{"id":1982,"date":"2025-05-15T23:08:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T23:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/science\/?p=1982"},"modified":"2025-05-20T17:08:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T17:08:49","slug":"may-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/science\/newsletter\/may-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Last week\u2019s College of Science Graduate Research Showcase was the highlight of the spring for me. We heard a terrific talk on some of the good<\/strong><\/em> things you can do with AI from College alumnus Jonathan Galleon of OmniScience, enjoyed lightning talks by seven graduate students and saw posters from over two dozen others. And of, course a taco bar. The breadth and quality of research from our faculty and students was incredible, as always. I was especially impressed by the communication skills exhibited in both the talks and the posters. If you didn\u2019t make it this year, plan for next year \u2013 we\u2019ll be doing it again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I\u2019m sure you know, the federal landscape continues to be both worrisome and unstable. We will continue to monitor changes and keep you updated, and OSU will continue to join legal challenges. Impacts in the College of Science have thus far been modest compared to other OSU colleges and other institutions, but we are preparing the best plans we can to protect personnel, provide bridge funding to the extent possible and support our community through this uncertainty. I know that many faculty are off contract and\/or in the field over the summer, but trying to monitor email for any grant-related notices would be smart. As always, if you receive a specific stop work order or request for information related to your grant, please reach out to DRI and to the college RDU before responding in any way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other work-related worry that may be on people\u2019s minds is budgets. The upshot is that while the College of Science received a 4% cut to our base from last year, our enrollment growth above that base is substantial, and we expect that the budget model will provide sufficient funds to sustain all of our current educational, research and student success initiatives. I applaud everyone who has been involved in looking for efficiencies as we have struggled with budgets over the past few years \u2013 those efforts are helping us avoid more painful measures now. I am happy to talk gory details with anyone anytime. (Really! Reach out.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There will be one more Dean\u2019s Newsletter in June before the summer break, but here are a few highlights of what\u2019s ahead this summer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n