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Discoveries and news in research, student success, faculty engagement and alumni accomplishments.

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Alumni and Friends

Alumni Awards celebrates in impactful legacies and achievements

Alumni and Friends, Faculty and Staff, Women in Science, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Chemistry, Microbiology, Physics, Data Science, Biomedical Science
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Research

Science Faculty Secures $18.5M in FY 2024, extending the reach and impact of science

College of Science researchers received $18.5 million in research grants to support groundbreaking science between July 2023 and June 2024.

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Research

New grants to support breakthrough discoveries

Four-dimensional tissue self-assembly, integrated river health and ultra-tiny spectrometers: The 2022 College of Science Research and Innovation Seed (SciRIS) award recipients will use collaboration to fill critical knowledge gaps across numerous scientific disciplines to drive real-world impact.

Faculty and Staff, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Integrative Biology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Data Science, Biomedical Science, Marine Science, Materials Science, Research
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Research

From scientific ideas to innovative solutions in the marketplace

The College of Science launches Innovation Days, a series of workshops for faculty to spur innovation and entrepreneurship.

Events, Faculty and Staff, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Chemistry, Integrative Biology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics, Statistics, Data Science, Biomedical Science, Marine Science, Materials Science, Research
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Faculty and Staff

Recognizing research and administrative excellence

Congratulations to these science faculty and administrators who received 2018 Faculty and Staff Awards for administrative and research excellence!

Events, Faculty and Staff, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Chemistry, Integrative Biology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics, Data Science, Biomedical Science, Marine Science, Materials Science, Research
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Alumni and Friends

Physics alumnus involved in historic astrophysics discoveries

Physics alumnus Shane Larson is part of the LIGO team behind the revolutionary astronomy discovery of the merger of two neutron stars.

Alumni and Friends, Physics, Data Science, Research
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Research

150 years of science for sea and space

Science at Oregon State University has been a trailblazer since OSU's designation as a land-grant college in 1868.

Faculty and Staff, Integrative Biology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics, Data Science, Biomedical Science, Marine Science, Research