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Archive for April, 2008

Corvallis: Green (and orange) place to live

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

http://www.coloradodaily.com/articles/2008/03/18/news/c_u_and_boulder/news3.txt    

Marrying Science and Business

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Prior to say, 1997, when such programs came into existence, scientists may have been on their own finding themselves rising a corporate or non-profit ladder and making all kinds of business-type decisions. Similarly, business-minded folks may have felt out of their element working in a science-oriented industry. OSU has a solution to this conundrum in […]

A Little Bit of Peace, Love and Chemistry with Every Letter

Monday, April 21st, 2008

A Lasting Impression: The U.S. Postal Service Honors Linus Pauling In early March, the U.S. Postal Service released a stamp honoring Linus Pauling’s lifetime of achievements. OSU celebrated the release with an unveiling and a commemorative postmark: Also see the Pauling Blog, maintained by the OSU Libraries Special Collections department. Bundled within the tens of […]

Waves on a Plane

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Sloshing motion of electrons cause Waves on a Plane. Just a little Physics humor for you today.

Neighboring fault a bad influence; College of Science’s Chris Goldfinger a good influence

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Geologists: Neighboring fault a bad influence (Inside Bay Area) In what may be a dangerous example of keeping up with the Joneses, the San Andreas fault appears to be taking cues from a deadly neighboring fault zone offshore near Oregon and Washington. By searching for evidence of underwater sand deposits caused by major earthquakes to […]

Sincerely, Edward J. Ray

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Dear OSU Community:         I am delighted to let you know that The Campaign for OSU just crossed the $400 million mark.  When we publicly launched our first capital campaign at the end of October, donors had contributed $350 million toward our $625 million campaign goal.  We have been gaining tremendous momentum since, with loyal […]

Speed of Light Too Slow!

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

New Material Bends Light “Wrong Way,” Opens Optical Possibilities Media Contact: David Stauth, 541-737-0787 CORVALLIS, Ore. – The development of a new type of composite material that can bend light the “wrong way” is moving researchers another step closer toward creation of functional devices that could have a wide range of important optical and electronic […]