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Patricia Stock with her INIA colleague Patricia Navarro in Puerto Varas, Chile.

Where in the world is department head Patricia Stock? Chile & Argentina

Patricia Stock is the new head of the Department of Horticulture in Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences. She recently...

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10 Questions With… Michele Justice

10 Questions With… Michele Justice, director of the OSU Office of Global Opportunities (OSU GO) with the Division of Academic Affairs.

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KBREC intern returns to Jamaica

Plant Science student Alex McBean spent his summer at the KBREC research station completing the first-ever internship between the College of...

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Embracing the Differences

I arrived in New Zealand after twenty-four hours of travel in a sleepy dreamlike state of exhaustion. Outside the car window, a new world rushed...

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State Department’s IDEAS Program Awards OSU Grant to Build Study Abroad Capacity

Oregon State University has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students (...

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KBREC Hosts Jamaican Student Interns

The Klamath Basin Research and Extension Center (KBREC), a research and experimental station of Oregon State University welcomes two students...

Wyden, Merkley, Hoyle Announce $833,000 to OSU to Support Oregon Food Safety Outreach

“The Pacific Islands are some of the most remote places on the planet and constantly at risk for major disruptions in their food supply...

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden hosts a roundtable at OSU on boosting the agriculture industry on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, in Corvallis. Photo: Hans Boyle, Gazette-Times

Wyden visits OSU to talk grapes, soy sauce, salsa and coffee

It's all part of the senator's "Oregon Bounty" tour exploring innovative ways to boost Oregon's food and beverage industry through conversations...

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Actionable Research with Meaningful Impact/Investigación aplicada con impacto significativo

College of AgSci Fulbright scholar leads development of management plan for protected areas in Chile / Una becaria Fulbright de la Facultad de...

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Bringing Oregon Hops to Japan

When Lindsey Rubottom set out on a trade mission to Japan to share the benefits of Oregon hops with the growing Japanese brewing industry, she...

Student working the the greenhouse. Source: Source: University of the District of Columbia

4 universities turning passion for agriculture into impactful careers

There is no denying the importance of agriculture. The United Nations predicts that by 2050, the world population could reach 9.7 billion,...

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Gilman Scholarships awarded to College of Agricultural Sciences Students

Of the 15 students awarded international Gilman scholarships this year, five are from the College of Agricultural Sciences – more than any other...

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Get a Dam Passport!

New program encourages more students to study abroad

For the first time, the College of Agricultural Sciences and College of...

A cross section of a Variegato di Chioggia harvested from Wild Roots Farm in Troutdale, Ore., on Jan. 25, 2023.  Photo: Crystal Ligori / OPB

A radicchio revolution is underway in the Northwest

Lane Selman, a professor of practice at Oregon State University and founder of the Culinary Breeding Network, is a bit of a matchmaker between...

A blue whale surfaces in New Zealand's South Taranaki Bight. Photo credit: Dawn Barlow.

Blue whale foraging and reproduction are related to environmental conditions, study shows

A new study of New Zealand blue whales’ vocalizations indicates the whales are present year-round in the South Taranaki Bight and their behavior...

Visiting professor to study dolphin-teeth jewellery

OSU Marine Mammal Institute associate director and geneticist Prof Scott Baker is in Dunedin, researching Otago Museum’s collection of jewelry...

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OSU student reacts to devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria

In Corvallis, the Turkish Student Association at Oregon State University feels for their friends and family. This is the case for Mustafa Bozkus...

Dr. Massimo Bionaz and Dr. Erminio Trevisi, the director of the department in Italy where he spent his sabbatical period

The personal and professional rewards of a well-designed sabbatical

Massimo Bionaz, an Associate Professor in the Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences, recently returned from a sabbatical in Piacenza,...

An artisanal net-caster fishes in Laguna, Brazil. Photo by Fabio G. Daura-Jorge, Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis SC, Brazil

Fishing in synchrony brings mutual benefits for dolphins and people in Brazil, research shows

By working together, dolphins and net-casting fishers in Brazil each catch more fish, a rare example of an interaction by two top predators that...

Dr. Jan Zukal (IVB Director, left) and Dr. Pavel Jurajda (Head of Fish Ecology, right).

International collaboration to combat impacts of climate change

Seth White, an Associate Professor in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, recently obtained a Letter of...

The Czech and Ukrainian flags flying side-by-side at the Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno.

International collaboration to combat impacts of climate change

Seth White, an Associate Professor in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, recently obtained a Letter of...

PEER Serbia: Kick off meeting

Jovana Kovacevic partners with USAID to advance food safety and economic opportunity for small-scale dairy farms in Serbia

Last year, Jovana Kovacevic, an Associate Professor working at the Food Innovation Center in Portland, launched a one-year project to help small...

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Fulbright Scholar, Kelly Biedenweg, leads efforts to provide better guidance on how to integrate considerations of human wellbeing in protected area management

Kelly Biedenweg in the department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences was named a Fulbright Scholar last August and has been...

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Learning While Serving in Puerto Rico

Gio Soto is an undergraduate student in Crop and Soil science who participated in a recent service-learning trip to Puerto Rico.

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Oregon State Researcher Leads International Effort to Protect Basking Sharks in Ireland

Like so many efforts to advance legal protections for endangered species, the science was key to shining a light on declining numbers of basking...

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Oregon State study focuses on challenges facing food and beverage companies seeking to export

A new Oregon State University study that examined exporting practices of Oregon food and beverage companies found that the likelihood of...

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Global plastic treaty should address chemicals

In March, the global community agreed to establish a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution. To deliver on this goal, the treaty needs...

2022 Oregon Governor’s Trade Mission to Asia.  Kate Brown with the delegation and Governor of Toyama Prefecture. Photo: Ann Colonna

Oregon Governor’s Trade Mission to Asia

We visited several key partners in Seoul, South Korea, Tokyo and Toyama Prefecture (Oregon’s sister state) to share our research lines with the...

A manta ray near Isla de la Plata off the coast of Ecuador. Photo courtesy Fundacion Megafauna Marina del Ecuador.

Largest known manta ray population is thriving off the coast of Ecuador, new research shows

Scientists have identified off the coast of Ecuador a distinct population of oceanic manta rays that is more than 10 times larger than any other...

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OSU College of Ag Sciences expands international programs

The College of Agricultural Sciences will soon expand international research, teaching and outreach under the leadership of the school's first-...

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WHO continues efforts to estimate scale of foodborne infections

The FAO and WHO have decided to hold a meeting to develop a farm-to-table risk assessment for Listeria monocytogenes in foods. The meeting will...

Members of Senegal’s Ministry of Agriculture with people from the U.S. Foreign Ag Service.

Strengthening Food Safety Systems in West Africa

As part of a U.S. Foreign Agricultural Services (FAS) grant, Dr. Dave Stone traveled to Senegal and Nigeria in June.  The project, entitled...

Study yields insights into the ecology of fishing jaguars, including rare social interactions

Oregon State University researchers and a team of international scientists have gained new insights into the diet, population density and social...

OSU researchers part of international effort to save critically endangered seabird

The global population of the critically endangered Chinese crested tern has more than doubled thanks to a historic, decade-long collaboration...