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OSU 2Play Lab provides physical activity outlet for kids from Jackson Street Youth Services

By Molly Rosbach on Jan. 10, 2025

In this photo from an unrelated past project, Will Massey plays with elementary-age kids on the playground. 

Every week for the past seven years, teens and tweens from Jackson Street Youth Services have been coming to Langton Hall at Oregon State University to take a break from the shelter and do what kids do best: play.

Cultural competency training & tribal partnerships at the core of Global Hemp Innovation Center

By Molly Rosbach on Jan. 2, 2025

Doug Boon, enrolled member of the Tulalip Tribes (left) and Gordon Jones, OSU Extension faculty member (right) check out hemp varieties being tested at the Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center near Central Point. Photo courtesy Jeff Steiner. 

Since its inception in 2019, Oregon State University’s Global Hemp Innovation Center has prioritized building strong relationships with rural businesses including Native American tribal partners throughout the region. 

OSU bioengineering researchers send cardiac tissue cells to space to test effects of low gravity

By Molly Rosbach on Dec. 13, 2024

Ivana Hernandez holding the box containing cardiac cells bound for the International Space Station. Photo courtesy of Space Tango.

As part of a larger research grant, a bioengineering student and professor at Oregon State University sent three types of cardiac cells on a recent SpaceX resupply mission to the International Space Station. 

The materials orbited for 21 days in November, and once they return to OSU in mid-December, the researchers will study the effects very low gravity (microgravity) had on cell growth and health. 

OSU’s Irem Tumer named Chair of the Council on Research for APLU

By Theresa Hogue on Dec. 12, 2024

Irem Tumer, vice president for research and innovation at Oregon State University, has been named the 2025 Chair of the Council on Research for the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU).

APLU is a higher education advocacy organization, and convenes all public and land grant universities on an annual basis, with multiple councils under the umbrella that meet once or twice per year separately. 

OSU anthropologist Patricia Fifita consulted on Polynesian culture for Disney’s Moana 2

By Molly Rosbach on Dec. 10, 2024

Promotional image from Moana 2 ©Disney. Moana is holding a piece of pottery modeled after Lapita pottery from ancient Oceania.

“Moana 2,” Disney’s latest animated blockbuster that smashed Thanksgiving box office records, tells the story of a young Pacific Islander girl empowered to sail the seas and lead her people in exploring far-off islands, accompanied by the demigod Maui and her trusty sidekicks, Heihei the rooster and Pua the pig. 

OSU online Master in Public Health program ranked #5 in nation by Fortune Education

By Molly Rosbach on Dec. 6, 2024

Fortune Education ranked Oregon State University’s online Master in Public Health program fifth in the nation for 2025, above top contenders like Columbia University and Johns Hopkins University. Directors say OSU’s program, which started in 2018, exemplifies the university’s land grant mission by working to serve communities across Oregon. 

New OSU website collects career growth resources in one easy-to-find place for current and prospective employees

By Molly Rosbach on Dec. 3, 2024

A new website created by Oregon State University Human Resources aims to be a one-stop shop for anyone looking for tips to help them advance their career.

The Career Growth Resources page brings together checklists, worksheets and other documentation to help guide folks through job searching, applications, interviewing, settling into a new job, and finding opportunities for professional development in their current career.

2024 Top 10 Stories (Part two)

By Theresa Hogue on Dec. 2, 2024

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.