Vitamin C facts and fiction  will be the topic of the April 12 Oregon State University – Cascades Science Pub.

The virtual event will feature a talk by Alexander Michels, a research associate and communications officer for Oregon State’s Linus Pauling Institute. His presentation, a joint effort of Oregon State University in Corvallis and OSU-Cascades in Bend, is called: “Vitamin C and Health: Fact versus Fiction.”

Registration is now open for the Summer Academy at Oregon State University – Cascades, a program for high school students that includes classes and outdoor recreation experiences in Central Oregon.

Participants who successfully complete the Summer Academy will receive a $500 scholarship – available the fall immediately after high school graduation – toward tuition at OSU-Cascades. 

As spring break approaches, Oregon State University is increasing COVID-19 testing and encouraging students and employees to stay close to home.

Oregon State University President F. King Alexander announced Wednesday that planning for a more traditional fall term is underway within OSU, anticipating predominately in-person instruction and on-site university services and programs statewide.

Science activism and the role it plays in aiding communities vulnerable to environmental risks will be the topic of the Oregon State University - Cascades Science Pub on March 8.

In recognition of Black History Month, Oregon State University – Cascades will host a virtual forum titled “Oregon’s Black Exclusion Laws: How does this history impact diversity in Oregon today?”

The free event, which takes place from 6-8 p.m. on Feb. 24, is hosted in partnership with Love Your Neighbor, a grassroots organization that encourages Central Oregonians to get to know people of color in their community.

Oregon State University – Cascades’ annual fact sheet, which addresses topics including student enrollment, student demographics, the campus’ economic impact and campus expansion plans, has been updated for the current academic year.

To view the fact sheet and download a PDF, visit osucascades.edu/about.

To sign up for OSU-Cascades news and event announcements, visit osucascades.edu/signup.

At Oregon State University – Cascades next Science Pub, OSU materials scientist Stephanie Walker will share how new materials and processes used in 3D printing are creating soft robots that are changing wearable technology, medicine and the art of squeezing into tiny places.

The Science Pub, “The Promise of 3D Printing Soft Robots,” will be offered free via YouTube Live from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 18.

Oregon State University COVID-19 sampling in Redmond on Jan. 29-31 by TRACE Community field workers suggested 32 people per 1,000 in the community carried the coronavirus on those days.

Oregon State University announced today that June 2021 commencement ceremonies in Corvallis and at OSU-Cascades in Bend will be held virtually due to continued COVID-19 public health concerns and the anticipation that public health restrictions for large in-person events will continue into early summer.