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Today in the News Media is a synopsis of some of the most prominent coverage of OSU people and programs. Inclusion of any item constitutes neither an endorsement nor a critique, but rather is intended only to make the OSU community aware of significant items in the media. For more about this section, see: https://today.oregonstate.edu/email/submission-guidelines.
Public health researcher Brian Primack, MD, PhD, the incoming dean of public health and human sciences at Oregon State University who co-authored the aforementioned University of Arkansas study, describes this attachment to social media as an “opportunity cost.” The need to check and scroll and share essentially robs us of time that could be used to achieve something personally rewarding, like pursuing an artistic, athletic, or spiritual goal. This has much to do with the insidious design of social media’s “stickiness.”
The OSU Board of Trustees will meet Friday, May 20, in a public session to decide which presidential search finalists will be invited to the Corvallis campus the following week. The chosen finalists will participate in public forums with the university community and in-person interviews with the board during the week of May 23.
Dozens packed into the auditorium of the Oregon State University Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport Friday to bid farewell to the R/V Oceanus after it was decommissioned last year to make way for the next generation of scientific research vessel deployed by the university.
Oregon State University faculty and staff are invited to participate in this year’s Community Climate Survey that got underway Tuesday. The survey is administered every two years to gauge the opinions and perceptions of employees regarding their OSU experience.
OSU Pet Day: Susan Tornquist, dean of the Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine, is joined by OSU Interim President Becky Johnson and Johnson’s wife, Lori Elkins, as well as their pets during OSU Pet Day on Saturday. We are accepting photo submissions at [email protected].
Timely Teaching Tips: Wondering how to best support yourself in your role supporting students? Want to know more about peer review tools you can use in your courses? Looking for fresh perspectives on parenting and academic life? See these topics and more in the new issue of The Success Kitchen from the Academic Success Center.
OSU Days of Service May 11-21: Be a part of OSU’s annual service event from May 11-21. There are countless ways to get involved with a group or on your own. Find an existing project or become a site leader, then experience the rewards of doing work that benefits your community and yourself. Plus, join us in person for the big finale May 21. Choose how you’ll volunteer with Beavers: ForOregonState.org/Service.
2022 National Traditional Ecological Knowledge Summit: This summit, hosted by OSU’s Traditional Ecological Knowledge Club, will create a space (centered on Indigenous peoples but open to all) to learn from TEK holders, Elders and scholars. A public listening session will be hosted by the White House about Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge. Summit runs May 10-12, via Zoom. Register here.
Hort Club Fuchsia Basket Sale at Oak Creek Center for Urban Horticulture (OCCUH), 843 SW 35th St., Corvallis. Plenty of fuchsia baskets for sale from Peoria Gardens. 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m., May 9-11, or until sold out. Pickup any time by appointment: Call Al Shay, 541-207-8951.
Family Dynamics & Staying Resilient Through Challenges: Join the Center for Family Enterprise on May 11, 8:30 a.m. via Zoom for our Family Business 360 event on resilience. Speakers Alex Luchak and Lori Olund of Miles Fiberglass & Composites Inc. will be sharing how their company has dealt with family dynamics, along with the methods that have allowed them to overcome challenges thrown their way.
Walking for Mental Health: Walking is a common source of exercise for many people and it has well-recognized physical health benefits. But did you know there are mental health benefits to walking, too? This session will look at the benefits of meditative walking and walking in nature. Participants will review ideas for getting started with both types of walks, as well as labyrinth walking. May 11, 10 a.m. Register here
Climate change, science, policies and advocacy: John Perona, professor of environmental biochemistry and law at Portland State University, will give a lecture titled “A Biochemist looks at Climate Change: Science, Policy, Politics, and Advocacy in the Contemporary U.S.” He will speak on May 11 from 3-4 p.m. in ALS 4001 and via Zoom. More information on Biochemistry/Biophysics seminars found here.
Do you have a business idea but need some help? The OSU Advantage Accelerator is offering Iterate, a free virtual class for researchers and prospective entrepreneurs who have a business idea or technology that could become a sellable product or service but aren't sure what to do next. Come learn how to create a value proposition, find and understand your market and more. Iterate consists of four workshops on Wednesdays that build on each other: May 11, 18, 25 and June 1, all from 3-4:30 p.m. Learn more and register here.
Water Resources Science Seminar Series: TBD-Topic in winter climate change and winter tourism Elizabeth Burakowski, University of New Hampshire. Wednesday, May 11, 4-5 p.m., Bexell Hall 328 or on Zoom.
Repair Fair: Bring your broken appliances, clothing, bicycles, computers and more, and learn how to repair them. Wednesday, May 11, 4-6 p.m. in the SEC Plaza. Visit booths to shop used clothing, transform your old t-shirts, and learn how to fix holes in jeans and socks. Sponsored by the Waste Watchers. Full details here or contact [email protected].
NEW! Music à la Carte: The Delgani String Quartet. Hailed by Oregon ArtsWatch as “the state’s finest chamber ensemble,” the Delgani String Quartet’s mission is to bring distinctive performance, collaboration, and innovative, educational programming to Oregon. Friday, May 13 at noon in the Memorial Union Lounge. Free, open to all. A livestream will be available to watch at https://youtu.be/57Ho93k-2UY.
NEW! OSU Salmon Bake is back: Food service begins at noon Friday, May 13, at the Kaku-Ixt Mana Ina Haws. Look for the line. This year only salmon will be served. No other food options available. For accommodations related to a disability, please contact. [email protected] or 541-737-9036.
NEW! Virtual Public Health Career Connections Event: Meet a variety of public health professionals, inquire about their organization and what it’s like to work in public health, gain career tips and learn about potential job opportunities. RSVP here. A Zoom link will be provided after registering. Friday May 13 from 3-4:30 p.m.
NEW! Inclusive Excellence Fellow Showcase & Celebration: Join the STEM Research Center to celebrate our 2021-2022 Fellows in person on Friday, May 13 from 4-7 p.m. in the Horizon Room of the MU. The Fellows will be showcasing the innovative and exciting changes they made in their classrooms this year in support of inclusive excellence. RSVP here.
NEW! Corvallis JDRF One Walk: In summer of 2020, OSU student Mickey Millsap died at his Corvallis home due to complications from Type 1 diabetes. Help us honor Mickey, spread awareness and stand with those currently suffering from T1D. Donate to the Mickey Millsap Memorial Tribute and join us and the Millsap family Saturday, May 14, 9 a.m. at Crystal Lake Sports Fields in Corvallis to partake in the annual JDRF One Walk.
NEW! Corvallis-OSU Symphony Spring Concert: The 116th Season of the Corvallis-OSU Symphony concludes with Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Mahler’s Symphony #10. Tuesday, May 24 at 7:30 p.m. at The LaSells Stewart Center. Tickets and more information at https://cosusymphony.org/. Students with valid school ID may request complimentary tickets for each concert at the Box Office one hour prior to concert.
NEW! A Cloud Never Dies: Movie & Mindfulness. OSU’s APCC, CAPS and CSI have partnered to share an opportunity to view a short film about the life and legacy of Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, followed by a 20-minute guided meditation. Wednesday, May 25 from 6:30-7:45 p.m. in LINC 200. Free and open to all. Please register in advance.
University Budget Conversation: The Office of Budget and Resource Planning will hold a University Budget Conversation via Zoom May 12, noon to 1 p.m. This week’s topic is “Corvallis Budget Model Revision Update.” The initial 15 minutes is spent on presentation of the topic, followed by discussion and Q&A. To register, click here. More information is on the website or contact Sherm Bloomer.
OSU Album Club: "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" by Derek and the Dominos. Join host Bob Santelli and OSU student Thomas Mahler in discussing the sole studio album released by the English-American blues rock band Derek and the Dominos. The 1970 double album is best known for its title track, "Layla," and is often regarded as guitarist/singer Eric Clapton's greatest musical achievement. Listen to and learn more about the history behind this historical rock album at this remote meeting of the OSU Album Club. May 12 at 7 p.m. via Zoom. Free and open to all. Register.
OSU Wind Symphony Spring Concert: Directed by Olin Hannum. Thursday, May 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the LaSells Stewart Center. Free, open to all.
Hyslop Farm Field Day: The Department of Crop and Soil Science is hosting an in-person open house at Hyslop Farm for sharing the work of CSS faculty and our USDA-ARS partners with the public. The Field Day will be May 25, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and will be free and open to the public. Check out our website for more details.
Native American Flute Circle: Join in or view the annual gathering of the OSU Native American style flute circle, led by music instructor Jan Looking Wolf Reibach. Participants in the flute circle must be current or past enrollees of OSU’s Music 108 course. May 25, noon to 1 p.m. in SEC Plaza. Hosted by the College of Liberal Arts and the School of Visual, Design and Performing Arts. Free and open to the public.
NEW! Communicating the Climate Crisis with author Julia Corbett: What makes the climate crisis so difficult to face and talk about? Join Corbett, author of "Communicating the Climate Crisis: New Directions for Facing What Lies Ahead," as she presents approaches for having productive climate conversations. Thursday, May 12, 6 p.m., Rotary Shelter at Willamette Park. Free and open to all. Sponsored by the Spring Creek Project.
NEW! Celebrating Patsy Mink: The Asian & Pacific Cultural Center (APCC) and the Women and Gender Center (WGC) are hosting a special event honoring and celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act (Title IX). Friday, May 13 from 4-5 p.m. at the APCC followed by cheering on the OSU softball team at their 6 p.m. game.
NEW! Messages from Beyond the Grave: The Last Wills of Medieval Jewish and Freed Slave Women. Historian Rena Lauer will discuss her recent work recovering the voices and agency of women in Premodern Europe through analysis of their last wills and testaments — often the only documents written by them and preserved for posterity. Hosted by the OSU Center for the Humanities on Monday, May 16 at 4 p.m. via Zoom. Learn more and register here.
TRIAD: The OSU TRIAD club’s programs are online, free and open to all this term. The next TRIAD program is Thursday, May 12 at noon: Sarah Henderson, OSU School of Public Policy, “Assessing the war in Ukraine: Prospects for peace.” https://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/91653042100?pwd=T3NXYUYzN3IzL0poWC95WkQwamFUZz09.
Virtual Speaker Series: "Avoiding Conflicts of Interest as Academic Startups" with Susan Freccia. Join the OSU Advantage Accelerator May 12 from noon to 1 p.m. for a conversation with Susan Freccia, Director of Compliance for OSU’s Office of Audit, Risk and Compliance. The goal of this month’s Speaker Series event is to teach entrepreneurs in academia how to maintain ethical practices and avoid conflicts of interest while building their startups. Virtual, free and open to the public. Register here.
April Research Integrity Forum: This month’s Research Integrity Forum is titled “Research COI Made Easier: Using Cayuse to Disclose Outside Interests,” presented by Christopher Viggiani, Associate Vice President for Research Integrity and colleagues in the Research Office. Learn more about managing research COI and your responsibilities to disclose. May 12, 1 p.m. Register here. For more information, email [email protected].
HMSC Research Seminar: Rebecca Mostow, an NSF Graduate Fellow with the Department of Integrative Biology at OSU, will be giving a seminar titled “Like watching grass grow: Impacts of a newly-discovered ecosystem-engineering hybrid beachgrass on plant species interactions and dune building potential on the U.S. Pacific Northwest coast.” May 12, 3:30 p.m. In person at HMSC’s GVMSB Auditorium or online. Zoom link. Click here for more information.
Department of Botany & Plant Pathology Spring Seminar Series: “Redesigning Plant Metabolism With Synthetic Biology” presented by Patrick Shih of UC Berkeley, Thursday, May 12, 4 p.m., ALS 4001 and via Zoom. For complete schedule visit the BPP Seminar website.
Flash Panel: "The End of Roe? Understanding the Leaked Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion Rights." Panelists are Rorie Solberg and Kelsey Kretschmer, School of Public Policy; David Rothwell, College of Public Health and Human Sciences; and Amy Koehlinger and Cari Maes, School of History, Philosophy and Religion. Moderated by Catherine Bolzendahl, School of Public Policy. Join us for a panel discussion of OSU experts to explore the context, significance and implications of this leak and the legal changes it portends for American society. May 12, 4 p.m. via Zoom. Free, open to all. Register.
Save the date for Think Open Symposium on May 16: You have the ability to lower the cost of learning for students. To learn more, join OSU’s Open Educational Resources Unit and the Center for Teaching and Learning on May 16 for an in-person symposium featuring lively presentations and discussions on OER, social justice and open access. Learn from faculty and education professionals who can speak to the positive impact OER has on students. View the event schedule and register today.
SAVE THE DATE: OSU’s contracted travel agency, CTP (Corporate Travel Planners), will be conducting a virtual presentation and training via Zoom on Wednesday May 25, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Link to the Zoom meeting will be provided closer to the event. Email inquiries to the Travel and Expense Office at: [email protected].
NEW! 40 Year Club inductees: Congratulations to Joe Jennings Jr., senior faculty research assistant, for 40 years of service to OSU. You can read more about their time at OSU and others who have reached this milestone by clicking on their name.
Community climate survey: Oregon State faculty and staff are invited to participate in this year’s community climate survey from May 10 through June 3. OSU faculty and staff will receive an invitation to participate in the survey via email. The survey is administered every two years to gauge the opinions and perceptions of employees regarding their experience at OSU. It is one part of OSU’s broader efforts to create and sustain an inclusive and equitable university climate. To hear from as many people as possible, a $25 incentive will be provided to 50 randomly selected survey participants. The information participants enter for the incentive will not be linked to responses to the survey to ensure responses remain anonymous.
Native American undergraduates in natural science summer internships are eligible for $2,900 additional funding: Students must self-identify as Native American, be enrolled at OSU and complete at least 8 weeks of an approved summer internship. Students will be matched with mentors and meet periodically during the summer. For more information and to apply, see OSU's New Beginnings for Tribal Students (NBTS) program here. Application deadline is extended until filled for Spring 2022.
Spring Creek Project Faculty Residency: OSU faculty members working on projects aligned with Spring Creek Project's mission are invited to apply for a week-long summer residency at Shotpouch Cabin. Projects at the intersection of environmental science and writing, art, music, social science, and/or humanities would be a good fit. Applications due May 15. Learn more and apply.
Graduate Student Research and Writing Residency: Spring Creek Project is accepting applications for graduate student residencies at Shotpouch Cabin this summer. We invite students who are engaged in writing and/or research projects aligned with the mission of the Spring Creek Project to apply. Applications due May 15. Learn more and apply.
Volunteers Needed for OSU Commencement: The Commencement Committee is seeking volunteers to help make Oregon State University’s 153rd Commencement a special event for our Beaver grads. Commencement is OSU’s largest event of the year and Commencement volunteers play an important role in making the day memorable for graduates and guests. Volunteers are needed the morning of Saturday, June 11 to greet, guide and help guests. Sign up here.
Free COVID tests: Free iHealth COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Tests are available around the Corvallis campus. Each box contains two tests. While supplies last, OSU community members can pick up these self-test kits at the following locations: Residence Hall Service Centers (Arnold, McNary and West); Lab tent outside Plageman Hall; Memorial Union Info Desk and Student Experience Center Info Desk. For questions or accommodations related to disabilities, contact [email protected].
COVID-19 testing: Oregon State University, in collaboration with Willamette Valley Toxicology (WVT), is providing on-site COVID-19 testing for people without symptoms. OSU employees and students, regardless of vaccination status, are welcome to test at one of these locations: Corvallis: Lab tent outside Plageman Hall Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., and Cascade Hall 120, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Bend: Outside Obsidian Hall Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and 3-5 p.m. Note: All employees will need a WVT Labdash account prior to testing.
NEW! Steam tunnel: May 11-June 3. For work related to the Community Hall Slope Project, an access hatch to the utility tunnel will be removed and relocated. The current hatch is located on Jefferson Avenue across from Kerr Administration Building. Additional access hatches can be found west, north and east of this location. Communication lines in the tunnel in this area are temporarily supported and impede movement. Staff should avoid this area of the tunnel, if possible.
26th Street: As part of the 2022 Street Safety Maintenance Project, the southbound lane of SW 26th Street between SW Campus Way and SW Jefferson Way will be closed for road improvements from May 11-23. SW 26th Street will be open to northbound traffic only (view map). For questions or comments on this closure, contact Project Manager Aaron Amoth at 541-737-5064.
Washington Way: For work related to the Washington Way Improvement Project, a planned sidewalk closure along the north side of SW Washington Way is scheduled to run from 8 a.m. Friday, May 6 through 5 p.m. Monday, June 13. Pacific Power will be on site performing work related to the project (view map).
"The only trick of friendship, I think, is to find people who are better than you are — not smarter, not cooler, but kinder, and more generous, and more forgiving — and then to appreciate them for what they can teach you, and to try to listen to them when they tell you something about yourself, no matter how bad — or good — it might be, and to trust them, which is the hardest thing of all. But the best, as well.” ~ Hanya Yanagihara
Corvallis: Increasing clouds today, high of 58, low of 44. Rain tomorrow.
Central Oregon: Mostly sunny today, high of 59, low of 37. Rain and snow tomorrow.
Newport: Slight chance of rain today, high of 54, low of 43. Heavy rain tomorrow.
Statewide: For OSU employees around the state, find your local forecast here: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/.
