Oregon State researchers welcomed a group of farmers and agricultural technology representatives from the Netherlands earlier this month during an exchange visit showcasing agricultural developments in Oregon.
Photo: Annika Phillips (dark orange sunglasses in the center of the boat) and team sailing on Puget Sound last fall.
Oregon State University kinesiology major Annika Phillips won a sailing world championship in Seattle last fall, and this September, she hopes to do it again in England.
The Decentralized Damage Mapping Group (DDMG), founded by geography professor Jamon Van Den Hoek in OSU’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, is receiving the 2025 Earth Observation Excellence Award from the European Space Agency, NASA’s European counterpart.
Layne Phillips is a sophomore in the College of Forestry. She spent most of winter term in Chile as part of Forestry’s “From the Andes to the Sea” faculty-led study abroad program.
Where were you?
Photo: Cheung, the class and colleagues from the University of Aruba on the beach.
Marine scientist Itchung Cheung is an assistant professor of practice in OSU’s College of Science, as well as the academic programs manager at Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport. He specializes in experiential learning, outreach and student research training. Over spring break, he co-led a student trip to Aruba.
Where were you?
Photo: The expedition team heads up the Bariri River in a remote area of the Brazilian rainforest.
This group photo was taken during the Borrmann research group’s winter seminar, a three-day stay in the Bavarian Alps where they went for hikes in between presenting and discussing their latest research results.
Photo: Zhaohui Wu, on the right, helped to build a wall using hemp as insulation material during his trip to Japan.
Zhaohui Wu is the assistant director of industry outreach with OSU’s Global Hemp Innovation Center, housed within the College of Agricultural Sciences, and a professor of supply chain management and industry policy in the College of Business. His work recently took him to Japan to learn about hemp production and hemp’s role in cultural settings.
Photo: The main plaza in Yauyos. In the evening, the plaza is crowded with locals talking to each other and enjoying a small snack or coffee, Cardenas said.
Lorena Cardenas is a second-year Ph.D. student in OSU’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, studying human-environmental geography. Her research focuses on the impact of climate change on small villages in Peru and how people from varying backgrounds experience climate change differently.
Photo: During one of Torres' previous trips, a blue whale showed its fluke in the South Taranaki Bight.
Leigh Torres is an associate professor and marine ecologist in OSU’s Marine Mammal Institute in Newport, Ore., where she leads the Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna (GEMM) Lab. Her work has taken her all over the world as she studies the behavior and environment of marine animals including blue whales. She recently returned from a research trip off the coast of New Zealand.
