Living in and Learning from the Age of the Anthropocene
The human geography of land use. Fiction that wrestles with the effects of climate change. Food scarcity in the 21st century. These seemingly disparate topics all have a home in the Honors College colloquium, The Dawn of the Anthropocene. This course tackles the concept of the Anthropocene—an epoch in the current geological age that is […]
Translating Results: HC Graduate Travels from Tanzania to Medical School
In the summer after her sophomore year, Honors College and College of Science graduate Cassidy Huun spent three weeks shadowing a pediatrician in a Tanzanian hospital. As she followed the daily work of the hospital’s physicians, she noticed that one of their most important tasks was testing the Tanzanian youth they saw for HIV. Considering […]
The Physics of Dance, the Art of Geology
On a recent Tuesday morning, Dr. Randall Milstein addressed his class: “Who has a cell phone and can play us some music?” A student volunteered, and Milstein instructed the students to close their eyes. He asked them to draw for one minute—without stopping—with their eyes closed. This isn’t an experimental art course: Milstein is teaching […]
Making a Difference: Oregon State Alumnus Creates Medical Internship for HC Students
During her first week as a summer intern at the Michigan Clinical Outcomes Research and Reporting Program, Swechya Banskota was given access to nearly twenty-one years of cardiovascular patient data registries. For the Honors College senior biology major, it was a lot to consider: “The research physicians gave the interns introductions to all of the […]
Life of one biochemistry student: From music and dancing to research in Italy
Arianna Kahler-Quesada, a Biochemistry and Biophysics and Honors College junior, is making the most of her time at OSU. She conducts research on kidney disease and bone health in the skeletal biology lab run by Dr. Russell Turner and Dr. Urszula Iwaniec. In OSU’s skeletal biology lab, Arianna studies mouse and rat bones to better […]
Re-creating the Past, One Game at a Time
When Oregon State University history professors Amy Koehlinger and Marisa Chappell discovered a new way to bring the past to life in the classroom, they immediately started thinking about how perfect it would be for Honors College students. In fall term, 2015, they got their chance, and it was every bit as exciting as they […]
From Venezuela to Oregon State, engineering international student wins T-shirt design contest
Last summer, mechanical engineering sophomore Francisco Boschetti Tofano happily wore the free Summer Session T-shirt he received. He liked the design, color and, well, it was free. Then he learned the designer of the shirt was a student, and that the student earned a $1,000 scholarship for winning the design contest. Fast forward to a few […]
Like Mother and Father, Like Daughter – Supporting Pre-Med Students
Honors students Stephanie Zhao and Nick Diaz-Hui have benefited from a unique pair of scholarships that represent a family tradition of student support. Becoming a physician or dentist is a long, arduous, and very expensive journey. But the path has been a little smoother for more than two dozen Oregon State students to date – thanks […]
Finding Champions – Jenesis Long
As she prepares to graduate from Oregon State for the second time, Jenesis Long sees the mentorship she experienced in the Honors College as the key to her success. As a senior in high school, Jenesis was prepared to go to Oregon State after graduation. But when the time came to start, the size of […]
Bringing Life To Ancestry – Jacqueline Keating
Even though I’ve been back home from Ireland for two months now, I’m still transported back occasionally; sometimes when I smell rain on the grass, or when a breeze blows past on a cloudy day, or when I’m on the Oregon coast and a wave crashes against a rock. In the fall of 2015, I […]
