OSU-Cascades computer scientist receives $628,000 award to increase Oregon K-12 student participation in computer science

An Oregon State University - Cascades professor has been assigned a $628,000 award from the Oregon Department of Education to expand universally engaging, culturally appropriate and inclusive computer science education for K-12 students. 

An award received by Jill Hubbard, a computer scientist and professor of practice, will help expand an inclusive computer science education for Oregon K-12 students.

Reading and discussion with authors of book about people living with physical disability, Paralympic medalist

The authors of a book of essays about people living with physical disability will be joined by a Paralympic medalist for a reading and discussion at Oregon State University - Cascades on Jan. 23.  

Lily Collison and Kara Buckley, the authors of “Pure Grit,” will be joined by Kelly Crowley, a medalist in both swimming and cycling at the Paralympic Games, an international competition for athletes with a range of disabilities. She is an advocate for disability-inclusion.  

"Pure Grit" co-authors Lily Collison and Kara Buckley, will be joined at a reading and discussion by Paralympic athlete Kelly Crowley.

Bend entrepreneurs will gift snowboard company, SnoPlanks to OSU-Cascades

The founders of a Bend-based snowboard company will donate it to Oregon State University – Cascades to provide students a hands-on opportunity running an outdoor products company.

OSU-Cascades officials are planning an innovative model, called SnoPlanks Academy, to operate the company. It incorporates leadership and management of SnoPlanks, a snowboard brand and production company, into students’ academic experiences. The company was founded by entrepreneurs James Nicol and Ryan Holmes.

The founders of SnoPlanks, a Bend-based snowboard company, will donate the company to OSU-Cascades. Photo by Mighty Creature Company.

Scholarship will honor OSU-Cascades student killed in mountaineering accident

The family of an Oregon State University - Cascades student killed in a mountaineering accident in July has committed more than $55,000 to create an endowed scholarship for students in financial need at OSU-Cascades.

The Joel Tranby Memorial Scholarship honors the life of Joel Tranby, a student at OSU-Cascades who died in an accident on North Sister in the Cascade Range just outside Bend.

A gift from the family of Joel Tranby has created a scholarship fund for students at OSU-Cascades who demonstrate financial need.

OSU-Cascades Science Pub explores how the biology of wild wolves may improve the health of dogs

Oregon State University – Cascades’ Science Pub series continues on Dec. 12 with a talk that explores research by a team of biologists at the Bend campus on whether bacteria from wolves can improve the health of dogs.

The team, led by molecular biologist Bruce Seal, also includes undergraduate students pursuing degrees in biology. Together they discovered that bacteria from a wild wolf can potentially help prevent canine inflammatory bowel disease, a chronic and untreatable illness that affects the quality of dogs' lives and can be concerning for their owners.

A discovery by researchers at OSU-Cascades identified a bacteria in wild wolves that could lead to treatment for dogs experiencing a chronic, untreatable bowel disease.
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