray whales in the subgroup known as the Pacific Coast Feeding Group are smaller than those in the larger group of Eastern North Pacific whales. The females average 3 feet (about 1 meter) shorter and males average 1.5 feet...
“This new insect differs from a previous member of the genus described in Burmese amber by its small body size, weakly protruding eyes, long mandibles and narrow pronotum,” said Poinar, an international expert in using plant and animal life...
Hobby growers and professional producers are optimistic about the upcoming harvest in Oregon.
Teagan Moran, OSU Extension Small Farms coordinator in the Willamette Valley, had that goal in mind when she started the program. At the 2019 OSU Extension Small Farms Conference, there was a meeting for military veterans who were interested in...
I am wondering whether I will need to shade peppers and tomatoes this upcoming week of temps in the 90s. We have 30% shade cloth for the peppers and 50% shade cloth for the tomatoes. What temperatures would trigger the need to use those shades...
The hotter the water gets, less dense it becomes. On the surface there is a strip of warm water and in the depths, colder waters, which is known as stratification. “If you’ve ever swum in a lake in the summer, at the surface the water is warm...
Berit Dinsdale, a postdoctoral scholar at Oregon State University, led the outreach. She interviewed 59 producers from across the state, asking what they are doing now to improve drought and heat resiliency and what additional support they...
Researcher Juliana Ranches has been studying the impact of wildfires on cattle at Oregon State University for years. “When we think about wildfires, we think of the direct impact like losing your property and losing your animals,” she said. “...
The Pollinator Paradise License Plate is available starting in November. For each one sold, $35 benefit OSU’s bee research programs.
Timely advice on garden chores, fertilizing, pest control, and more from OSU Extension. These tips are not necessarily applicable to all areas of Oregon.
The Biden administration is investing another $250 million in grants for communities to bolster their defenses against increasingly large and destructive wildfires. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the funding during a panel discussion...
Led by William Jaeger of the OSU College of Agricultural Sciences, the study published today in PLOS One, analyzes 50 years of data that suggests while hatchery-reared salmon numbers have increased, there is no evidence of a net...
Study finds no evidence of an increase in naturally spawning fish. Led by William Jaeger of the OSU College of Agricultural Sciences, the study published today in PLOS One, analyzes 50 years of data that suggests while hatchery-reared...