Chemistry major Leah Chibwe ’11 has received a prestigious award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to study the toxicity of soils in a three-month externship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Read More…
Spring 2013 Honor Roll Students
Congratulations to our Spring 2013 Honor Roll Students!!
Nicolas Abayare
Chadd Armstrong
Dakota Backus
Kayla Bell
Scott Belozer
Monica Best
Corinne Brucks
Tora Cobb
Mark Delgado
Andrea Domen
Gillian Downey
Stephen Duda
Brandice Durfee
Derek Franco
Jecquellyn Helm
Timothy Hemphill
John Hergert
Joshua Holmes
Michael Hughes
Adam Huntley
Ashley Kastner
Jacob Kaufman
Trevor Kawamoto
Kevin Kovalchik
Joshua Laird
Jamy Lee
Stefan Lucchini
Sarah Melancon
Arica Nassar
Dang Nguyen
Kristine Nguyen
Philip Nguyen
Kyoo Park
Lars Paulson
William Ping
Philip Prater
Jordan Rains
Ryan Rains
Nathan Stephon
Ryan Stiegler
Halley Todd
Tianqi Zhang
Arsalan Zolfaghari
Fullbright Flex Awards
NEW! Introducing Fulbright Flex Awards: The Fulbright Scholar Program welcomes applications from faculty and researchers who propose multiple, short-term stays in the host country over a period of two to three years. Flex Awards are also designed for scholars who require multiple visits abroad to accomplish their research objectives. In addition to their research activities, Flex award scholars will be required to give public talks, participate in seminars, mentor students, and otherwise engage with the host country academic community.For more information about this new program model, visit our website or the Fulbright Scholar Blog. Guidance for Project Statements can also be found online or contact, Julie Walkin at Julie.walkin@oregonstate.edu. Deadline to Apply: Aug. 1.
Staci Simonich Honored
Staci Simonich has not only been named Associate Editor of a new ACS Journal, “Environmental Science and Technology Letters,” but they also awarded her with one of only three Top Reviewer Awards. Congratulations Staci!!
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation: Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry
Deadline: August 14, 2013
Announcement: early November 2013
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation seeks to further the development of scientific leadership in the field of environmental chemistry with a postdoctoral fellowship program. The Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry provides a principal investigator with an award of $120,000 over two years to appoint a Postdoctoral Fellow in environmental chemistry.
Cascades Chemistry Wins TRF Grant
I am pleased to announce that Jeff Gautschi and Pat Ball (Molecular Biology Instructor) have received a TRF grant of $75,000.00* to install a variety of advanced digital technologies for the chemistry and molecular biology laboratories at OSU-Cascades. This is really great news for them!!
Promote your campus club in the Residence Halls
Promote in residence halls: Plan your fall student resident promotion! University Housing and Dining Services is pleased to provide a free promotional opportunity for OSU affiliated offices, clubs or student groups again this fall. UHDS will accept posters and fliers for placement in UHDS residence halls and cooperative houses just prior to student resident arrival. Contact dave.warneking@oregonstate.edu, (541) 737-5622 for important details. We will accept materials Aug. 28 to Sept.11.
Open Source Digital Textbook??
NEW! OSU Press request for proposals to publish an open access textbook: OSU faculty are invited to submit a proposal to create an Open Access textbook. Sponsored by OSU Press and OSU Extended Campus, this initiative’s goal is to promote the creation and adoption of open educational resources on the OSU campus. More details can be found on the RFP. The deadline for submissions is Sept. 15.
Google Apps for OSU
NEW! Google Apps for OSU launches in July: Everyone with an ONID account, including all OSU employees and students, will be able to access Google Apps for OSU in July. Read LIFE@OSU and discover how our community will have a new and powerful set of tools for collaborating with OSU students, faculty, researchers, and external partners. The Google Implementation Team also invites you to complete a brief survey on Google Apps; we seek your input and feedback.
Bioenergy Scholarships for Masters of Agriculture Students
The Bioenergy Education Project is announcing the availability of $3000 scholarships for Master of Agriculture students in bioenergy-related fields. Both new and current M.Ag. students are eligible to apply. Funded by a grant from the USDA, the purpose of the scholarships is to encourage non-thesis Masters of Agriculture students to receive training in business and management as well as bioenergy, to enable them to enter the professional workforce in this growing area.
> The Master of Agriculture program requires students to take courses in three different areas (a major and two minor concentrations), two of which must be from the College of Agricultural Sciences or closely related areas. Students receiving the Bioenergy scholarship will be required to take 18 credits of a specified curriculum to earn a Graduate Certificate (GC) in Management for Science Professionals, for one of their minor concentrations. For their second minor concentration, students will choose 9 credits of coursework related to Bioenergy, to be approved by their major professor and committee. The M.Ag degree is non-thesis; students have done a variety of projects for their graduate supervisors.
> For questions about the Bioenergy Scholarships, contact Kate Field (kate.field@oregonstate.edu). For questions about the Master of Agriculture degree, contact Greg Thompson (greg.thompson@oregonstate.edu).