About the OSU College of Liberal Arts: The College of Liberal Arts includes the fine and performing arts, humanities and social sciences, making it one of the largest and most diverse colleges at OSU. The college's research and instructional faculty members contribute to the education of all university students and provide national and international leadership, creativity and scholarship in their academic disciplines.

Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead named OSU’s Stone Award winner

American novelist Colson Whitehead has been selected as the 2019 recipient of Oregon State University’s Stone Award for Literary Achievement.

David Biespiel named as Oregon State University’s first poet-in-residence

Poet, memoirist and literary critic David Biespiel has been named poet-in-residence at Oregon State University, a new public-facing role that will highlight and celebrate the university’s contributions to the genre of poetry.

Artwork honoring victims of Guatemala’s Hogar Seguro fire featured at OSU’s Little Gallery

Posters commemorating the 41 girls who died and 15 who were severely injured in a shelter fire outside Guatemala City last year will be on display in the Little Gallery at Oregon State University March 7 through April 25.

‘This American Life’ host Ira Glass to speak at OSU March 17

Oregon State University’s School of Arts & Communication will present “An Evening with Ira Glass: Seven Things I’ve Learned,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 17, in the LaSells Stewart Center.

Artist Dread Scott to speak at Oregon State University March 7

Multidisciplinary artist Dread Scott, whose works often focus on the experience of African-Americans in the contemporary United States, will speak at 7 p.m. March 7 at Oregon State University.

Midwifery linked to better birth outcomes in state-by-state report cards

Midwife-friendly laws and regulations tend to coincide with lower rates of premature births, cesarean deliveries and newborn deaths, according to a new U.S.-wide “report card” that ranks all 50 states on the quality of their maternity care.

OSU Theatre presents Eugène Ionesco’s ‘Rhinoceros’ in March

Oregon State University Theatre’s 2017-2018 season, In the Public Eye, continues with the absurdist political comedy “Rhinoceros,” in March.

OSU Wind Symphony, Corvallis High School Wind Ensemble to perform Feb. 26

The Oregon State University Wind Symphony and the Corvallis High School Wind Ensemble will perform a joint concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26.

Corvallis-OSU Symphony performs Beethoven, Bruckner Feb. 25 at LaSells Stewart Center

The Corvallis-OSU Symphony Orchestra will present “Two Big B’s – Beethoven and Bruckner” at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, in the Austin Auditorium at The LaSells Stewart Center.

Artist Farrah Karapetian to speak at OSU Feb. 21

Farrah Karapetian, a multi-disciplinary artist based in California, will speak at 7 p.m. Feb. 21 at Oregon State University as part of the School of Arts & Communication’s Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series.

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