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– IB alum, Barbara Han (Ph.D. Zoology, '09) receives College of Science award
– Bruce Menge and Sarah Gravem report encouraging signs for ochre sea star populations
– Biology major Naomi Bailey named rodeo queen
– Katie Everson and colleagues conduct phylogenomic analysis which will influence future conservation actions for lemurs
– 2020 Zoology graduate keeps education and information at the forefront of her platform
– Katie Everson explains a platypus to ESPN College GameDay (video and article)
– Katie Everson and team study lemurs on Madagascar
– IB welcomes new department head, Jason Podrabsky
– Cordley Hall remodel featured in Daily Journal of Commerce
– Dwaine Plaza and Itchung Cheung lead study abroad in Aruba
– Eric Cole helps advisees explore study abroad opportunities
– Brenna Prevelige receives Fulbright to conduct research in Nepal
– Three IB students receive Roberts Fellowships
– Congratulations to Natalie Donato!
– IB faculty provide hands-on research experience in high-enrollment series
– Itchung Cheung co-led a student trip to Aruba
– Natalie Donato receives prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
– What truly matters to biology undergrad Natalie Donato is hands-on experiences
– Matt Waterhouse chases his passion while helping others
– Biology undergrad, Natalie Donato, designed new Vibrant Ocean license plate
– Jamie Cornelius to discuss coping strategies of birds in this era of rapid climate change
– Sarah Henkel collaborated on the latest Oregon Climate Assessment
– Integrative Biology outreach efforts 2023-24
– Cordley Hall is now a state-of-the-art science building
– Dee Denver and Brenna Prevelige led OSU students on a study abroad program to Nepal
– Nyazia Sajdah-Bey shares her perspective on Black scientists creating their own space in marine science
– Sarah Gravem says the loss of kelp forests is like a forest with no trees
– The Cornelius Lab collects data on songbirds to understand how wildfire smoke affects them
– Sally Hacker, Bruce Menge and Zech Meunier investigate rocky shore communities
– Menge Lab investigates ecological communities' response to climate change
– Dee Denver receives fellowship for biodiversity-Buddhism interface
– Kirsten Grorud-Colvert and Jenna Sullivan-Stack Discuss Ocean Biodiversity
– Bruce Menge comments on the meaning of "keystone species"
– Manon Vezinet assisted the Cornelius Lab with data collection on songbirds
– Bruce Menge weighs in on organism die-off linked to equivalent of underwater cold snap
– IB's marine biology students gain hands-on experience
– Sally Hacker works with agencies to develop coastal dune management guidebooks
– Denver Lab finds biotool may also infect and kill non-target native gastropod species
– Zoology undergrad Camrie Smith lives the motto: Don’t just study science. Do science.
– Inclusive Excellence Award recipient, Kirsten Grorud-Colvert, will share practical ways to promote inclusivity in science
– Dee Denver to lead new three-week study abroad opportunity in Nepal
– Hike with a scientist: Seeking the secrets of Oregon’s mysterious rain beetles in Corvallis
– Climate Change Research on Dungeness Crab featured on KATU
– Harm from blue light exposure rises with age, OSU research suggests
– Scientist who helped inspire Jurassic Park reveals 30 million year-old microcosm trapped in amber
– Jamie Cornelius songbird research featured in OPB, KOIN
– Marine Protected Area research covered by the Conversation and the Smithsonian
– Seven Remarkable OSU Faculty Members
– OSU Scientists Win $1M+ for Ocean Studies
– KUOW covers second-year Ph.D. student’s marine research
– New Study: More and Better U.S. Marine Protected Areas Needed to Protect Key Ecosystems
– The role of DNA research in society
– Research on intertidal zone ecosystems reported in Hakai magazine
– Hike with a scientist: Oregon dunes of Bob Straub hold secrets in the sand
– Hakai magazine features research exploring how climate change is affecting crab catching in the Pacific Northwest
– Hundreds of new native bees species added to Oregon database
– Research on the ocean’s changing climate covered in KOIN and Newsweek
– Fish hatchery developments featured on KOIN and Science Daily
– OSU: Study shows Oregon Coast 'subtly destabilized by the pressures of climate change'
– OSU study yields a first in fossil research: Seeds sprouting from an amber-encased pine cone
– How the 'Dune' science-fiction saga parallels the real science of Oregon's dunes
– ‘Mystery spider’ stirs curiosity among C.O. residents; biologist provides its identity
– Ocean hypoxia off Pacific Northwest coast more troubling than ever, experts say
– Low-flow research on Colorado River sheds light on eventual new normal for Grand Canyon
– Ktoo reports on sea star research shedding light on kelp forests’ decline
– Ancient, newly identified 'mammoth weevil' used huge 'trunk' to fight for mates
– This year's hypoxia season has come far earlier than usual
– Ant trapped in ancient amber with parasitic mushroom stuck in its butt
– Reports on The Providence Journal, Science Daily, Albany Democrat-Herald and The Corvallis Advocate say Rhode Island's rarest frog may not be so rare
– Congratulations to IB's award recipients
– Class of 2021: Who was there for you?
– In Show of Hope, 2021-2022 OSU Gilman and Freeman-ASIA Scholars Make Plans to Study Abroad Despite Uncertainty
– Bob Mason named Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development
– Meet Biden's trailblazing climate science adviser
– Oregon State University research shows two invasive beachgrasses are hybridizing
– Researcher predicts another dead zone off Oregon's coast
– What Can 26,000 Snakes Teach Us About Climate Change?
– Kay Holekamp delivered 2021 Robert M. Storm Distinguished Lecture
– Saving Oregon’s rocky coast: Checking in on the sea stars
– A rare bird sighting doesn’t lead to seeing more kinds of rare birds
– New flower from 100 million years ago brings fresh holiday beauty to 2020
– Dave Lytle and his team received the SERDP Project of the Year Award
– Ben Dalziel's team receives $2 million grant to expand TRACE-COVID-19 nationally
– Corvallis’ Own Snake Scientist Talks Snake Sex, and More
– Primitive bee in amber reveals its 100 million-year-old apoid wasp lineage
– An Ecologist Organizes the World
– Congratulations to Jane Lubchenco on receiving the inaugural Mary Sears Medal
– DeFazio talks of science and policy mix at OSU
– Bob Mason's research on snake sex covered by the Gazette Times
– ‘Listening to the Crabs’
– Oregon State scientists tout ocean protection progress
– Daily exposure to blue light may accelerate aging, even if it doesn't reach your eyes
– You’ve Heard of Water Bears, but How About These Ancient Mold Pigs?
– Less than 3 percent of the ocean is 'highly protected'
– We worked for the NOAA. Political appointees can’t overrule scientists.
– Feeling Crabby: Why are Dungeness crabs washing up on Oregon beaches this summer?
– We've Only Really Protected 2 Percent of the Ocean
– Three IB graduate students are finalists for Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program
– Oregon’s Eelgrass Is Disappearing, With Potentially Big Impacts
– Zech Meunier and Kamron Kayhani win NSF fellowships for outstanding research
– Commencement: A day for reflecting and looking to the future
– Anne Devan-Song receives AAUW International Fellowship
– This Town Comes Alive Once a Year, as Thousands of Snakes Mate
– OSU professor, alumnus urge new 'new narrative' for oceans
– IB presents awards at 2019 spring picnic
– Patricia Brennan presented Robert M. Storm Distinguished Lecture
– The Senate Should Reject Trump’s NOAA Nominee
– Claire Couch is Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine's 2019 MacVicar Award recipient
– Honors College Names Bob Mason and Jim Liburdy 2019 Eminent Professors
– Prehistoric Whodunit: New Technique Identifies What Killed Ancient Animals
– Oregon State’s renowned marine ecologist to speak at 150th annual commencement in June
– Person to Person: Congested cities with subways increase the transmission of flu
– Reflections In A Tide Pool: OPB Spotlights Jane Lubchenco
– Vanessa Constant receives Ecological Society of America’s 2019 Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award
– Mosquitoes that carry malaria may have been doing so 100 million years ago
– Marine scientists to use artificial intelligence, “big data” to locate and predict crime at sea
– Jaga Giebultowicz Named the 2018 Honors College Meehan Eminent Mentor
– The Paleobiologist Who Inspired the Science in ‘Jurassic Park’
– Garter Snakes Used to Be All Over Portland. Where Did They Go?
– OSU study: Blood-sucking flies around 100 million years
– Brian Tanis wins Wood Award from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
– TEDxSGH "How the fruit fly helped to understand your biological clock"
– Oregon Now Has A Hypoxia Season, Just Like A Wildfire Season
– Two IB researchers receive NSF postdoctoral fellowships
– This aquatic grass could help shellfish threatened by ocean acidification
– The mathematics of flu
– Ocean science agency chief floats removing ‘climate’ from mission statement and focusing on trade deficit
– Starfish Baby Boom makes Oregon Public Broadcast
– Biology major, Milan Sengthep talks about what she loves about being a science student at OSU
– Interviews with WIC Seminar Alumni: Nate Kirk
– Integrative Biology presents 2018 awards
– This saltwater trout evolved to live in freshwater—in just 100 years
– OSU Biologist Advocates Ecological Approach to Improving Human Health
– A Drop in the Ocean?
– ESA Selects 2018 Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award Recipients
– The World Has Two Years to Meet Marine Protection Goal. Can It Be Done?
– USGS and NASA Team Up to Help Scientists Study the “Social Networks” of Wildlife
– The Oregon Ocean Acid Test
– Sea star wasting unusually high at Haystack Rock
– Oregon's science superstars: A look at a few of the state's top research minds
– Caitlin Magel Eelgrass Research makes it to Oregon Public Broadcast
– Congratulations to Sally Hacker on being elected Fellow of AAAS
– Because diversity matters: Science students attend 2017 SACNAS conference
– Chris Marshall hunts for a new species of rain beetle
– Scientists to Granting Agencies: ‘Transformative’ Research Unrealistic to Predict
– The Ocean’s Low-Oxygen Dead Zones Are Getting Worse, Just Like Wildfires
– Welcome to the 2017-18 academic year!
– Big questions need big answers. That's our strong suit.
– "Chasing Coral" documentary film and panel discussion
– Biology & Zoology undergrads receive $288,600 in scholarships
– Kyle Coblentz wins award at recent ESA meeting
– Exquisite flowers from a prehistoric tree have been discovered preserved in amber
– Size matters, and so do temperature and habitat, to scavengers and the carcasses they eat
– Unusual ocean phenomena happening along Oregon coast
– Seafloor survey done for potential offshore renewable energy projects
– Congratulations, Class of 2017!
– OSU researcher part of $14 million NSF program for improved genomic tools
– West Coast waters on acid trip; fishing industry in peril
– Marine reserves can serve as buffer to effects of climate change, study suggests
– Acidified ocean water widespread along North American West Coast
– Researchers identify evidence of oldest orchid fossil on record
– Galapagos Research Locates Triggerfish As Key Predator In Food Web
– Harry Greene presented the Robert M. Storm Distinguished Lecture
– Connecting the dots: OSU researchers unravel mystery of beetle not seen in 30 years
– Ocean acidification and the future of Oregon’s coastal ocean speaker set
– IB participates in "Science Worth Spreading"
– Inspiration Dissemination
– Bob Mason delivers F.A. Gilfillan Memorial Lecture
– Vivid Science celebrates its 2000th Tweet!
– Ebola Study Shows How ‘Superspreaders’ Can Prolong An Outbreak
– Strange Bug gets a Spotlight on VOA News
– Do Ocean Preserves Actually Work?
– REEF Unveils New Lionfish Reporting App
– Diving Beetle, First Found in Bathtub, Rediscovered 30 Years Later
– Save the Pacific Bluefin Tuna
– Marine incentives programs work to address multiple ocean threats
– IB Open House
– IB Open House 2016
– Scientist and Fishermen - working together to improve West Coast fisheries
– Rockfish siblings shed new light on how offspring diffuse and disperse
– History Makers 2016: Dr. Jane Lubchenco
– OSU scientists release findings in global kelp ecosystem study
– Bacteria May Help Control Lesion Nematodes
– Celebrate the Art of Teaching Science
– Bob Mason has been elected 2016 President-Elect of the Faculty Senate
– Offspring from fat fish on deep reefs help keep shallower populations afloat
– What has millions of eyes but can't see, and even more legs but can't walk?
– Oregon State researchers discover ancient wingless wasp species encased in prehistoric amber
– IB kicks off the new academic year
– IB faculty and their guests celebrate at University Day dinner
– First European green crab in Washington’s Salish Sea
– Ex-NOAA boss on how politics resembles shark diving
– Beetles pollinated orchids millions of year ago, fossil evidence shows
– OSU adaptation of free biology textbook may annually save students $100K
– Scared out of its skin, ancient insect escaped sticky doom
– Andy Bouwma receives Excellence in Innovation Award
– Nate Kirk named Honors College Professor of the Year
– IB names 2016 Castor canadensis award recipients
– Congratulations, Class of 2016!
– Eddies enhance survival of coral reef fish in sub-tropical waters
– Narcisse snake dens a wonder of the natural world
– Dams cause trouble for aquatic insects
– In A Snake Orgy, Ejaculate Can Get Expensive
– The Bionic Woman of Good Science
– The TEDification of the Large Lecture
– In Narcisse, Around 75,000 Snakes Are Waking Up From a Nap
– Baby Starfish Along the West Coast featured in the Christian Science Monitor
– After shocking die-off, Oregon sea stars stage an epic comeback
– IB hosted an open house on Sunday, May 1
– Exploring Oregon's ocean at Listening to the Land
– Florida Lionfish War Heats Up
– Waters off North America's west coast affected by climate change
– As ocean acidification threatens the West Coast, a quest to stop it
– What the man who inspired Jurassic Park's science thinks about the future of wildlife research
– Lubchenco receives Linus Pauling Legacy Award
– Inaugural Robert M. Storm Distinguished Lecture
– Teaching Marine Biology Writing in the Field: An Interview with Sally Hacker
– OSU partners on $3.2 million study to probe a costly potato pest
– Are Hatcheries Helping, or Hurting, Wild Fish Populations?
– Effect of Hatcheries on Fish
– New Species of Prehistoric Flower Discovered Preserved in Amber
– How different are wild salmon from farm salmon? A lot, DNA shows.
– Protecting our oceans must be priority for president, Congress
– Get out and study abroad for new experiences, perspectives
– Jen Olarra wins Boedtker Award for Undergraduate Advising
– IB Celebrates Grand Opening of the "Biosphere"
– Origins of the Black Death
– Ice crawler's last stand
– How cities and citizens will lead in climate solutions
– Vivid Science celebrates its 1000th Tweet!
– Four IB researchers featured in Corvallis Advocate
– Research is fine in 'a year of summer' for Tualatin High graduate Lindsey Ferguson
– Big Year in OSU Research Dollars, Accomplishments
– Ocean protections drift behind those on land, but science can help
– Scuba divers take on invasive lionfish
– Owl pellets bridge ancient and modern ecosystems
– Record year for research funding
– First-Ever Salamander in Amber Found in Caribbean
– College of Science IMPACT Spring 2015
– IB hosts 2015 graduation breakfast
– The Amber Sarcophagus: Dinosaurs, Disease, and Drugs—and the Scientist Behind Jurassic Park
– Elusive Equity: Oregon State tackles the persistent bias inhibiting women in STEM fields
– 66 IB Undergraduates Receive College of Science Scholarships
– Purple Beer Launched to Save Sea Stars
– IB presents annual Castor canadensis awards
– Rogue supports higher ed with new Oregon craft beers for PSU, OSU
– Amber-encased plant could be oldest known grass: Specimen may also preserve a Cretaceous-aged hallucinogen
– Snail Genetic Variation Associated With Resistance to Schistosomiasis
– Butterfly eyespots deflect predation
– Lubchenco wins international conservation award
– Rogue Brewery inspired by OSU Science!
– Why Monarch Butterflies Need a Helping Hand
– Don't shake: Snakes are good for your garden
– Lab studies coral, anemones
– OSU study: Ocean changes may help - or hurt - fisheries
– Deb Lutterschmidt wins Independent Investigator Award
– Doug Warrick Featured in Science News
– The IB Biology Major comes out on top for students studying abroad
– Nearly $1.5 million in scholarships awarded to science students
– Fast and furious: The real lives of swallows
– Treatment for parasitic worms helps animals survive infectious diseases--and spread them
– UO, OSU professors Geri Richmond and Jane Lubchenco are new U.S. science envoys -- science roundup extra
– Wren Patton -- Understanding and Protecting a Changing Ocean
– Dr. Darren T. Lerner named new director of UH Sea Grant
– Cordley Hall's got bugs in the building
– Lubchenco receives World Academy of Sciences Medal
– Jane Lubchenco receives Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication
– National Geographic Garter Snake Video
– Oregon spotted frog to be protected as threatened
– Jane Lubchenco receives ESA's Eminent Ecologist Award.
– Andy Blaustein named Fellow of the Ecological Society of America
– IB welcomes Lindsay Biga as A&P Instructor
– Kristen Milligan wins D. Curtis Mumford Faculty Service Award
– Mason Lab Garter Snake Research in Manitoba
– Tracking sea star wasting disease
– IB holds annual spring picnic & announces Castor canadensis award recipients
– Biology & Zoology Undergraduates Win 2014 College of Science Scholarships
– Dee Denver named new Director of MCB graduate program
– Paleobiology class takes field trip to John Day Fossil Beds
– Adam Chouinard receives Outstanding Teaching Assistant award
– Department raises over $2000 for local Food Drive
– Two recent IB grads hired at Purdue
– Ancient Flowers discovered by George Poinar
– Robbie Lamb receives Fulbright

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