CEOAS Outreach Community of Practice builds cohesion within outreach & engagement efforts
Photo: CEOAS grad students, partners and staff share clouds, minerals and boats with kids attending the College of Science’s Discovery Days in 2023.
Photo: CEOAS grad students, partners and staff share clouds, minerals and boats with kids attending the College of Science’s Discovery Days in 2023.
In 2024, the OSU Media Relations team wrote press releases about Oregon State research and reach that garnered international attention. Here are the final five of 10 of our most popular stories this year, selected based on importance to the university, media coverage and online and social media attention.
Four Oregon State University proposed projects have been awarded grants by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC). The Oregon Workforce Ready Grant awards were given to 62 projects across the state that prioritize underserved and marginalized communities, awarding approximately $42 million. Oregon State projects are set to receive more than $3.3 million of that support.
Students in the Gorongosa Master's in Conservation Biology program taught local children about the value of forests when the team planted a reforestation experiment. They invited kids for an environmental education day and got them involved in planting some of the seedlings.
Tara Massad is an instructor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, where she teaches tropical ecology, conservation and restoration ecology. She also spends several months of the year in Mozambique.