A world of research at Oregon State University

Author: Nick Houtman

Nick Houtman is director of research communications at OSU and edits Terra, a world of research and creativity at Oregon State University. He has experience in weekly and daily print journalism and university science writing. A native Californian, he lived in Wisconsin and Maine before arriving in Corvallis in 2005.

Science with a Human Face

Post author By Nick Houtman
Post date October 10, 2017

Science and the liberal arts need each other

Healthy Planet Innovation

Oregon State Earns Record $441 Million in Research Revenues

Post author By Nick Houtman
Post date October 10, 2017

$122 million research vessel grant was OSU’s largest ever

Tags grants, Research Office

Healthy Economy

Life of Beer

Post author By Nick Houtman
Post date October 10, 2017

Tom Shellhammer, professor in fermentation science, is a national expert in the chemistry of hops. (Photo: Jeff Basinger)

Plants and microbes inspire the brewer’s art

Tags beer, College of Agricultural Sciences, Fermentation, Food and Drink, Food Science and Technology

From the Margins to the Center

Post author By Nick Houtman
Post date October 9, 2017

The liberal arts lie at the heart of OSU’s 150-year land grant mission

Tags Anthropology, art, Ethnic Studies, History, Liberal Arts, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Public Policy

Advantage Healthy Economy

Collisions Are Normally To Be Avoided

Post author By Nick Houtman
Post date October 9, 2017

The Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Institute, ATAMI, is located at the HP campus in Corvallis.

But not at ATAMI

Tags Advantage Accelerator, ATAMI, Inpria, technology

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The Great Escape

Post author By Nick Houtman
Post date October 9, 2017

Migration spurred by rising seas could reshape the country

Tags College of Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, maps, Population, Sea level rise, Sustainability