OMSI Communication Fellowship Info Session: The College of Science will host a presentation & answer questions about the OSU-OMSI Spring Science Communication Fellows Program held on campus. The program is open to any faculty, postdocs, staff, or graduate students (STEM professionals) at OSU. Undergraduates engaged in research may be considered. Contact Andrew Haight, OMSI’s Director of Guest Engagement, at (503)797-4669 or ahaight@omsi.edu  for more information.

Join us on Oct. 26, noon – 1 p.m. in Kidder 128 Conference Room to learn more.

The annual Portland American Chemical Society High School and Undergraduate Poster Symposium and Career Fair will be special this year.  Aside from being the first in three years, it will also be concurrent with the quadrennial Pauling Symposium, which is also being hosted by the Portland Section.  The event will be held on Saturday (NOTE! Not the usual Sunday!) October 29, at the RLSB Building on the South Waterfront, from 11 AM-1 PM.  This year we are inviting the Puget Sound Section to join the Oregon and Portland sections, and we are opening it to grad students as well (although they will be in a separate category for prize purposes).  There will be no Career Fair this year.

All poster presenters are invited to attend the Pauling Symposium and Banquet free of charge.  Those wishing to do so should register for the Pauling Symposium Banquet separately.

I am writing to seek your help in getting this information to every undergraduate or high school student attending a school in the Portland or Oregon or Puget Sound ACS sections who did chemistry-related research during the past year.  No one knows this better than the faculty.  Please forward this to appropriate students; in addition to those who did research on campus, please try to remember those who did research somewhere else.  Company and national lab internships count, as long as the students are able to divulge their results, and researchers from other departments are also welcome, as long as there is some connection to chemistry.  The results need not be high impact—we understand that some projects do not work as expected, but one can still make good posters about them.  

There is no selection process for this event—any student registering may present.  Full information, including registration instructions, can be found at the following web site:  https://sites.google.com/site/portlandacsposters/home.  However, we do not want a bunch of no-shows—registration should constitute a good-faith commitment to attend and present.

Deadline for registration is October 15.  We need some lead time to prepare the booklet. 

The OSU Beaver Store is accepting Winter 2023 course materials adoptions starting Oct. 4. Faculty or designated staff can submit course material adoptions here: https://beavs.osubeaverstore.com/adoptions/. Submitting course material adoptions prior to Winter term registration assists students to budget for expenses and allows the non-profit campus store to start sourcing low-cost formats of the required materials. Questions or need assistance? Contact course.adoptions@osubeaverstore.comor james@osubeaverstore.com.

The Research Office is excited to announce that the Human Research Protections Program is transitioning the IRB protocol submission module to Cayuse Human Ethics. The last day for PIs to submit any materials through the old system, iRIS, is Oct. 3. For more information and actions PIs will need to take, please see our newly-updated HRPP Cayuse HE Transition website and FAQs.

The Valley Library Reading Room is hosting a Call for Art about perseverance alongside the Perseverance Book Collection. Books in this collection highlight journeys that have embodied how despite great challenges, it is possible to overcome. Open to everyone. Registration page. Once registered, you’ll receive a confirmation email to drop off your art Oct. 7, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., or Oct. 8, 4-7 p.m., in the Valley Library interior front lobby.

Bobbin’ through the Woods: CoF Holiday Craft & Art Fair College of Forestry will host its inaugural craft & art fair Dec. 2-3 at the Peavy Forest Science Center and Richardson Hall. We are searching for vendors interested in showcasing and selling their items at our event. All booth fees and commissions will be paid directly to the OSU Foundation account supporting Rootstock, the College of Forestry’s food pantry, and are considered a tax write off. For more information please visit https://www.forestry.oregonstate.edu/bobbin%E2%80%99-through-woods.

OSU’s Department of Public Safety and Transportation Services is hosting a bike registration event on Sept. 26 from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the McNary Dining Quad. The event is free. Registering your bike with 529 Garage is a tool used by law enforcement to reduce bike theft and obtain information such as serial numbers and photos in the event your bike is stolen. You can also register for ZAP Oregon State, a free bike commute rewards program for Oregon State University students and employees.