Hemp Hopes
Jeffrey Steiner, who directs the center at OSU, says the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation were early adopters in the hemp-growing...
Cultural Isolation: A Story of One Entomology Student’s Difficult Journey
The life of a graduate student in science can make it hard to maintain social connections and work-life balance. For Yan Yan, moving from a...
Students with migrant farmworker backgrounds reclaim agricultural space
24 students with migrant agricultural backgrounds attended Agricultural Sciences’ Summer Program/ OSU Junior MANRRS Summer Leadership...
Beyond the Classroom
The impact of undergraduate experiential learning after graduation.
When deciding where I wanted to go to...
Oregon State University irrigation specialist highlights technology at Washington State University Spanish-language field day — Video
Irrigation specialist Maria Zamora Re has been at Oregon State University for three years but made her first public presentation specifically to...
Two OSU Students Recognized by the Udall Foundation for Environmental Leadership and Tribal Public Policy
Roberto Ponce Velez, an OSU junior in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences has been named a 2024 Udall Scholar in the...
Oregon State receives $10 million grant to work with 13 Native American Tribes on hemp economic development
The project, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, seeks to develop sustainable supply...
OSU clubs bring inclusivity to agriculture
Two clubs in Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Science are working to help underrepresented students find community and careers...
Oregon State University receives more than $1 million in federal grants
U.S. Senate officials said that OSU’s Multicultural Scholars Program will receive $250,000 to provide scholarships for multicultural students...
Oregon State University receives more than $1 million in federal grants
Dr. Ricardo Mata-Gonzalez, the associate dean of academic programs for OSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences, said the federal grant funds will...
Oregon State University-College of Agricultural Science wins Platinum MarCom Award for Advertising Strategy with Diversity in Action Magazine
The campaign was designed entirely in-house by the Oregon State marketing team and ran in eight issues of Diversity in Action. Ads focused on...
OSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences proud to Participate in the 2023 National Diversity in STEM (NDiSTEM) Conference
Thousands of students, scientists, and university leaders from all over the nation converged in Portland to equip, empower and energize the...
Crisis helpline for Oregon’s agricultural and forestry communities is now open
The Oregon Agristress Helpline – 833-897-2474 – is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week by call or text. The voice line can be accessed...
View Fellows Seize Opportunities to Divesify Wildlife Profession
As part of the fellowship, students work for 10 weeks at paid, mentored research programs. Each student is paired with a faculty mentor from the...
Pacific Northwest consortium aims to improve potato production with eco-friendly methods
Oregon State University is using the grant, which came from the US Department of Agriculture, to explore practices to improve soil health and...
OSU Extension answers the call to serve veterans interested in farming
Teagan Moran, OSU Extension Small Farms coordinator in the Willamette Valley, had that goal in mind when she started the program. At the 2019...
Through Juntos en el Jardin, families come together to grow their own food
"A great deal of our housing here in Lincoln City is apartments and the residents don’t have access to be able to grow their own food. This...
Nicole Sanchez: Taking on new challenges
“I wanted the opportunity to see a different part of the country,” says Sanchez, who was raised, educated and worked in Virginia, North Carolina...
5 tips for growing potent peppers
Ezequiel Lopez-Reyes, Oregon State University Extension Service Open Campus and Juntos student success coordinator, has been growing his home...
2023 MANRRS National Training Conference and Career Expo
OSU MANRRS Chapter – Conference Report submitted by Wanda Crannell
Atlanta, Georgia, April 12 – 16, 2023...
How this gardener weathers the challenges of growing peppers in Oregon
Ezequiel Lopez-Reyes will never forget the taste of fresh fruit and vegetables brought straight from his father’s farm field when he was a child...
OSU Extension’s ‘Growing Your Own’ gardening book now available in Spanish
This 24-page, magazine-style guide was introduced in 1991 and has helped teach thousands of Oregonians how to grow a vegetable garden. But until...
2023 Frances Dancy Hooks Award: Dana Sanchez
Congratulations to Dr. Dana Sanchez for receiving the 2023 Frances Dancy Hooks Award!
The Frances Dancy Hooks Award was first awarded...
Letitia Carson Legacy Project Debuts Digital History Collection
Salem, OR – The Letitia Carson Legacy Project presents the Letitia Carson Digital History Collection...
US Fish and Wildlife Service and regional MANRRS Chapters Collaborate for student internship opportunities
USFWS staff in the Pacific Northwest region are piloting a first and second year undergraduate internship for students in the region’s...
Social Identities, Intersectionality, and the Experiences of Women and Women of Color in Marine, Aquatic, and Fisheries Science Professions
In many STEM fields, women are considered an underrepresented social group and have been the subject of research and initiatives focused on...
Oregon State and partners to receive $4.2 million to study stressors facing Dungeness crab, other marine life under climate change
Siletz Tribal member and TEK specialist Samantha Chisholm Hatfield, an assistant research professor in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife,...
Documentary "Element" Features OSU Work, Begins Darkside Run
Lisa Ellsworth, served as an adviser on the film project. Ellsworth, a range ecologist, studies the long-term consequences of fire in forests...
Kirby Schmidt attended the National Cultivating Change Summit
Kirby Schmidt attended the National Cultivating Change Summit this fall in Washington...
Oregon State and partners will receive $50 million grant to develop climate-smart potatoes
Oregon State University is collaborating with the University of Idaho and Washington State University, Tribal nations, commodity groups and...
From Textbooks to Field Guides: An Intern's Journey into the World of Conservation
This summer, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Science Applications Program had the pleasure of hosting Venecia Rollins as their...
Oregon’s psilocybin program stands on thousands of years of indigenous experience
A new paper recently published in the journal Fungal Biology summarizes centuries of psilocybin use among shamans and guides who treated people...
Resilience, opportunity and struggle: Preserving and sharing the history of Letitia Carson
Oregon State University, Oregon Black Land Trust, Oregon Black Pioneers and the Linn-Benton NAACP chapter have begun preserving and sharing the...
OSU Extension Master Gardener Program increases diversity, equity and inclusivity
With 2,293 volunteers across the state, the 45-year-old Oregon State University Extension Service Master Gardener program served 38,000...
Four Oregon State Students win big at the national MANRRS conference
Learn more about the great showing of OSU at this year’s conference, including the National MANRRS Bowl
OSU CAMP (Oregon State University College Assistance Migrant Program) and College of Agricultural Sciences Multicultural Scholars Program
This multicultural scholar program provides opportunities for Latinx students with family histories of migrant or seasonal agricultural work...
Environmental Sciences Diversity Scholarship (ESDS)
This fund, founded by Rick and Sylvia Cardwell and his wife, aims to increase opportunities for students who have high financial need and are...
The College of Agricultural Sciences Launches Spanish-language Education Webpage
The education page was recently translated to Spanish to help current and prospective students and their Spanish-speaking families have better...
College of Agricultural Sciences CAMP Announces 2022 winners
OSU CAMP (Oregon State University College Assistance Migrant Program), and OSU CAS (College of Agricultural Sciences) is proud to announce five...
AgSci Alum Lauren Lewis, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
After completing his degree, Lauren Lewis returned home to work as a chemist helping to protect First Foods - critical natural resources that...
Master Gardeners and the Culture of Gardening
The voices of gardeners growing plants to connect with their heritage, culture and identity.
Vanguarding an Inclusive Ecological Workforce (VIEW) Fellowship in FWCS Department
The Vanguarding an Inclusive Ecological Workforce (VIEW) Fellowship, created and hosted by the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and...
¡Bienvenido a Beaver Nation!
Le damos la bienvenida a la Facultad de Ciencias Agrícolas de Oregon State University. Nos esforzamos por crear una comunidad cordial que...
Women in Science
Staci Simonich - Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences
Achala KC - Plant Pathology
Emily Carlson - Honey Bee Lab
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Black and Brown Farmers of Color
More than a dozen farm businesses, nonprofit community organizations, a restaurant, and variety trial research projects are now sharing two...
Diversifying the Agricultural Space: OSU Minority Society
MANRRS stands for Minorities in Agricultural and Natural Resource-Related Sciences, and is one of the largest and most diverse national non-...
Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences researcher co-authors academic study of diversity and inclusion published in American Fisheries Society
By Ivan Arismendi, Katherine R. McLaughlin and Brooke E. Penaluna
The inclusion of diverse individuals in ecological sciences has...