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Researchers at Oregon State University’s Conflict Ecology Lab, led by Jamon Van Den Hoek, use satellite imagery to analyze destruction from armed conflicts, helping track urban damage and environmental impacts in regions such as Iran and the Gaza Strip.
The Oregon State University College of Liberal Arts launched a new linguistics minor in fall 2025, created by Adéla Hall and Adam Schwartz, giving students interdisciplinary tools to analyze language, communication and culture across fields.
During a visit to Ho Chi Minh City, OSU's President Jayathi Murthy discussed expanding AI education and semiconductor partnerships in Vietnam. She emphasized that applied AI research could help students for future technology careers
Hannah Ford studied abroad through the OSU College of Business Stonehill Exchange Program, exploring Vienna and solo traveling to 13 countries while adapting to a new academic culture and gaining independence and a global perspective.
OSU’s researchers Jane Lubchenco, Kirsten Grorud-Colvert, Jenna Sullivan-Stack, Vanessa Constant, Ana Spalding coordinate global researchers to provide a framework guiding the U.N.’s High Seas Treaty in marine protected areas implementation
OSU graduate student Giulia Wood became OSU’s first Marshall Scholar, earning funding to pursue a Ph.D. in England after her krill research in Antarctica, advancing marine science and women’s leadership in oceanography
OSU and Wildlife Conservation Society of Guatemala researchers used camera-trap and DNA metabarcoding of scat to reveal how predators partitioning prey vertically help reduce competition in the Maya Biosphere Reserve rainforests
Ten OSU students joined the university’s first study abroad program in Bhutan, learning rural life, sustainable agriculture through immersive fieldwork, farm stays, and instruction from local faculty at the Royal University of Bhutan
OSU archaeologist Loren Davis led a study of Idaho stone tools indicating the first Americans arrived over 20,000 years ago via a Pacific coastal route from Northeast Asia, with ties to Paleolithic cultures in Japan.
Oregon State University leads COLDEX, a global effort using radar to search Antarctica for ice over one million years old, mapping hidden landscapes to identify stable regions that preserve Earth’s ancient climate history.
Katie Livermore, an OSU senior and emerging journalist, blends her Ukrainian heritage, storytelling passion, and global experiences to document human impacts of war, culminating in a long-form thesis built on two years of empathetic reporting
OSU’s study abroad program at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México gives pre-vet students hands-on experience by working with local veterinarians. Students gained insight into real-world rural veterinary practice.
OSU’s Nicholas Cramer ’25 blended his geography and Spanish studies during a trip to Lima, creating an interactive story map illustrating how geography, language, socioeconomics intersect, and later presenting it entirely in Spanish.
Andrew Millison, the founder of the Oregon State University Permaculture Program, has recently visited the 8,000-km Great Green Wall in Africa, a project aimed at holding back the spread of the Sahara Desert and boosting food production.
OSU hosted agricultural experts from the Netherlands for an exchange visit sponsored by the Orchard of the Future, strengthening international collaboration on fruit-growing technology.
OSU’s Class of 2025 includes 2,345 online Ecampus graduates from across the U.S. and 20 countries such as Japan, Canada, France and Taiwan, representing the best of Oregon State’s mission to serve learners everywhere.
Anis Mustaffa ’20, M.S. ’25, made Oregon her second home while studying Zoology and Financial Analytics at OSU, representing Malaysian students through the National Assembly of Malaysian Students in America (NAMSA) and staying active in OSU hackathons and campus leadership.
Three Oregon State University students and recent graduates were named finalists for the 2025–2026 Fulbright U.S. Student Program, earning opportunities to conduct research abroad in Nepal, Spain, and the UK, while one alternate may study in Sweden.
The book Aquí Se Habla, created by OSU authors and students, challenges traditional views of Spanish as a "foreign" language in the U.S. by highlighting personal and local experiences of bilingualism and advocating for more inclusive, community-centered language education.
Language specialist Amanda Kha applied strategies from OSU’s multilingual literacy course to support diverse learners, emphasizing that “multilingualism isn’t a barrier—it’s a strength.”
OSU faculty David Bernell and Chad Higgins joined graduate students from Ghana and Nigeria on a visit to the region to demonstrate how agrivoltaics—combining solar panels with agriculture—can help address food and energy challenges in Africa by enabling dual land use for crop production and renewable energy generation.
OSU joined a delegation of 21 universities visiting Vietnam to develop greater academic collaborations between the two countries.
Oregon State University’s College of Forestry hosted two Ukrainian forest scientists as part of
the BridgeUSA Ukrainian Academic Fellows Program.
OSU professor Jamon Van Den Hoek was interviewed on CNN Newsroom to discuss Israel's siege on Gaza and the data he's collected through satellite imagery on damage to the area