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  • MacTavish, Katherine, assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences.
  • Madar, Wendy, associate director of the Center for the Humanities.
  • Magana, Mario, an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at OSU, will be a Fulbright Scholar in Argentina during 2007-08.
  • Mallory-Smith, Carol, a professor of Weed Science at Oregon State University, swirls a beaker of Juniper leaves. She and a colleague are studying how the plant might be able to inhibit the germination of weeds. Photo by Lynn Ketchum, Oregon State University.
  • Marchant, Gary of Arizona State University will speak on “The Role and Rule of Law in the Global Development of Food Biotechnology,” at 7 p.m. Nov. 15, 2007 in the LaSells Stewart Center’s C&E Auditorium on the Oregon State University campus.
  • Mason, Robert, professor of Zoology at OSU. Cutline: Snake expert: Robert Mason is the topic of a new book called "The Snake Scientist" that explores his career and work with huge dens of garter snakes in Manitoba, Canada.
  • Mate, Bruce, OSU researcher, image illustrates OSU’s Mate, Marine Mammal Institute Featured in New Documentary (released Jan. 17, 2007).
  • McGillan, Mary Ellen, vice president for central development programs at OSU Foundation.
  • Meslow, E. Charles "Chuck," image illustrates Wildlife Society Honors Ground-Breaking Work of OSU Ecologist Meslow (released Dec. 14, 2005).
  • Metoyer, Ron: Ron Metoyer, an assistant professor of computer science, is developing computer graphics technology that may help with training everyone from college quarterbacks to firefighters.
  • Murthy, Ganti, an assistant professor of biological and ecological engineering at OSU, shown with a photobioreactor. A second image of Murthy is also available.

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  • Vinson, Ben, a leading scholar in the history of the African Diaspora, will deliver the 25th annual George and Dorothy Carson History Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008.
  • von Jouanne, Annette, OSU professor of electrical engineering and computer science.

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  • Species Discovered To Help Address Hemlock Pest Epidemic (released Feb. 27, 2008):
    • Image 1: Researchers at Oregon State University have identified two species of Chamaemyiidae flies which may form an effective biological control agent for the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, a serious pest that’s causing a deadly epidemic in the Eastern U.S. When trees are seriously infested by these insects, which suck the juices out of tree needles and appear as little white clumps, whole forests can ultimately die.
    • Image 2: Researchers at Oregon State University have identified two species of Chamaemyiidae flies which may form an effective biological control agent for the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, a serious pest that’s causing a deadly epidemic in the Eastern U.S. When trees are seriously infested by these insects, which suck the juices out of tree needles and appear as little white clumps, whole forests can ultimately die.
  • Beaches Ravaged by Tsunami Still Eroding (released Jan. 17, 2008): Image: Stumps of dead trees slowly decay in what used to be the shoreline, rather than ocean, of parts of Indonesia ravaged by the 2004 tsunami. The event caused the land to subside and ocean waters to come further inland, a process that is still sorting itself out. Beach erosion might ultimately threaten a new road in the background built after the tsunami. Peter Ruggiero, an assistant professor of geosciences at OSU, is leading university efforts to study this process.
  • Insect Attack May Have Been Death Knell for Dinosaurs (March 7, 2007): A new book by amber expert George Poinar, Jr. makes the case that insects and the emerging diseases they carried could have played a key role in the extinction of the dinosaurs. The ceratopogonid, or biting midge, was found in Burmese amber from the Cretaceous Period that dates to the time of the dinosaurs and was carrying malaria and viruses; and the tick could have been carrying the spirochetes that today cause Lyme Disease. Image 1, Image 2.
  • Salmonid Hatcheries Cause “Stunning” Loss of Reproductive Ability Image: Steelhead trout being reared in this Oregon hatchery may have more difficult time surviving long enough to reproduce, according to a new study at Oregon State University. (Photo by Lynn Ketchum)
  • Competition between invasive beach grass species may weaken shoreline protection (released Sept. 12, 2007):
    • Image 1: A housing development behind a foredune created by European beach grass at Pacific City, Ore.
    • Image 2: A foredune created by European beach grass at Cape Kiwanda, Ore. The bright green grass in the middle of the photo is American beach grass invading the foredune.
    • Image 3: European beach grass on the beach at Cape Kiwanda, Ore.
  • Trip to “Lost World” Brings Insect Discoveries to OSU (released Sept. 11, 2007): OSU researchers were part of a trip to the Guyana Shield, a remote part of South America known as the “Lost World,” to gather insect specimens for scientific study. Christopher Marshall, curator of the university’s Arthropod Collection, trekked through jungles so steaming that in this image he was soaked with sweat – not rain. Another time he examined insects on the back of a three-toed sloth that wondered into camp one night. Some of the specimens observed included a small caiman, related to a crocodile, which also formed part of the group’s diet on the expedition. Sulfur butterflies gathered around a puddle to drink. Tabanid flies were the torment of the expedition, forming halos of buzzing, biting insects from morning to night. And this tropical ant had large mandibles that could snap shut instantly on its prey. (Editor’s Note: Please credit all close-up insect or animal photographs “Photo Courtesy of Piotr Naskrecki”)
  • Amber Specimen Captures Ancient Chemical Battle (released Aug. 29, 2007): Image: An ancient example of “chemical warfare” about 100 million years old is captured in this sample of amber, in which a soldier beetle is exuding a certain toxin to protect itself from an attacker. The sample was discovered by George Poinar, an OSU courtesy professor of zoology, and one of the world’s experts on prehistoric life forms found preserved in amber.
  • OSU Engineer Builds Solar Trailer, Embarks on Road Trip to Make Documentary Film (released Aug. 17, 2007): Image: Sam Walker, a mechanical engineering student at OSU, stands atop the Solar Trailer he designed and built with two other OSU engineering students this past year.
  • OSU Releases New Disease-Resistant Soft White Winter Wheat for Willamette Valley (released Aug. 13, 2007): Image: Hillsboro farmer Vince Dobbin harvests a test plot of Goetze wheat last Friday, a new Willamette valley variety developed by OSU researchers and named after a long-time OSU Extension professor Norm Goetze. Dobbin's combine, a 1947 Massey-Harris, was once owned by Goetze. (Photo by Lynn Ketchum, OSU EESC)
  • OSU Researchers Study Deadly Rip Currents That Are “More Common Than Rare” (released July 6, 2007):
    • Image 1: OSU researchers study the water movement along beaches using cameras mounted on the headlands. This time-exposure image from a research site at Palm Beach, Australia, shows how the water from waves driven onto the beach funnels back to the ocean in concentrated rip channels. (Photo courtesy of Rob Holman)
    • Image 2: This time exposure from Agate Beach on the central Oregon coast clearly shows a rip current (indicated by the darker water) curling away from the beach between the breaking waves (white, foamy areas). (Photo courtesy of Rob Holman)
    • Image 3: A set of monthly time-exposure images from Agate Beach, Ore. – some of the first time-exposure photographs that launched the rip current studies – shows how dynamic rip currents and sand bar systems can be, changing dramatically from one month to the next. Rips are most common in spring and early summer. (Photo courtesy of Rob Holman)
  • New C-Section System Developed for Rural Hospitals (released July 5, 2007): Image: OSU graduate engineering students Melissa Hastings, Lin-hui Huang and Robin Feuerbacher (foreground, left to right) demonstrate their wireless C-Section Facilitator in the labor and delivery operating room of Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis, Ore. In the background is Ken Funk (left), OSU professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering, and Dr. James Bauer, an obstetrician/gynecologist with Peace Harbor Hospital.
  • A Six-Inch Tall Tree: Researchers Demonstrate Way to Control Height (released June 18, 2007): Image: All of these genetically modified trees are from the same poplar variety, were planted at the same time, and are two years old – but clearly are growing to very different heights, shapes and colors. Researchers at Oregon State University have demonstrated that gene modification can be used to control the height and other characteristics of trees. Cathleen Ma, a senior research assistant in the Department of Forest Science at OSU, did these gene transfers and is monitoring the trees in field experiments.
  • Study of Dead Whale May Be Inconclusive (released May 29, 2007): Image: Researchers and veterinary students from Oregon State University and the Hatfield Marine Science Center worked last week to take biological samples from a dead California gray whale that washed ashore south of Newport, Ore.
  • Fifth Annual Colts-In-Training Sale Scheduled At OSU Horse Center (released May 11, 2007): Image: Ashley Kaps, an Animal Sciences major at Oregon State University, works with a filly named Patty in OSU’s Colts-in-Training class. Christian Rammerstorfer instructs students as they train young horses from halter to trail ready. The trained colts will be auctioned on May 19.
  • OSU Sponsors New Art Exhibition to Celebrate Centennials (released May 11, 2007): Image: Silver gelatin photo, "Justin Bradley," by Charles W. Guildner is part of the "Layer Cake" art exhibition at OSU LaSells Stewart Center in May until June 27. The exhibition celebrates the 100-year anniversaries of the OSU Deparment of Crop and Soil Science and the Department of Animal Sciences.
  • Severe Fire Season Predicted for Western U.S. (released May 4, 2007): Researchers from Oregon State University and the USDA Forest Service have developed fire predictions (figure one) for the coming summer fire season, based on drought conditions (figure two) and other data. They suggest the West will face a fairly severe forest and rangeland fire season in 2007, while the East will have pockets of drought but almost no major fires.
  • "Surface Faults" Raise Ante for Pacific Northwest Earthquake Risks (released May 2, 2007): Researchers at Oregon State University say that “surface faults” pose an earthquake risk in the Pacific Northwest that is poorly understood or planned for. The Toe Jam Hill Fault on Bainbridge Island (Fig. 1) was unknown until recently, when special LiDAR images revealed it as the dark horizontal line running through the middle of this image. Dotted lines on this map of Puget Sound (Fig. 2) reveal many other surface faults – places in which the ground may actually rupture during an earthquake and cause catastrophic destruction to any building that straddles the fault.
  • Class Examines Role of Drugs in Sports (released April 26, 2007): Image: Jesse Lewis, left, head of athletic facilities management for Oregon State University, and Ray Tricker, associate professor in the Department of Public Health, co-teach the Drugs in Sports class at OSU.
  • Out of Sight, Out of Mind – Deep Mud Seafloors Face Quiet Destruction (released April 18, 2007):
    • Image 1: Mud seafloors off Oregon are commonly being disrupted by trawling, according to a new report by scientists from Oregon State University. Particularly affected are species such as two-foot-long sea pens, observed on the sea floor 600 feet deep off California. (Photo courtesy of Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries Service)
    • Image 2: Two sea pens and a basket star 400 feet deep off Alaska. (Photo by Craig Rose, Alaska Fisheries Science Center)
  • Oregon Dance Presents 28th Annual Spring Concert (released April 10, 2007):
    • Image 1: Lene Lang (top) and Whitney Rodgers perform "Kemake."
    • Image 2: Whitney Rodgers, left, and Lene Lang perform "Out of Time."
  • Slow but Reasonably Sure: Burned Forest Lands Regenerate Naturally (released April 4, 2007): Image: Eleven years after the Pony Fire, a young Douglas-fir tree pokes its way through brush fields in one of the plots surveyed by a new Oregon State University study on the natural recovery of conifers in areas previously hit by wildfire. Daniel Irvine, an OSU environmental science student, worked on the project in this part of the Klamath National Forest in northern California in 2006. (Photo courtesy of Oregon State University)
  • OSU Insect Ecologist's Book of Butterfly, Moth Portraits Published By Harvard Press (released March 30, 2007): OSU professor Jeffrey C. Miller is the photographer in "1OO Butterflies and Moths: Portraits from the Tropical Forests of Costa Rica" by Jeffrey C. Miller, Daniel Janzen and Winifred Hallwachs, published in 2007 by Harvard University Press. Morpho amathonte is a butterfly, Phoebis philea is a sulfur butterfly and Automeris belti is a Saturniid moth. All photos are by Jeffrey C. Miller.
  • OSU's 2007 Art About Agriculture Tour Features Both Land and Sea (released March 28, 2007): Image: Oil painting "Anticipation," by Mabel Haley of Portland, part of the 2007 traveling OSU Art About Agriculture By Land and Sea exhibit.
  • OSU Student, Grad Team Up to Take Toy from Classroom to Business (released March 20, 2007): Image: OSU doctoral student Robert Batten and OSU electrical engineering master's graduate Adriaan Smit demonstrate how WavyWand, the product they designed, creates images in the air.
  • Public Urged to Restrain from Touching Seal Pups (March 16, 2007): Harbor seal pups. Image 1, Image 2.
  • Research Aids in Development of Safer, More Comfortable Military Helmets (March 7, 2007): Hsiou-Lien Chen and Brigitte Cluver used Newton, OSU’s thermal manikin, to test padding systems in military helmets. Image 1, Image 2, Image 3.
  • OSU Vet Diagnostic Lab, Stranding Network Testing Sea Lions for Leptospirosis (released Jan. 17, 2007):
    • Image 1: This California sea lion, photographed in the fall on a central Oregon coast beach, was suspected to have leptospirosis. It eventually swam away, its fate unknown. (photo by Sherri Dougan)
    • Image 2: After its death, this California sea lion found on the Oregon coast tested positive for leptospirosis. (photo by Carol Unser)
  • Scientists’ Study of Antarctic Seals May Lead to Insights on Aging (released Jan. 10, 2007):
    • Image 1: Markus Horning (left) checks the gums of a Weddell seal as part of a National Science Foundation-funded study on aging, while other researchers draw blood samples and prepare for other tests. The seal recovered rapidly and was released. (photo courtesy of Oregon State University)
    • Image 2: Part of the research team leaves a Weddell seal to recover and focuses on removing equipment and other gear before the ice melts. (photo by Markus Horning, OSU)
    • Image 3: Markus Horning of Oregon State University.
  • OSU Engineer Develops New Rooftop “Micro” Wind Turbine for Green Buildings (released Dec. 20, 2006): Stel Walker, a pioneer in wind energy at Oregon State University, helped devise small wind turbines that can be mounted on industrial buildings to produce electricity, and may lead to an entirely new way to use wind energy in industrial and residential settings.
  • Business Students Develop Device to Assist People with Cerebral Palsy (released Dec. 19, 2006): The Spencer SkyArm was developed by an Oregon State University student to assist people with cerebral palsy. The support device was named after the boy it was developed for, Spencer Mosley. Image 1, Image 2. Image 3
  • Satellite Studies of Ship Tracks Show Complex Influence of Pollution on Clouds(released Dec. 13, 2006): Image: This satellite image shows the clear path of a ship. Particles expelled by the ship’s engines pollute the clouds and cause them to have smaller droplets, affecting their reflectivity and behavior.
  • Scientists Use GPS to Chart Buildup of Galapagos Volcano Prior to 2005 Eruption (released Dec. 7, 2006): Photos of the Sierra Negra volcano include panoramas looking into the caldera and showing the ridge that has been uplifted by repeated “trapdoor” faulting events. Image 1, Image 2. (Photos by Bill Chadwick)
  • ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Breaks Attendance Records; Bard in the Quad Now Annual Event (released Nov. 21, 2006):
    • Image 1: Brandon Robinson as Romeo and Marza Warsinske as Juliet in the summer 2006 outdoor performance of "Romeo and Juliet." (Photo by Casey Campbell)
    • Image 2: Brandon Robinson as Romeo and Arin Dooley as Benvolia in the summer 2006 outdoor performance of "Romeo and Juliet." (Photo by Casey Campbell)
    • Image 3: Robert Hirsh as The Voyeur in the summer 2006 outdoor performance of "Romeo and Juliet." (Photo by Casey Campbell)
  • OSU Scientist Studies Elusive Forest Nesting Seabird for 18 Years (released Nov. 20, 2006):
    • Image 1: Juvenile marbled murrelet will spend most of its life on the ocean, except for when it nests and rears young in mature coastal forests of the PNW. (Photo by Gus van Vliedt)
    • Image 2: OSU wildlife biologist Kim Nelson recorded calls of the marbled murrelet in Oregon's Coast Range. She has studied these federally threatened sea birds for more than 18 years.
  • Not Your Father’s Potato — OSU Develops New Spuds For Organic Markets: Image: Brian Yorgey, a researcher in the Department of Food Science, participates in OSU's first organic potato tasting day at Gathering Together Farms in Philomath, Ore. More than 23 varieties of potatoes were presented and judged on taste, texture, color and shape.
  • Long, Deadly Hypoxic Event Finally Concludes (Oct. 30, 2006): Image: A map of the progression of the dead zone off the Oregon coast this summer.
  • Research Discovers Oldest Bee, Key to Evolution of Flowering Plants (Oct. 25, 2006): Image: George Poinar, a professor of zoology at OSU and expert on the study of amber, has identified the world's oldest known bee. It's called Milittosphex burmensis and is seen in this fossil, in ventral view, trapped in amber. (Image copyright: Science)
  • Cougar Predation Important in Wildland Ecosystems: Image 1: A new study by researchers from Oregon State University found that cougars in Zion National Park have a profound impact on other aspects of the ecosystem, primarily by controlling deer populations and the ecosystem alterations related to deer browsing. (Photo by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife) Image 2: Cougars are a top predator in this ecosystem, and their impact is outlined in this graphic.
  • OSU Extension Honors Staff with Awards and Recognition for 2006 (released Oct. 6, 2006):
    • Image 1: The OSU Extension Service and Extension Association recently honored OSU Extension faculty, staff and retirees, including the "BIT Mobile/Boasting Community, Family and Enterprise Vitality in Central Oregon" team. These folks designed and built the BIT mobile, a portable technology classroom, which brings advanced technology to rural communities, families and enterprises. Team members include: Todd Williver, Dana Martin, Teresa Hogue, Sarah Cofer, Lucas Turpin, Yogi Blodgett, Bob Rost, Tom Weeks, Roger Rennekamp, Dina Pope and Bruce DeYoung.
    • Image 2: Mike Kuntz, OSU Polk County Extension won recognition at Extension Annual Conference 2006 for his work expanding Extension's youth programs and for increasing Latino youth involvement.
  • Researchers Find Key to Pachyderm Pain Relief (Sept. 28, 2006): Image: Hadari, a female African elephant at the Nashville Zoo has a blood sample collected by Chuck Pankow Jr., while Chuck Pankow Sr. controls the animal.
  • OSU Students Build Wind-Powered Water Heater (Sept. 6, 2006): Image: Oregon State University engineering students Jacques Chiron (left) and Paul Vigansky created a prototype of a wind-powered water heater they developed as part of their senior design project. In the background is Chiron’s biodiesel-powered, Astroturf-covered Volkswagen Jetta, which was featured in National Geographic magazine.
  • Undersea Gliders Making Waves as Valuable New Tool in Marine Research (released Aug. 29, 2006):
    • Image 1: Autonomous underwater glider operated by Oregon State University is capable of measuring physical and biological properties of the upper ocean. (Photo by Jack Barth, Oregon State University)
    • Image 2: Changes in buoyancy make the glider move up and down while the wings allow the vehicle to move forward. Satellite cell phone and GPS antennae are contained in the tail fin. (Photo by Jack Barth, Oregon State University)
    • Image 3: Assistant Professor R. Kipp Shearman and summer student Alexandra Cwalina prepare a glider for deployment off Newport, Ore. (Photo by Tristan Peery, OSU)
    • Image 4: OSU researchers recover glider ‘bob’ after a three-week mission off Newport, Ore. (Photo by Susan Holmes, OSU).
  • New Study Helps Reduce Length of Beach Closures due to Contamination (Aug. 28, 2006): Image: Regular ocean sampling on the southern Oregon coast led by Oregon State University Extension Service has reduced contaminant-related beach closures by 43 percent. (Credit: Oregon State University Extension Service)
  • Ocean Core Repository at OSU May Hold Clues to Environmental Mysteries (Aug. 23, 2006):
    • Image 1: Technicians aboard The Healy, a Coast Guard icebreaker and researcher vessel, prepare the coring rig for deployment.
    • Image 2: After retrieving a sediment core, researchers must secure the sample before shipping it to the OSU laboratory.
    • Image 3: A core is retrieved from the ocean floor. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Prentice Danner)
    • Image 4: Researchers aboard The Healy secure a sediment core from the Arctic Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Prentice Danner)
    • Image 5: Nick Pisias, a professor of oceanography and director of the OSU core laboratory, with some of the 5,000-plus samples stored in the lab.
    • Image 6: Louis Prahl, a recent graduate of Crescent Valley High School in Corvallis and a summer intern in the lab, takes high resolution photographs of the sediment cores.
    • Image 7: Bobbi Conard, a long-time technician in the lab, prepares a sediment core for storage.
    • Image 8: A map of where the core samples were taken.
  • Sublethal Levels of Common Insecticide Hazardous to Caddis, Researchers Say (Aug. 17, 2006): Image: A caddisfly emerges from its casing.
  • Recurring “Dead Zone” Off Oregon is Spreading, Suggests New Trend (Aug. 9, 2006):
    • Image 1: Hal Weeks, a researcher with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, worked on OSU's research vessel Elahka on Aug. 8 with a remote operated underwater vehicle to document the "dead zone" that is plaguing the region.
    • Image 2: Documented "dead zone" areas off the Oregon and Washington coasts are represented here. Massive numbers of dead crabs and other sea animals have been noted in these low-oxygen areas, along with a near complete absence of fish, researchers from Oregon State University say. (NOTE: Credit Oregon State University when using this graphic).
  • Banding of Penguins in Antarctic Can Cause Increase in Mortality Rates (Aug. 9, 2006): The banding of Adélie penguins for purposes of scientific research may increase mortality rates by as much as 13 percent, according to Katie Dugger, assistant professor in the Fisheries and Wildlife Department in OSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences. Image 1, Image 2. (Photos by Katie Dugger)
  • Scientists Team with Fishermen and Use Genetics to Trace Origins of Ocean Chinook (Aug. 2, 2006): Image 1: This map depicts the origins of some of the fish caught during the June 4 salmon opener off the Oregon coast. The pie chart shows that a majority of the fish originated from California waters, with few bound for the Klamath basin.
  • OSU Researchers Looking at “Designer Oysters” Catered to Consumers (July 27, 2006): Researchers at OSU’s Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport are working on “designer oysters,” breeding oysters that have traits such as light or dark colors (photo 1) or a deep shell (photo 2). (Photos courtesy of HMSC).
  • Recurring “Dead Zone” Off Oregon is Spreading, Suggests New Trend (July 23, 2006): Image 1: Oxygen measurements of ocean water off the Oregon coast are helping Oregon State University researchers understand the "dead zones" that have concerned scientists in recent years. In this 2004 photo, Chris Holmes and Francis Chan, members of the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Study of Coastal Oceans, bring up a sample. Image 2: Chan brings up a sample aboard the Elakha in this July 25, 2006 photo.
  • OSU Helps Children Complete Their Mom’s Dream (July 13, 2006): Image: Florencio, Elizabeth, Kristina and Genny Cobarrubias of Hood River are all pursuing medical professions as undergraduates in Oregon State University’s pre-health programs.
  • 4-H Camp Celebrates Culture at Warm Springs (July 7, 2006): Image: Myra Johnson, manager of the Culture and Heritage Department for the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, helps a young camper weave a basket during Oregon State University’s 4-H Culture Camp at the Warm Springs Reservation in central Oregon. (Photo by Peg Herring)
  • Sea Grant Documentary on Celilo Falls to Air on OPB (July 5, 2006): Image: Before The Dalles Dam drowned Celilo Falls, Indians fished off platforms there. (Photo by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District)
  • Forecasts Predict Moderate Fire Year, Few Hot Spots in Plains, Southwest (June 15, 2006): The latest models of drought severity and fire risk produced by researchers at Oregon State University and the USDA Forest Service suggest that the 2006 fire season should be fairly average, with some hot spots in the Southwest and southern Plains States. Image 1, Image 2.
  • Forestry Student Aims For National Competition: College of Forestry senior Gary Williamson of Elkton, Ore., not only will graduate this year, but also hopes to win the national championship in timber sports competition. Image 1, Image 2.
  • Student Built Car Races to Take Top International Title (June 5, 2006): Image 1: Members of the Oregon State University Beaver Racing team pose near the trailer that transports the vehicle they designed, built and raced at this year’s SAE Mini Baja West competition in Portland, Ore., and Elkhorn, Wis., to claim the title world champion. Image 2: Oregon State University’s student-built Mini Baja car races down the course at the SAE Mini Baja West competition in Portland.
  • Touted OSU Choir to Perform in Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Hungary (May 31, 2006): Image 1: Steven M. Zielke, director of choral studies at Oregon State and director of the OSU Chamber Choir. Image 2: Members of the OSU Chamber Choir.
  • Samoa Research Proves Coral Reef Recovery is Possible (May 2, 2006): Image: Recent research at Oregon State University explored what's called the "twilight zone" of the ocean off American Samoa, the area that's about the maximum depth at which coral ecosystems can still exist. Data from the study may help determine whether an expansion of a national marine sanctuary there is possible.
  • OSU to Sponsor 20th Annual Holocaust Memorial Program (April 10, 2006): Speakers during Oregon State University's Holocaust Memorial Week include James E. Waller, Laurel Leff, Jack Terry and Daniel Asa Rose.
  • OSU's 2006 Art About Agriculture Tour Features Nature's Designs (March 24, 2006): Image: "Palouse Spring Morning," by John McAnulty of Portland, is part of the 2006 traveling OSU Art About Agriculture exhibit.
  • Study of Martian Meteorite Reveals Markings Similar to Bacteria-Etched Rocks on Earth (March 23, 2006): Image: A microscopic view into a thin slice of the Martian meteor Nakhla.
  • Experts Propose Major Mapping Program on Oregon Coast (March 22, 2006): Image: Researchers at Oregon State University and state agencies are leading a drive to produce for the entire Oregon coastal zone maps of the ocean floor with the types of detail seen in the center of this image near Siletz Bay, instead of the crude knowledge of depth and contours that currently exists.
  • Global Warming Poses Risks to Pacific Northwest Snowpack, Ski Resorts (March 7, 2006): Image: A new study at Oregon State University has outlined the "at risk" snowpacks in the Pacific Northwest (shown on the graphic as areas in the "warm snow-high precip" category), most of which fall in the Cascade Range of Oregon, parts of the southern Cascade Range of Washington, and Olympic National Park.
  • OSU Scientists Introduce Lavishly Illustrated China Atlas (March 2, 2006): Image: David Hannaway, OSU forage crops specialist, (left) and Chris Daly, OSU climatologist, produced "Visualizing China's Future Agriculture: Climate, Soil, and Suitability Maps for Improved Decision Making," a different kind of atlas containing hundreds of unique and colorful maps that cover the entire People's Republic of China. (photo by Bob Rost, OSU Extension and Experiment Station Communications)
  • Children Work on 'Super Smiles' at OSU Child Center (March 2, 2006): Image: Katie Bambe, left, gets some brushing tips from Cathy Golden, a registered dental hygienist, during OSU's "Super Smile Day."
  • Amber Research Brings Ancient Forest to Life in PBS Special: Oregon State University studies of amber are a primary focus of a NOVA television special in February, 2006, in which researchers used insects and plants found in these prehistoric fossils to help recreate the type of ancient rain forest that existed in the Dominican Repuplic 20 million years ago. The amber samples used in this research included a plant seed, scorpion, mosquito and bee.
  • 'Steer-a-Year' Course Teaches Beef Production from Hooves Up (released Jan. 20, 2006): Image: Vanessa Klingensmith takes a turn feeding cattle at the Steer-A-Year barn on the OSU campus. Klingensmith is working toward a master of agriculture degree and is taking the Steer-A-Year course in the OSU Animal Sciences Dept. to "learn more about basic cattle operations." (photo by OSU Extension and Experiment Station Communications)
  • Earthquake Relief Brings Cultures Together: Lt. Col. Wiley Thompson, who will continue his studies at OSU next spring, led the U.S. relief expedition into Pakistan following the major earthquake there in October. Thompson, in tan uniform at right, consults with local elders in the destroyed village of Chinari and talks with some new friends he made in that village. The village of Balakot was one of the areas hardest hit by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake.
  • PROFS TAKE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY IDEAS TO CROATIA (released Nov. 14, 2005): Image
  • OSU PRESS PUBLISHES NEW BOOK OF WILDFLOWER PRINTS (released Nov. 10, 2005): "Ever Blooming: The Art of Bonnie Hall," that offers a vivid glimpse into Oregon's natural world, through the eyes of the former biological illustrator for the OSU Department of Entomology.
  • BIOLOGISTS DISCOVER NEW PATHWAY INTO CELLS (released Nov. 1, 2005): Image: Researchers at Oregon State University have made a major discovery in basic plant biology, using a pathogen of wheat to discover a new pathway into plants cells. This may allow important advances in biotechnology. This microscopic image shows a toxin in wheat cells and the toxin structure.
  • OSU HOSTS WILLAMETTE VALLEY ART BENEFIT FOR LANE FOOD BANK (released Oct. 17, 2005): Image: Connie Mueller's "October Harvest" from 2002, a lino-reduction print, is from the OSU College of Agricultural Sciences Art About Agriculture, (permanent collection) will be on display at Jacobs Gallery at Hult Center from Oct. 28 through Dec. 2 as part of "This Everlasting Valley: Willamette Valley Farms" exhibit.
  • OSU VETERNARIANS AID KATRINA VICTIM (released Oct. 6, 2005): Image: Scott Gustafson, left, surgeon and assistant professor of veterinary medicine in OSU's College of Veterinary Medicine, exams Scooter, a two-year-old Shetland sheep dog, while the dog's owner Don Pellegrin comforts the animal.
  • WEBER RECOGNIZED FOR SERVICE TO SOUTH SLOUGH RESERVE (released Oct. 3, 2005): Image: Lavern Weber was recently honored for his 12 years of service as vice chair of the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve Management Commission. A large framed photo of the South Slough estuary was presented to Weber at the commission's September meeting. Pictured is Weber (right), former director of OSU's Hatfield Marine Science Center, with George Boehlert (left), current HMSC director and member of the commission.
  • ARRAY OF SENSORS WATCHING THE FOREST BREATHE (released Sept. 21, 2005): Studies in the H.J. Andrews Forest near Blue River, Ore., are shedding light on how the forest "breathes." Gas samples from the soil are used to study soil chemistry. A lead researcher on this project, forest science professor Barbara Bond, works with faculty research assistant Nicole Czarnomski (left) at the site.
  • OCEANOGRAPHER HEADS TO GULF TO STUDY HURRICANE AFTERMATH (released Sept. 19, 2005):
    • Image 1: A moderate storm with 40-knot winds turns the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico "chocolate brown" from the churning of sediments. (photo courtesy of Miguel Goni).
  • OSU EXTENSION'S NEW FIELD CARDS IDENTIFY WONDERS OF THE FOREST (released Sept. 19, 2005): OSU Extension has developed new ecology field cards to help students learn about the wonders of Willamette Valley ecosystems. The first set of 50 cards explores the Douglas-fir forest.
  • OSU SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY, TRACK HUGE "INTERNAL" WAVES (released Sept. 14, 2005):
    • Image 1: This satellite image shows the influence of the Columbia River, which forces fresh water into the Pacific Ocean on the outgoing tide. The interface between the fresher, surface waters originating from the Columbia and saltier, deeper waters, forms a system that creates large-amplitude waves.
    • Image 2: The large waves are generally not seen at the surface, but their signature is - visible slicks and changes in surface roughness and color that scientists, sailors and commercial fishers have known about for years.
  • OSU RESEARCHERS LINK RINGS IN FISH BONES AND TREES (released Sept. 7, 2005):
    • Image 1: This image shows rings from an otolith of a rockfish.
    • Image 2: This is a graph detailing splitnose master chronology (average of the growth patterns for 50 splitnose individuals). Heavy lines emphasize the low-frequency variability. Trees are growing rapidly during periods of warm ocean conditions (and low snowpack) while rockfish are growing slowly because of reduced productivity.
  • ZEBRAFISH MAY HOLD KEY TO IMPROVED CANCER RESEARCH (released Sept. 6, 2005): Zebrafish may hold the key to improved cancer research, according to scientists from Oregon State University in a new publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The unusual fish is literally transparent when very young, grows into a small striped tropical fish and can get many of the same cancers that affect humans, making it an unusually powerful tool for cancer studies.
  • OSU EXTENSION PUBLISHES NEW BOOK ON OREGON'S EASTSIDE FORESTS (released Sept. 1, 2005): Image
  • OSU EXTENSION EXPERTS LIVEN UP THE RADIO WAVES IN HERMISTON (released Aug. 31, 2005): Image: Radio personalities Don Horneck (left) and Phil Hamm host "The Lawn and Garden Show" with down-to-earth advice for Hermiston-area listeners. In their other lives, Horneck is an OSU Extension agronomist and Hamm is a plant pathologist and superintendent at the Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center.
  • NEW INVASIVE PARASITE RAISES CONCERN FOR WEST COAST ESTUARIES (released Aug. 16, 2005):
    • Image 1: The parasitic isopod Orthione griffenis, which likely was introduced to the West Coast via ship ballast water, infests native mud shrimp and can be identified by its bulging carapace. (Courtesy of Brett Dumbauld)
    • Image 2: Scientists say Orthione griffenis may be the largest bopyrid isopod ever seen on the West Coast. (Courtesy of Brett Dumbauld)
    • Image 3: Scientists have been able to estimate the prevalence of the isopod in Willapa Bay, Wash., and demonstrate a corresponding decrease in the number of mud shrimp. (Courtesy of Brett Dumbauld)
    • Image 4: Kodi Jones, a junior from Eddyville Charter School, is part of the Lincoln County summer natural resources crew conducting mud shrimp population surveys in Oregon estuaries this summer. (Courtesy of Lincoln County and Hatfield Marine Science Center)
  • OSU RACING TEAM FARES WELL IN NATIONAL RACES (released Aug. 10, 2005): Image
  • DVD PROJECT HELPS LAND MANAGERS PLAN FOR THE FUTURE (released Aug. 9, 2005): Image
  • NEW EDITION OF POPULAR OSU BOOK INTRODUCES TREES TO KNOW (released June 16, 2005):
    • Image 1: OSU Extension has just released an expanded, full-color edition of its popular book, "Trees to Know in Oregon."
    • Image 2: OSU forestry professor, Ed Jensen, right, shares a new expanded edition of OSU's popular book, "Trees to Know in Oregon" with retired OSU Extension forestry specialist Charles R. Ross, left, who authored the original version of the book more than 50 years ago.
  • COMMISSIONED SONG, CHILDREN'S ART ABOUT WAR HIGHLIGHT CONCERT (released May 17, 2005): Image: The drawing is from the exhibit "Children Behind the Wire: Art from Wartime, Camps, and Refugee Situations," which is part of the inaugural President's Concert on June 4.
  • FORESTRY STUDENT MAY TAKE "TIMBER SPORTS" TO NEXT LEVEL (released May 12, 2005):
    • Image 1: Oregon State University forestry student Gary Williamson, of Elkton, Ore., cuts through a log with the help of his father, Billie, during the single buck event during a competition.
    • Image 2: Williamson finishes off his cut in the single buck event.
    • Image 3: Williamson won every event, including the standing block chop, in the Stihl Challenge at the Western Forestry Clubs Conclave.
  • OSU STUDENTS PRESENT AN UPDATED VERSION OF "A DOLL'S HOUSE" (released May 11, 2005): Image: A drunken Torvald (Paul Pistey) forces himself on his wife Nora (Amy Edwards) in OSU Theatre's production of Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House."
  • OSU AND OSU EXTENSION SERVICE WIN FOOD BANK HONORS (released May 4, 2005):
    • Image 1: Beth Ray, second from right, wife of Oregon State University president Ed Ray, receives the Oregon Food Bank's Hunger Buster Award on behalf of OSU.
    • Image 2: John Winder, assistant director of Oregon State University Extension Service, receives the Oregon Food Bank's Hunger Buster Award on behalf of OSU Extension.
  • OSU STUDENT EARNS ARMY'S TOUGHEST SCHOLARSHIP (released April 19, 2005): Army 1st Lt. Lance McIntire, left, gives the oath of office to Oregon State University College of Veterinary Medicine student Rhonda Reaves at OSU's Magruder Hall. Image.
  • 55,000-YEAR-OLD TREES REVEALED BY THE ELEMENTS (released April 18, 2005):
    • Image 1: A dark patch in the sea cliff shows where ancient trees are exposed.
    • Image 2: Roger Hart, a former OSU oceanographer now working as a geologist for the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, looks at the trees.
  • STUDENTS IN "DRIVERLESS" CAR SEEK $2 MILLION PRIZE (released April 11, 2005):
    • Image 1: An OSU engineering team designed this "autonomous remote vehicle" for competition in a contest sponsored by the Department of Defense, in which the prize for winning is $2 million.
    • Image 2: OSU engineering members of the Oregon WAVE team pose with team leader, Belinda Batten, head of the OSU Department of Mechanical Engineering, and the autonomous vehicle they are building. Pictured, left to right: Mike Morrow (Hewlett-Packard), Matt MacClary, Belinda Batten, Matt Knudson, Mike Hansen, Andy Tunison, and Patrick Johnson.
  • IRAQ VETERAN RETURNS TO HERO'S WELCOME AT OSU (released April 7, 2005): Keelan Rogers looks at the sweatshirt given to him by Josie Gold and other veterinary students, at a celebration for Rogers at the College of Veterinary Medicine on Thursday, April 7. Gold was given Rogers' spot in the Class of 2007 when he was called to active duty. Image.
  • OREGON STUDENTS DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY FOR MARS VOYAGE (released March 31, 2005): Marci Whittaker-Fiamengo, Dan Wittmer.
  • OSU LUAU CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF ISLAND ENCHANTMENT (released March 21, 2005): Members of Oregon State University's Hui-O-Hawaii Club practice for one of the several dance routines set for this year's annual Luau set for April 2 at OSU's Gill Coliseum.
  • RESEARCH INDICATES NO RELIEF FOR DROUGHT, FIRE CONCERNS (released March 15, 2005): New forecasts from researchers at the U.S. Forest Service and Oregon State University show a severe drought that is worsening in the Pacific Northwest and fire risks that are escalating. The Palmer Drought Severity Index outlines drought levels around the nation, and a "consensus forecast" of fire risks shows the Pacific Northwest as the region facing the nation's worst fire dangers in 2005.
  • PROGRAM BRINGS OUTDOOR ISSUES TO INNER CITY YOUTH (released March 3, 2005): The Inner City Youth Institute operated by forestry experts at OSU has recently been honored by the Secretary of the Interior for its efforts to encourage diversity in natural resource education. In field research, a student from Tubman Middle School in Portland used a tree corer to extract a wood sample, and two young women from Grant High School helped place salmon carcasses provided by fish hatcheries in targeted watersheds in order to supplement stream nutrient levels.
  • NEW STUDY: LONG-SPEWING HAWAIIAN VOLCANO MAY BE HEALTH RISK (released Feb. 28, 2005):
    • Image 1: Contour map of volcanic air pollution in the Kau District, Big Island of Hawai`i, during September 2003. Eruption at Kilauea Volcano produces a visible plume from the eruption vent and degassing from the summit. Credit: Bernadette Longo, Oregon State University, Geological Society of America, and the State of Hawaii GIS Program I-Map.
    • Image 2: Graph of Ambient SO2 concentrations measured concurrently in Kau District and other urban areas.
  • A new Oregon Plant Atlas at Oregon State University can quickly show where a colorful alpine plant called Monkey Flower, or mimulus lewisii, (copyright Tonya Harvey, courtesy of Oregon Flora Project) is found in the state. This atlas is now available on the web following 10 years of work in compiling it.
  • THE ECOLOGY OF FEAR: WOLVES GONE, WESTERN ECOSYSTEMS SUFFER (released Dec. 8, 2004):A withering stand of aspen in Yellowstone National Park reflect a phenomenon that researchers from Oregon State University believe is now far more widespread - the loss of wolves in the American West leading to the decline of tree and stream ecosystems.
  • WEATHER BUOY GIVES PROMISE FOR IMPROVED PREDICTIONS (released Dec. 7, 2004): Image.
  • "WET PETS" EXHIBIT OPENS AT HATFIELD MARINE SCIENCE CENTER (released Nov. 19, 2004): A new "World of Wet" Pets exhibit at OSU's Hatfield Marine Science Center is now open, showcasing the types of ornamental fish that have become one of the most popular hobbies in the nation. OSU is one of the few universities in the country with an educational program in ornamental fish care. (Photo by Eric Rasmussen)
  • STUDENTS, FACULTY FIGHT RUGGED TERRAIN IN SCIENCE PROJECT (released Oct. 4, 2004): Oregon students and faculty working with the Oregon Space Grant Consortium at OSU recently recovered an experimental balloon from the deep Oregon Cascade Range, working through tangled brush and other obstacles. GPS tracking technology (image 1) was used to navigate through thick woods. Participating in the hunt were Tim Brower, an OIT faculty member, and Kiley Faubion, a student at Southern Oregon University (image 2).
  • OSU RESEARCH HELPS LAND NEW MARKETS FOR OREGON'S SARDINES (released Aug. 30, 2004):
    • Image 1: Fishermen use a pump and large hoses to off load their sardine catch in Astoria, Oregon. The sardines are piped directly into Astoria Pacific Seafoods processing plant.
    • Image 2: During this 8 hour shift, workers at Astoria Pacific Seafoods in Astoria, Oregon processed and froze some 40 tons of sardines.
  • SPACE GRANT TO LAUNCH BALLOONS AT STATE FAIR (released Aug. 23, 2004):
    • Image 1: The OIT balloon team: Evan Pickett (student with hat and blue jacket) is shown steadying the balloon. Tim Brower, associate professor and department chair of Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering Technology and faculty mentor for the OIT Balloon program, is shown at center (in the maroon jacket).
    • Image 2: The balloon-satellite after launch. This was a tethered launch. The group was testing the communication between the ground station and the command module.
  • USE OF FIRE QUESTIONED IN RESTORING PRAIRIE ECOSYSTEMS (released Aug. 6, 2004):
    • Image 1: This mower is used for an experiment within an upland native prairie at Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge.
    • Image 2: The start of a research prescribed burn within an upland native prairie at Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge. A Fish and Wildlife Service fire crew set and controlled the fire.
    • Image 3: A male and female Fender's blue butterfly on spur lupine. Spur lupine is the alternative host to Kincaid's lupine. Although it is not a listed species, spur lupine is very important to the process of restoring prairies for Fender's blue.
  • MOSS - A HUGE UNDERGROUND MARKET, ECOLOGICAL CONCERN (released Aug. 3, 2004): This mossy vine leaf maple (image one) and a big leaf maple (image two) are two of the types of trees often found dripping with moss in the Pacific Northwest, which are also the basis for a multi-million dollar industry, much of it illegal. New research by Patricia Muir, a botanist at OSU, helps to outline the scope of this business and the ecological concerns it may raise.
  • FORTIFIED FOOD WRAP IS GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT (released July 27, 2004): Yanyun Zhao, food technologist at Oregon State University, coats fresh strawberries with a new antimicrobial film.
  • OSU SCIENTISTS ABLE TO HARNESS "PLANKTON POWER" (released July 26, 2004): Prototype plankton fuel cells Image 1, Image 2.
  • OSU STUDENTS OUTRACE 90 OTHER CARS TO WIN MINI-BAJA (released May 13, 2004): Engineering students from Oregon State University recently won the mini-Baja competition in Portland, Ore., racing cars they built. Image 1, Image 2.
  • ERUPTIONS, VOLCANIC WONDERLAND FOUND IN DEEP SEA (released May 13, 2004): Researchers from Oregon State University, NOAA and other universities and agencies recently completed a historic visit to the subsea volcanoes of the Mariana Arc in the western Pacific Ocean. The geologic formation of the area is seen in this image, and a bathymetric view is derived from satellite images. This moving "fly-through" image conveys what the undersea mountain area would look like if one could fly beneath the sea, as if the ocean floor were removed. In some places, liquid carbon dioxide under enormous pressure streamed from a volcanic vent named "champagne vent." One of the most interesting phenomena was the intersection of life forms based on chemosyntheis, such as these microbial mats, covering red algae and coral based on photosynthesis, or life from the sun. Some of the undersea volcanos bore a striking similarity to Oregon's Crater Lake, as seen in this image. Corals blossom in Maug caldera, while active "smoker" chimeys precipitate iron, copper and zinc sulfides. Galatheid crabs and shrimp graze on bacterial filaments. A plankton net was deployed near Maug caldera, and researchers aboard ship monitored undersea images. Research was done with the vessel R/V Thomas G. Thompson. An active volcanic undersea eruption was monitored here. (Photos by NOAA Ocean Exploration Program)
  • SPECTACULAR PHOTOS OF IMPERILED EARTH HIGHLIGHT SHOW (released May 3, 2004): Image 1, Image 2, Image 3.
  • COMMUTING CADETS COME TO OSU FROM UO, WESTERN FOR AFROTC (released April 22, 2004): Air Force ROTC cadets (from left to right) Don Sandberg, from the University of Oregon; Russell Young, Linn-Benton Community College; and Daniel Nott, Western Oregon University. Image 1, Image 2.
  • OSU BRINGS UNIQUE VEHICLE RACES TO PORTLAND, CORVALLIS (released April 20, 2004): Image 1: Oregon State University mechanical engineering student Wendy Keevy takes the OSU SAE Mini-Baja car for a test drive in preparation for the competition in Portland. Image 2: At last year's Human-Powered Vehicle Challenge held at the University of California Davis, Colorado State University's vehicle won first place overall in the Single Rider category.
  • MINIMIZE HERBICIDE DRIFT WITH GOOD MANAGEMENT (released March 23, 2004): Springtime applications of herbicides require special care.
  • OSU RESEARCHERS ADD POTENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS TO TOMATOES (released Feb. 19, 2004): Purple-fruited tomatoes that include anthocyanins, health-promoting pigments that function as antioxidants, created by researchers at Oregon State University.
  • PUBLICATION CASTS LIGHT ON FISHING GEAR (released Dec. 29, 2003): Image 1.
  • RED SEA URCHINS DISCOVERED TO BE ONE OF EARTH'S OLDEST ANIMALS (released Nov. 4, 2003): The red sea urchin appears to be one of the longest living animals on Earth, with a possible lifespan of up to 200 years, according to a new study by marine zoologists at Oregon State University. (Photo by Richard Strathmann, Friday Harbor Laboratory)
  • THOROUGHBRED TO ENERGIZE OSU BREEDING PROGRAM (released Oct. 22, 2003): Michelle Kutzler, a clinician with the College of Veterinary Medicine at Oregon State University, with Ski Run Lady, a new thoroughbred mare donated to the college which officials hope will help energize its educational program in horse reproduction.
  • IMPORTED KNOWLEDGE HELPS OREGON GROWERS (released Sept.5, 2003): Richard Smiley in test plots at OSU's Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center.
  • SEAMOUNTS REVEAL HUGE REPOSITORY OF UNDISCOVERED LIFE (released Aug. 29, 2003): Researchers at OSU who helped organize a recent conference on seamounts say that scientists are just coming to understand the incredible diversity of life found on these large undersea volcanoes.
  • PET FISH DOCTOR "ON CALL" THROUGH NEW OSU PROGRAM (released Aug. 4, 2003): A surge of interest in ornamental fish has prompted the Sea Grant Extension Program and College of Veterinary Medicine at Oregon State University to set up one of the nation's few Extension programs dedicated to support of this growing industry. Business is booming at retail stores, and prices are high for such exotic pets as lionfish or this expensive, grand champion goldfish.
  • OSU OFFERS PUBLICATIONS ON TAKING CARE OF STREAMS (released Aug. 1, 2003): Image 1; Image 2. New publications from OSU Extension Service help developers and others take care of streams in the Pacific Northwest.
  • GENETIC RESEARCH ON TREES CREATES DWARFS, NEW SAFETY TOOLS (released July 22, 2003): OSU researchers have made an important advance with genetic engineering in forestry, allowing them to produce dwarf trees through genetic manipulation. The stumpy mutant shown here is only about one-fourth the size of a normal tree after both had grown more than one year in a greenhouse. The findings have been published in the journal Plant Physiology.
  • OSU SCIENTIST TO LEAD CRUISE TO ARCTIC IN JULY (released June 26, 2003): Image.
  • OSU PRESS PUBLISHES COMPREHENSIVE OREGON BIRD BOOK (released June 12, 2003): Image 1; Image 2. Cover illustration by Elva Hamerstrom Paulson for the OSU Press.
  • OSU ENGINEERS TO TAP OCEANS FOR CLEAN ENERGY (released May 21, 2003):
    Alan Wallace and Annette von Jouanne, engineers at Oregon State University, are leading a new project to develop renewable sources of energy from the ocean.
  • OSU RACE CAR "ROCKS" TO SECOND-PLACE FINISH IN UTAH (released May 21, 2003):
    Engineering students at Oregon State University placed second in an international competition called the "Mini-Baja West Competition," a test to see which team can build an off-road vehicle that can best handle a rugged set of challenges.
  • FALL FREEZE CAUSE OF SPRING'S W. JUNIPER DAMAGE AND DIEBACK (released May 12, 2003):
    Images of dead and live junipers in eastern and central Oregon: Image 1; Image 2; Image 3; Image 4
  • NEW CONCEPTS COULD CHANGE FACE OF AMERICA'S CORNBELT (released April 22, 2003):
    Systems of strip intercropping which include corn, soy beans and other crops are advocated by researchers at Oregon State University as part of the solution to improved farming systems for much of the Midwestern U.S.
  • OSU WATERSHED EDUCATION REACHES COMMUNITIES ACROSS OREGON (released March 24, 2003):
    Image 1: Watershed stewards from OSU program examine downcutting at a culvert in an eastern Oregon stream.
    Image 2: Watershed stewards from OSU program explore dynamics of a stream in western Oregon.
    Image 3: Watershed stewards map the hydrology of their neighborhood streams in OSU Watershed Stewardship Education Program.
  • IT'S TIME TO CLEAR FIRE-PRONE VEGETATION NEAR YOUR HOME (released March 7, 2003):
    In the Pacific Northwest, fires built in suburban and rural forested areas are especially prone to become wildfires. Photo courtesy Bend Fire Dept.
  • TEA COMPLEMENTS DRUGS IN FIGHT AGAINST COLON CANCER (released March 4, 2003):
    Graph: A new study from the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University suggests that consumption of green and white tea can be just about as effective as use of the prescription drug sulindac in preventing colon tumors in a certain type of laboratory mouse that is genetically predisposed to cancer. The control group of mice received no treatments, and developed an average of about 30 tumors each. The most effective results were obtained with a combination of tea and sulindac.
  • OSU HELPS TREE FARMERS PLAN ACROSS GENERATIONS (released Feb. 21, 2003):
    Pat Frishkoff, former director of OSU's Austin Family Business Center, lectures several generations of tree farmers on the sensitive issues of passing on the family farm.
  • WOODLAND OWNERS LEARN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (released Feb. 11, 2003):
    Mike Bondi, OSU Extension forester, explains streamside inventory methods to forest land owners.
  • SCIENTISTS HONE IN ON CAUSES OF AMPHIBIAN DEFORMITIES (released Jan. 13, 2003):
    Image 1; Image 2: The cause of a disturbing increase in amphibians with deformities are explored in a new article in Scientific American by researchers from Oregon State University and the University of Wisconsin. Extra legs, such as those found on the frogs in these images, are one of the most common deformities.
  • YULETIDE FORESTERS GET HELP FROM OSU EXTENSION (released Dec. 19, 2002):
    Image 1: Joe Holmberg, OSU Extension forester, examines one of several Christmas tree test plots. PHOTO CREDIT: OSU Extension
    Image 2: Noble fir now rivals Douglas-fir as the most popular Christmas tree in Oregon. PHOTO CREDIT: LYNN KETCHUM, OSU EESC
  • OSU SCIENTISTS VERIFY GLOBAL ABUNDANCE OF TINY MICROBE (released Dec. 18, 2002):
    Image 1: OSU microbiologists Steve Giovannoni (right) and Bob Morris collect ocean water samples in order to study the microbe SAR11, which they have found to be one of the most abundant organisms on earth. PHOTO CREDIT: LYNN KETCHUM, OSU EESC
    Image 2: Electron micrograph of cultured SAR11 (Pelagibacter ubique) cells. To indicate scale of these tiny organisms, the dark circle in the middle is 1/2000 of a millimeter in diameter. PHOTO CREDIT: OSU Laboratory for the Isolation of Novel Species
  • 25-YEAR STUDY SHOWS OREGON BALD EAGLES DOING WELL (released Dec. 5, 2002):
    Image 1: Fledgling (first year) bald eagle near the Central Oregon nest where it was hatched. Photo by Lynn Ketchum, OSU EESC
    Image 2: A mature bald eagle rests in a Central Oregon snag. Photo by Lynn Ketchum, OSU EESC
    Image 3: OSU researcher Frank Isaacs has studied bald eagle populations in Oregon and the lower Columbia River in Washington since 1978.
  • BASEBALL MACHINE WINS TOP DESIGN PRIZE (released Dec. 4, 2002):
    Three Oregon State University engineering students won a national competition for constructing a device that can accurately throw baseballs. They include (from left to right) Kalan Guiley of Corvallis, Brian Gin of Beaverton and Darren Johnson of LaPine.
  • NOODLE RESEARCH COMES TO A FULL BOIL AT OSU (released Dec. 2, 2002):
    Image 1: OSU cereal chemist Andrew Ross tests noodle-making equipment in the new noodle lab at OSU.
    Image 2: OSU student tests Asian noodles for color, texture and taste.
  • UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AT OSU EXPANDS FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE (released Nov. 21, 2002):
    Image 1: Kelly Helms, an undergraduate researcher at Oregon State University, arrays a food sensory experiment as part of the BioResource Research program.
    Image 2:Joshua Owens, an undergraduate at Oregon State University, will present results from his research at the upcoming American Geophysics Union meeting in San Francisco this winter.
  • KELLEY ENGINEERING CENTER LAUNCHES NEW ERA (released Sept. 20, 2002):
    Image 1: Martin Kelley and Gov. John Kitzhaber at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Kelley Engineering Center at OSU.
    Image 2: Gov. John Kitzhaber addresses the crowd at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Kelley Engineering Center at OSU.
  • HOT, WET FUTURE BODES ILL FOR FOREST FIRE DANGER and NEW MODEL SHOULD IMPROVE SEASONAL FIRE PREDICTION (released Sept. 3, 2002):
    Image 1, Image 2: Climate changes of the future may cause some profound increases in vegetation growth in the American West, and a related increase in the forest and rangeland fires that may result from such growth. Researchers at Oregon State University illustrate these changes in a color-coded map of vegetation changes and biomass consumed by fire.
  • TERNS' NEW HOME HAS MULTIPLE BENEFITS (released Aug. 9, 2002):
    An adult Caspian tern on East Sand Island in the Columbia River feeds its chick a surf perch. The move of a breeding colony of the terns from Rice Island to East Sand Island has reduced Caspian tern predation on young salmon swimming down the Columbia to the ocean. Photo by: Lynn Ketchum, OSU.
  • OREGON SCIENTISTS BREAK THROUGH WITH IMPORTANT BACTERIA (released Aug. 7, 2002):
    Image 1: Oregon State University microbiologist Steven Giovannoni, right, and graduate student Bob Morris collect a water sample from the Pacific Ocean about 15 miles west of Newport, Ore. Later, in their campus laboratory, the researchers cultured tiny - and mysterious - bacteria called SAR11 they found in the seawater.
    Image 2: Steven Giovannoni, director of Oregon State University's Laboratory for the Isolation of Novel Species, studies microbes found in the open ocean. Here, the microbiologist holds a spoon filled with seawater.
  • OSU SCIENTIST, STUDENTS EYE CARBON IN TROPICAL FORESTS (released July 22, 2002):
    Image 1: A research team from Oregon State University's Department of Fisheries and Wildlife in a tropical forest in Costa Rica, where they studied carbon sequestration, or storage. Left to right: Amanda Rogers, Springfield, Ore.; Dana Nagy, East Andover, NH; Jaimie Williams, Cottage Grove, Ore.; Adam Kahler (above), Hood River, Ore.; Jennifer Orlowski, Grande Ronde, Ore.; Francine Nogash, Dallas, Ore., and Boone Kauffman, Midland, Texas. All but Kauffman, an ecology professor, are undergraduate students.
    Image 2: Boone Kauffman, an ecology professor in Oregon State University's Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, sets up a research plot to study carbon sequestration in a Costa Rican pasture that used to be part of a tropical forest. A wild spider monkey looks on.
  • OSU STUDENT TESTIFIES ABOUT NASA EXPERIENCE (released July 1, 2002):
    Marcia Whittaker, a student at Oregon State University, recently testified to a Congressional subcommittee about her experiences working with NASA, including this experience of simulated weightlessness aboard the NASA aircraft known as the "vomit comet."
  • SEALS ON THE BEACH: LEAVE THEM ALONE (released May 24, 2002): Image 1, Image 2.
  • NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES OSU SURFER IN TV SPECIAL (released May 22, 2002):
    Terry Dibble, an electrical engineer with the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory at Oregon State University, surfs on one of the wave tanks at the facility as part of a television special featured by National Geographic.
  • STUDY PINS DOWN SIZE OF EARTH'S LARGEST MOUNTAIN (released May 14, 2002):
    Researchers from Oregon State University have made the most precise measurements yet of the huge mass of Mauna Loa, a volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii that is recognized as the largest mountain on Earth.
  • ENGINEERING STUDENTS RACE ROBOTS, SHOWCASE INVENTIONS (released April 29, 2002):
    Chris McGlothlin, a faculty research assistant in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at OSU, works with a student on his robot.
  • AMBER RESEARCH PROVIDES WINDOW TO ANCIENT PAST (released March 20, 2002):
    Insects, plants, flowers and other animals trapped in near perfect condition in 130-million-year-old amber from Lebanon form the basis for the world's oldest insect collection in this semi-precious stone. George Poinar, a professor of entomology at Oregon State University, recently wrote a new book about these classic fossils, the study of which has consumed much of his professional career.
    Image 1: A fly in amber.
    Image 2: A flower in amber.
  • OSU STUDENTS MAKE "BIODIESEL" FUEL FROM COOKING OIL (released March 11, 2002):
    Image 1: Oregon State University Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering students Tyler Kuenzi, James Tingey, Dan Forster, Michael Pfohman, and Rob Loper (pictured, from right) pose with Pfohman's 1981 diesel VW Jetta that they power with biodiesel, a clean-burning, "green" fuel substitute the students manufacture from used cooking oil. With guidance from IME faculty members Brian Paul and David Porter (pictured, from left), the team designed a manufacturing process that converts spent deep fryer oil from a local restaurant into biodiesel.
    Image 2: A clear alternative. Project Manager Rob Loper holds a sample of the clean-burning, "green" biodiesel manufactured by Oregon State University engineering students. The fuel can be poured directly into fuel tanks of diesel engines like the team's VW Jetta shown in the background. One of the many benefits: no more black smoke.
  • STUDENTS IN ARGENTINA WITNESS AGRICULTURE, POLITICS IN ACTION (released Feb. 1, 2002):
    Oregon State University students observe the nectarine harvest near Santiago, Chile. Photo credit: Greg Perry.
  • BOOK DETAILS NEW INVADER OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST WATERS (released Jan. 28, 2002):
    A European green crab caught in a net. The green crab, a voracious predator, has spread from its home to points all around the globe. It was first found on the western coast of the U.S. in 1989, in San Francisco Bay, and has now spread to the Pacific Northwest, where it threatens the ecology and economy. Oregon Sea Grant has published a book on the crab, "Global Invader: The European Green Crab," by Sylvia Behrens Yamada. Photo courtesy of Oregon Sea Grant
  • OSU, ISRAELI RESEARCHERS ZERO IN ON DATE OF EARLY HOMINIDS (released Nov. 6, 2001):
    Image 1: ANCIENT HOMINID SITE: OSU researchers have discovered that these rock formations called Erk-el-Ahmar in Israel hold hominid tools and artifacts that are perhaps the oldest in the world outside of Africa.
    Image 2: STUDY LOCATION: The ancient hominid site is located in Israel. The hominid tools and artifacts found at the site are perhaps the oldest in the world outside of Africa.
  • OSU summer field school looking for clues to old Corvallis (released July 26, 2001): Image 1, Image 2, Image 3, Image 4.
  • 'Albinos' sprouting again in the Columbia Basin (released April 13, 2001): Sandy Ott, an Oregon State University faculty research technician at the Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center at Pendleton, holds a ruler behind an albino wheat plant in an experimental plot at the center.
  • Amphibian mortality linked to climate change (released April 4, 2001): Researchers at Oregon State University have linked global warming and other climate processes to amphibian declines in the Cascade Range of Oregon, as reported in a new publication in the journal Nature. Andrew Blaustein, an OSU professor of zoology, does field studies at Lost Lake in the Cascade Range. This was a site in the early 1990s where eggs of the western toad died and rotted by the thousands.
  • $4.8 million grant to OSU will enhance tsunami research and Dangerous tsunamis threat to Pacific Northwest (released Feb. 6, 2001): Wave basins such as these existing facilities at the Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory at Oregon State University are essential to research on ocean waves and their impacts. The facility will soon undergo its largest expansion in a decade with the creation of a new wave basin for tsunami research, supported by a major grant from the National Science Foundation.
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  • Conservation battle faces long odds in Brazilian Amazon (released Jan. 18, 2001): Figure A; Figure B; Figure C.
    Researchers at Oregon State University and other agencies have published a new report in the journal Science outlining the risks facing the Brazilian Amazon Forest during the next 20 years.
    Figure "A" shows some of the types of aggressive deforestation done in recent years in Brazil in the name of economic development. Figure "B" shows the current level of forest cover now remaining in the Brazilian Amazon.
    Figure "C" relates to the study just concluded, and provides an "optimistic" scenario, above, and "non-optimistic" scenario, below, that predicts forest degradation by the year 2020. In this image, black is heavily degraded, including savannas and other non-forested areas; while red is moderately degraded; yellow is lightly degraded; and green is pristine.
  • OSU fraternity to donate Pauling treasures to campus library (released Oct. 3, 2000):
    HONORING PAULING: Matt Newcomb, a freshman from Portland, holds a photo of Linus Pauling with three fraternity pins belonging to the two-time Nobel Prize winner and Oregon State University graduate. Members of Delta Upsilon Fraternity are presenting the fraternity pins, along with a picture of Pauling, to The Valley Library during a ceremony to be held at 4 p.m., Monday, Oct. 9 in the Memorial Union Lounge.
  • Wolves in Yellowstone may aid aspen recovery (released Sept. 12, 2000):
    A withering stand of aspen in Yellowstone National Park bears testimony to the decline of these native trees around much of the Rocky Mountains, a decline that researchers at Oregon State University believe may at least partly be due to the elimination of wolves from the ecosystem.
  • Rice research another step forward for green revolution (released Aug. 16, 2000):
    Photo of rows of rice plants: A study done by Chinese and Oregon State University researchers found that different varieties of rice plants in these rows from a crop in Yunnan Province, China, hold considerable hope for reducing problems with blast, a major fungal disease of rice.
    Close-up photo of rice plants: These rice plants are infected with the fungal disease blast, which causes portions of the plant to die and reduces yields. Oregon State University researchers say use of several varieties of rice in fields can significantly reduce these problems and help provide more food for billions of people.
  • Scientists estimate area of groundwater concern near lab (released July 18, 2000):
    This map, produced by the Oregon Health Division's Drinking Water Program, shows an "area of concern" that may be drawing the same well water as an OSU fish laboratory that has experienced high rates of cancer and other symptoms in rainbow trout. (Source: The Oregon Health Division)
  • Cadmium toxicity threatening wildlife in Rocky Mountains (released July 12, 2000):
    Image 1: A new study published in Nature found that an alarming number of white-tailed ptarmigan are suffering from acute cadmium poisoning.
    Image 2: This X-ray image of a ptarmigan shows a fracture caused by calcium deficiency triggered by cadmium-damaged kidneys.
    Image 3: Jim Larison releases a ptarmigan.
  • Ancient feathered animal challenges dinosaur-bird link (released June 22, 2000):
    Researchers at Oregon State University say this 220-million-year-old fossil shows the oldest animal with feathers that has ever been discovered. The fossil, along with other evidence, calls into serious question the presumed evolutionary link between dinosaurs and birds. Findings on this study by OSU paleontologists John Ruben and Terry Jones were published in the journal Science.
    Oregon State University scientists John Ruben and Terry Jones developed this artist's image of what they believed Longisquama insignis would have looked like, as it glided through trees in central Asia 220 million years ago. As outlined in a publication in the journal Science, the researchers say this animal may have been the earliest ancestor of birds, but clearly was not a dinosaur.
  • OSU researchers create "shoulder arthrometer" (released May 30, 2000): OSU engineer Derald Herling with a prototype of the shoulder arthormeter developed at Oregon State University.
  • OSU researchers discover high rate of liver cancer in trout (March 30, 2000):
    George Bailey
    CANCER MYSTERY: Jerry Hendricks, professor of environmental and molecular toxicology, examines one of the plastic tanks used to hold trout at the OSU Freshwater/Marine Biomedical Sciences Center. Researchers recently discovered an unusually high cancer rate in hundreds of rainbow trout at the facility. The fish have been living in water drawn from wells that are fed by a shallow aquifer located just east of Corvallis. Researchers suspect something may have contaminated the water supply and are working with state officials to determine if there is a potential risk to people who draw their drinking water from the same aquifer.
  • Spotted lambs spotted at OSU sheep barns (March 23, 2000): Dorper lambs bred at Oregon State University were developed in South Africa. The patches of black and white on their coats give them an appearance similar to a Holstein dairy cow. OSU researchers are evaluating the Dorper breed as a potential source of lamb meat. Image 1, Image 2.
  • Oregon State prof produces film on Bonhoeffer for PBS (March 20, 2000):
    • MOVIE POSTER: Stehr looks at the recently printed movie posters that will accompany Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace to independent movie houses across the nation. The movie's U.S. debut will be April 7 at Avalon Cinema in Corvallis
    • FILMING IN BERLIN: Ulrich Tukur (left), who portrays Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace, walks with Christian Stehr outside the Marienkirche church in Berlin. Stehr was the driving force behind the six-year movie project that will play to an international audience.
    • REVIEWING THE FILM: Sitting in his basement studio, Stehr reviews the final edit of Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace. Stehr worked as the U.S. producer of the $3.5 million movie, which can be seen June 14 on more than 300 U.S. public television stations.
  • Fertilizers may be linked to amphibian deaths (released Jan. 5, 2000) and Amphibian declines complicated, disturbing (released Feb. 18, 2000):
    This Pacific tree frog treefrog with multiple legs was among the species tested by researchers at Oregon State University for its sensitivity to high-level nitrate exposure, largely as a result of agricultural fertilizers. Scientists theorize that the problem with frog deformities could actually be linked to higher environmental levels of nitrates as well as the flukes known to directly cause the deformities. And a new study has shown that nitrates can also kill some amphibians directly at levels the EPA considers safe for drinking water.
    Andrew Blaustein, a professor of zoology at Oregon State University, recently took water samples from a marshy pond near Corvallis, Ore., where frog deformities and deaths have been occurring. The pond, even though it was in a wildlife management area, had high levels of nitrates that new research has implicated in amphibian deaths.
  • Web Potential Lagging for People with Disabilities (released Feb. 21, 2000): John Gardner, a professor of physics at Oregon State University, says that too often the technology which could greatly aid people who are blind, deaf or have other disabilities is not being developed by either private industry or governmental research funding. His research group has invented products such as special printers that can produce graphics in a raised tactile form so blind people can gain access to them.
  • Internet, Education make Promising Partners(released Feb. 21, 2000): Robby Robson, the education reform coordinator at Oregon State University, says development of the Internet for education is still in the Dark Ages compared to what it may be within a few years.
  • OSU researcher analyzing erosion from La Nina, El Nino (released July 14, 1999):
    Image 1 Taken in March of 1998, this photo of Alsea Spit in Waldport shows some of the effects of erosion caused by the 1997-98 El Nino.
    Image 2 Taken in March of 1999, this photo of Alsea Spit shows how the strong La Nina had a different impact. Large winter storms, and their larger-than-normal waves, drew much of the remaining sand from the beach.
    Image 3 Taken in February of 1998, this photo of Cape Lookout State Park shows the erosion caused by the 1997-98 El Nino.
  • OSU tests new 'come-hither-and-die' insecticide (released July 16, 1999): Pesticide specialist Franz Niederholzer used a dosage-metering aluminum pole to apply droplets of an experimental attract-and-kill insecticide to the upper branches of about 500 pear trees at the Hood River Experimental Station, operated by Oregon State University Extension Service. The new product could provide an easier way for smaller-scale growers to protect apple and pear trees against voracious coddling moth larvae. Photo by Theresa Novak
  • Ocean research just scratching the surface (released June 30, 1999): This massive volcano caldera was mapped almost three miles deep on the ocean floor by Dawn Wright, a geoscientist at Oregon State University, just west of the Tonga Trench in the southwest Pacific Ocean. It measures about six miles in diameter, and is part of a larger research effort to better map the ocean floor in eventual pursuit of a "digital Earth" geographic information system.
  • The "Snake Scientist" gains fame in new biography (released April 19, 1999): Snake expert: Robert Mason, a professor of zoology at Oregon State University, is the topic of a new book called "The Snake Scientist" that explores his career and work with huge dens of garter snakes in Manitoba, Canada.
  • Major $17 million grant to fund ocean research (released Feb. 9, 1999): A major new $17 million research program by scientists at Oregon State University and three other universities will study, among other things, the wide variation in sea surface temperatures in the near-shore zone off the Oregon and California coast.
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    Image 2. In this image the colder water is indicated by the color blue, while yellow and red indicate warmer water.
  • Who will save the whales? (released Jan. 26, 1999):
    Bruce Mate, director of OSU's Marine Mammal Program, is a leading world expert in marine mammals and a pioneer in the use of satellites to track whales and dolphins.
    The photo of the whale disappearing into the water is symbolic. Worldwide, with just a few exceptions, whale populations are continuing to decrease because of human impacts.
    Whale with tag. This photo, taken in 1989, shows the old style of tag, which was much larger and lasted for just a few weeks. Newer, longer-lasting tags - developed at Oregon State - have been credited with vastly increasing the amount of data scientists now record.
    Bruce Mate, director of OSU's Marine Mammal Program, says everyone loves whales. Yet there hasn't been a groundswell of financial support to save them.
    Bruce Mate and Barb Lagerquist examine a sea lion that may have died from starvation linked to El Nino.
    HMSC computer specialist Thomas Follett monitors the travels of "Kelly," a blue whale tagged off California.
  • Rare fossil shows dinosaurs as fast, dangerous (released Jan. 21, 1999): A rare dinosaur fossil discovered in Italy has shown more about the internal biology of theropod, or meat-eating dinosaurs than ever known before. Researchers at Oregon State University used study of this baby Scipionyx dinosaur fossil - a species that was somewhat similar to a velociraptor - to learn much about how the dinosaurs lived and functioned, and outlined those findings in a Jan. 21, 1999, publication in the journal Science. The more distant image shows the whole fossil, while the close-up image emphasizes the intestines and other internal organs that were apparent in the fossil. Image 1, Image 2.
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  • OSU Ecologist's Book of Caterpillar Portraits Published By Harvard Press: Image 1: OSU Ecologist Jeffrey C. Miller photographed most of the portraits in the new large-format book "100 Caterpillars: Portraits from the Tropical Forests of Costa Rica," published in May 2006 by Harvard University Press. Image 2: This large caterpillar, Automeris postalbida, has spines that help protect it from predators in the Costa Rican rainforest. It is in the same family as silk moths. Image 3: This Chiodes caterpillar sports spots that resemble large eyes. Its real eyes are nothing more than a few light gathering cells low on the side of its head. It is a member of the same family as skipper butterflies. (Caterpillar photos by Jeffrey C. Miller, Oregon State University)

  • Illustration for OSU garden packet, April 11, 2003: Oregon Department of Agriculture weed spcialist in Eugene, Glenn Miller stands next to giant hogweed, which can reach 15 to 20 feet tall. Photo courtesy of ODA.
    Often confused with cow parsnip or poison hemlock, giant hogweed has dark purple spots on stems and leaf stalks and stiff, bristly hairs. Photos courtesy of ODA.
  • Illustration for OSU garden packet, Feb. 14, 2003: In the Pacific Northwest, purple martins are cavity nesters. They now nest almost entirely in human-supplied housing due to widespread nestbox programs. In the PNW, people who live on or near the water can help martins by putting up such housing. Credit: USFWS.
  • Illustrations for OSU garden packet, Oct. 4, 2002: Jane Lubchenco perches above one of the pools in the hillside rock garden behind her house. Jane and her husband, Bruce Menge continue to add perennials every summer to the garden they built from a landslide in 1996.
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