Stickleback fish are models for studies about the impact of pollution on animal and human health. They are abundant in the Deschutes River and also found in the John Day and Crooked rivers.
The rate of skin cancer cases has tripled among American adults since the 1970s despite increases in regulation and consumer education. Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration mandated additional warnings and the inclusion of a drug facts panel on sunscreen and suntan products.
Oregon State University – Cascades will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, January 15 with a Day of Service and a presentation by writer, political commentator and former MSNBC TV host Melissa Harris-Perry.
Archaeological evidence indicates humans were present in the Americas by at least 14,500 years ago, and probably arrived via northeast Asia during the last glacial period. But the timing and route of their entry into the Americas is still not clearly understood. Oregon State University professor and archaeologist Loren Davis will shed new light on this earliest of chapters in human history when he presents “The Search for the First Americans: Perspectives from Western North American” at the OSU-Cascades Science Pub on Jan. 15 in Father Luke's Room at McMenamins Old St.
The Oregon State University - Cascades Advocacy and Advisory Board, will meet on Monday, Dec. 18.
The meeting will discuss the campus master plan, advocacy and development, and marketing and public relations.
The meeting will take place from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Tykeson Hall, room 205 on the OSU-Cascades campus on Chandler Avenue in Bend.
Students at Oregon State University – Cascades will unveil a gallery of nearly 30 photos that envision how they imagine natural spaces on the university’s expanding campus. The photos, part of a PhotoVoice class project, will be on display at a public reception from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 30 in the Dining/Academic building’s second floor main hallway.
The photos will remain on display for public viewing.
To honor student veterans at Oregon State University – Cascades, the Bend campus is hosting Veterans and Military Student Recognition Week from Nov. 6 to Nov. 11.
Sixty-two students are currently enrolled at the Bend campus as active duty veterans receiving benefits. An additional 12 students receive veteran dependent benefits.
Included in the week of activities are:
Oregon State University – Cascades is serving a total of 1,204 students according to its official annual fall enrollment report. The Bend campus’s enrollment report represents a seven percent overall increase over the previous year and includes 306 first generation undergraduate students – nearly a third of the total undergraduate student body -- who are the first in their families to attend college.
Oregon State University – Cascades will present a master plan for the expanded 128-acre university campus and seek community input at a public meeting scheduled from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 15.
Oregon State University President Ed Ray today signed documents regarding the purchase of a 72-acre former Deschutes County landfill that will expand the footprint of the OSU-Cascades campus in Bend to 128 acres. Oregon State University has agreed to buy the landfill and Deschutes County has agreed to sell it to OSU.
