The #Freedom From #Religion Foundation is urging the #JosephineCounty Board of Commissioners, based in Grants Pass, to resume funding the #OregonStateUniversity Extension Service, after the board misguidedly voted to defund it for maintaining #religiously neutral programming.
https://ffrf.org/news/news-releases/item/42469-ffrf-calls-defunding-of-extension-service-a-promotion-of-christianity

This week in and around Corvallis, OR, you can help clean up our river by boat, hear a science talk about beavers, get your hands in the dirt restoring an Indigenous first foods area or cleaning up a native plant garden, and even watch a rehabilitated owl be released over a glass of local wine. Not bad for the first week of summer in a college town.

https://www.corvallisadvocate.com/2023/corvallis-science-nature-solstice-week-kicks-off-summer/

#Corvallis #Oregon #OregonStateUniversity

It's commencement day in Corvallis. Happy graduation to all the #OregonStateUniversity grads today, particularly the new scientists and conservation professionals from my old haunts in the College of Science. I hope you do fun, amazing things and that I get to write about them.

As the climate crisis deepens and the oceans warm, fish are moving, and those movements are already causing conflicts around the world. An international research team, led by an Oregon State professor, is trying to understand how changes in fish ranges are likely to impact economies and security in the decades ahead and avoid the next fight over fish.

My latest for the Oregon Capital Chronicle:

https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2023/06/07/osu-professor-to-head-1-4-million-study-of-climate-fish-and-conflict/

#fish #fisheries #oregon #OregonStateUniversity #climate

This week around Corvallis, Oregon, we've got a big engineering expo, some river and habitat cleanups, and a webinar on gardening for bees. Lots to do, and pretty good weather to do it in.

https://www.corvallisadvocate.com/2023/corvallis-science-nature-making-bees-happy-nature-tours-cleanups-and-an-expo/

#corvallis #oregon #OregonStateUniversity

Spring is turning into summer here in Corvallis, Oregon, and that means nighthawks in the sky, a changing cast of wildflowers and the last few OSU science talks of the year. Plus volunteer opportunities to help clean up trails and a very cool documentary on sound at the Darkside:

https://www.corvallisadvocate.com/2023/corvallis-science-nature-get-outdoors-day-trail-work-mammal-talk-and-sound-documentary/

#corvallis #Oregon #OregonStateUniversity

This week, there are so many science and nature things to do in my little college town of Corvallis OR. If you happen to like pulling weeds and don't have enough of your own, what a week. There are at least three conservation weeding/pulling events. (Even if you don't, come out and help restore some habitat.)

Most notably, in a town known mostly for wildlife and ecology, we have a world class physics talk tomorrow night.

#Corvallis #Oregon #OregonStateUniversity
https://www.corvallisadvocate.com/2023/corvallis-science-nature-weeds-wolves-wilding-and-more/

And tonight we play the other Arizona team ...
Go Beavs #OregonStateUniversity

This Saturday is Earth Day, and there is no shortage of ways to celebrate and contribute this year in and around Corvallis, Oregon. Help restore a meadow of Indigenous first foods, clear invasive trees, take down old fences, or join a nature parade. And afterward, let's all together to raise a glass at the after party.

#EarthDay #Corvallis #Oregon #PNW #OregonStateUniversity #FirstFoods

https://www.corvallisadvocate.com/2023/corvallis-science-nature-your-guide-to-earth-day-in-corvallis/

The School of Public Policy will co-host a lecture by @nickkristof at #OregonStateUniversity on April 24.

"Homelessness, Poverty, the Urban-Rural Divide -- How Can We Fix the Problems All Around Us?"

The event (and live stream) is free and open to the public. Register at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/governor-tom-mccall-memorial-lecture-with-nicholas-kristof-tickets-557067593167

It's almost Earth Day, folks, and if you're in or near my town of Corvallis, Oregon, there is a ton of science stuff to see this week: Lectures, a green power expo, SYMPOSIA (plural!). If watching smart people talk about the work that gets them excited is your preferred source of serotonin, as it is mine, come on out: https://www.corvallisadvocate.com/2023/corvallis-science-nature-twas-the-week-before-earth-day/

#Corvallis #Oregon #OregonStateUniversity #Science #EarthDay #NotYetButSoon

🏷️ #Wissenschaft/#Zellen — #Cannabinoide könnten das #Potenzial haben, #Infektionen durch das neue #Corona-Virus zu #verhindern und zu #behandeln

#Forscher des College of Pharmacy der #OregonStateUniversity, #USA, berichteten, dass zwei Cannabinoide, #CBDA (#Cannabidiolsäure) und #CBGA (#Cannabigerolsäure), die Infektion menschlicher Epithelzellen mit dem #SARS-CoV-2-Virus verhindern können, das für die aktuelle COVID-19-#Pandemie verantwortlich ist.

#Weedmob:#Fragen #Lauterbach:#Cannabis #WHY?

If you're a science and nature enthusiast in or around Corvallis, Oregon, we've got it all this week: Movies, talks, webinars. Lots to see.

(And Happy 18th birthday, Darkside):
#oregon #corvallis #PNW #OregonStateUniversity
https://www.corvallisadvocate.com/2023/corvallis-science-nature-big-movie-week-at-darkside-diversifying-knowledge-talks-asian-vegetable-growing-webinar/

If you live anywhere near the Oregon Coast, 'tis the season for spring whale watching. All this week, through April 2, volunteers will be on hand to help spot migrating gray whales all along the coast.

There's also even more bad news for Oregon trees, and a new science pub on plankton and climate next week.

My latest for the Corvallis Advocate: https://www.corvallisadvocate.com/2023/corvallis-science-nature-whale-watch-week-tree-habitats-shifting-plankton-and-climate-science-pub/

#whales #oregon #OregonCoast #corvallis #OregonStateUniversity #PNW

@I_am_orange "Foz" was an amazing athlete and representative of the #UnitedStates in the 1968 #Olympics. He was also an excellent representative of #OregonStateUniversity and the state of #Oregon

#RIPDickFosbury

This past Monday, a innovator in #TrackAndField specifically the high jump, passed away. #DickFosbury created the Fosbury Flop while at #OregonStateUniversity and his technique revolutionized the sport.

#RIPDickFosbury
#RestInPeace
#Sports

We've got a brand new genus of beetle right here in the Pacific Northwest. Welcome, Medusapyga, or literally "Medusa butt". Fabulous. No notes.

This and other local science and nature news in my latest for the Corvallis Advocate:
https://www.corvallisadvocate.com/2023/corvallis-science-nature-new-local-beetle-discovered-sustainability-town-hall-stream-dna-how-to-host-bees/

#Corvallis #Oregon #OregonStateUniversity#PNW #beetles #insects #eDNA #LocalNews

There have been a few unconfirmed reports of dead robins around Corvallis and Philomath. They could very well be victims of the cold snap, but as always, if you see more than one dead bird, call it in to ODFW (or really any state wildlife agency wherever you are.)

That and much less dreary local science and nature news:
https://www.corvallisadvocate.com/2023/corvallis-science-nature-winter-wildlife-field-days-bird-deaths-and-climate-feedbacks/

#corvallis #oregon #pnw #birds #OregonStateUniversity

We are two days away from one of the biggest birding events of the year, the Great Backyard Bird Count. Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide will be helping out, and it's super easy to join.

Also, we've got a talk on birds of Mongolia, a river cleanup and a new OSU study showing another downside of monoculture tree plantations.

My latest for the Corvallis Advocate: https://www.corvallisadvocate.com/2023/corvallis-science-nature-the-great-backyard-bird-count-river-cleanup-and-new-tree-diseases/

#oregon #corvallis #OregonStateUniversity #birds #forestry #localnews

Couple of recent articles from one of the best #SportsWriters around #KerryEggers on #OregonStateUniversity #WomensBasketball and #Wrestling programs.

#CollegeSports
#GoBeavs

https://www.kerryeggers.com/stories/old-soul-von-oelhoffen-leads-the-way-for-beaver-women

https://www.kerryeggers.com/stories/fit-to-wrestle-for-a-title-and-to-change-the-world-for-the-better