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OSU-Cascades students and alumni contribute to COVID-19 testing in Bend - June 9, 2020

Risa Christie, Alaric Hartsock and Jessica Thomas were among 70 trained field staff knocking on doors of randomly selected homes in late May in Bend as part of Oregon State University’s TRACE-COVID-19 study to help understand the prevalence of…


Noted writer Elizabeth Powell to give reading with OSU-Cascades faculty authors, students - June 8, 2020

Award-winning writer and poet Elizabeth A.I. Powell will share readings from her literary works on June 13 as part of the Hazel Hall Memorial Reading, a semi-annual event hosted by Oregon State University – Cascades.

The virtual event…


Sewer surveillance: OSU researchers to comb Bend’s wastewater for evidence of COVID-19 - May 21, 2020

Researchers at Oregon State University will look in Bend’s sewer system for genetic evidence of the virus that causes COVID-19 in an effort to help determine the virus’ prevalence in the city.

Researchers will analyze “sewer sets”…


Oregon State University expands coronavirus prevalence study to Bend - May 21, 2020

TRACE-COVID-19, the groundbreaking Oregon State University project to determine community prevalence of the novel coronavirus, is expanding to include two days of sampling in Bend.

Random door-to-door sampling in 30 Bend neighborhoods…


OSU-Cascades Innovation Co-Lab hosts summit on reopening Central Oregon economy - May 14, 2020

Oregon State University – Cascades will host a free, virtual summit on May 19 to provide business owners a framework for decision-making as the economy reopens amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Reopening Central Oregon” will take place…


Virtual Science Pub features screening of “Heceta Bank: Oregon’s Hidden Wonder” and discussion - May 12, 2020

At Oregon State University - Cascades' rescheduled virtual Science Pub, OSU marine scientists will host a screening and discussion on a documentary depicting how a submerged rocky bank 35 miles off the Oregon coast has beneficial impacts on our…