Health & Wellness
Faculty Staff Fitness celebrating 40 years of community building with Nov. 15 event
Faculty Staff Fitness at Oregon State University started with a single class in 1984.
Now, the program offers more than 30 classes, including pickleball, country line dancing, adaptive exercise and — starting winter term — hula fitness. Between 1,000 and 1,500 people participate each term.
CoH: Building belonging, anti-racist curricula as part of ‘Transforming Academia for Equity’ grant
Oregon State University health faculty are using grant dollars to help create a culture of belonging and to ensure teaching practices are rooted in equity.
In the past two years, OSU’s College of Health has received grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation totaling $475,000 to work on “Transforming Academia for Equity.”
OSU has a new clinical psychology Ph.D. program, with an on-campus clinic coming soon
Oregon State University welcomed its first cohort of six clinical psychology Ph.D. students this fall, opening a program that aims to increase both access to and quality of psychological counseling in Oregon.
Starting in fall 2025, doctoral students will also see patients in a supervised community clinic setting on campus, adding much-needed providers to Oregon’s overburdened mental health care landscape.
How to reduce microplastics in your life
Plastic microfibers visible to the naked eye. Photo by Anna Bolm.
Susanne Brander is an ecotoxicologist and associate professor in the College of Agricultural Sciences, where her research examines how wildlife is affected by microplastics and other environmental pollutants, and how microplastics accumulate in the environment.