Oregon State University

Oregon State is a leading research university located in one of the safest, smartest, greenest small cities in the nation. Situated 90 miles south of Portland, and an hour from the Cascades or the Pacific Coast, Corvallis is the perfect home base for exploring Oregon’s natural wonders.

Oregon State University has always been a place with a purpose — making a positive difference in quality of life, natural resources and economic prosperity in Oregon and beyond. Through discovery, innovation and application, we are meeting challenges, solving problems and turning ideas into reality.

Founded in 1868, Oregon State is the state’s Land Grant university and is one of only two universities in the U.S. to have Sea Grant, Space Grant and Sun Grant designations. Oregon State is also the only university in Oregon to hold both the Carnegie Foundation’s top designation for research institutions and its prestigious Community Engagement classification.

As Oregon’s leading public research university, with $281 million in external funding in the 2012 fiscal year, Oregon State’s impact reaches across the state and beyond. With 12 colleges, 15 Agricultural Experiment Stations, 35 county Extension offices, the Hatfield Marine Sciences Center in Newport and OSU-Cascades in Bend, Oregon State has a presence in every one of Oregon’s 36 counties, with a statewide economic footprint of $2.06 billion.

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Harvesting grapes from one of the two founder vines of the Rubaksum Tsellim landrace, trained over a household pergola in Aksum, Tigray. Yemane Hailu Fissuh

Tigray’s old grapevines have survived against the odds: new research uncovers their genetic and historic value

A distinctive local variety of grapevine from Ethiopia’s Tigray region could offer potential as a dryland crop.
O Atol de Rose é uma grande área protegida na Samoa Americana: sem regras, regulamentações e fiscalização consistentes, juntamente com financiamento e colaboração significativa com governos locais, indústrias e comunidades, muitas áreas correm o risco de se tornarem “parques no papel”. Wendy Cover/NOAA

O mundo acertou proteger 30% dos oceanos até 2030, mas a proteção marinha não pode ser avaliada apenas com base na área

Até agora, cerca de 10% dos oceanos contam com proteção formal, à medida que os países trabalham para atingir a meta 30x30, mas muitas áreas ainda estão protegidas apenas no papel
El esturión europeo o sollo (Acipenser sturio) es una especie considerada en peligro crítico de extinción (CR) por la UICN y extinguida en España. Fotografía de: Vladimir Wrangel/Shutterstock

Cómo predecir la probabilidad de extinción de peces de agua dulce para salvarlos

Los autores han desarrollado un sistema de inteligencia artificial para predecir el estado de conservación de miles de especies de peces de agua dulce.
This wild ground bee, Andrena nothoscordi, is typically found in the U.S. Midwest and Southeast and loves false garlic flowers. Sam Droege/USGS Bee Lab via Flickr

It’s OK to love all the bees (the honey bees, too)

The accusations you might have heard about nonnative honey bees aren’t backed up by evidence. In fact, there are plenty of ways bees make the world a better place.
A worship session at the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting on June 10, 2025, in Dallas. AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez

Southern Baptists’ call for the US Supreme Court to overturn its same‑sex marriage decision is part of a long history of opposing women’s and LGBTQ+ people’s rights

Over the years, the Southern Baptist Convention has spoken out against many efforts to advance LGBTQ rights, writes a scholar who studies Southern Baptists.
Bombeiro combatendo um incêndio florestal na Califórnia: dos 35 “sinais vitais” da Terra, como extensão do gelo marinho e situação das florestas, 25 estão em níveis preocupantes. Noah Berger/AP

Mundo caminha para um aquecimento de 2,7°C neste século, e o perigo é sem precedentes

Toda a civilização humana surgiu durante condições climáticas excepcionalmente benignas. À medida que as mudanças climáticas se intensificam, estamos começando a ver o que pode acontecer
Messengers raise their ballots in support of a motion during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting on June 11, 2024, in Indianapolis. AP Photo/Doug McSchooler

Southern Baptists may have rejected a constitutional amendment opposing female pastors, but that does not mean they are changing their views on women’s leadership in church

A scholar who studies Southern Baptists explains why the denomination’s ultraconservative beliefs about women remain the same.

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