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.

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A Culture of Engagement

Vital work in a 21st century land grant university

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Rock ‘n’ Roll

The whole-body-vibration motion platform in Assistant Professor Jay Kim's lab at Oregon State University. (Photo: Theresa Hogue)

Jay Kim aims to improve health for drivers and equipment operators

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Medicine and the State

Students and spectators line the room during an 18th century dissection of a cadaver. Such demonstrations were commonly used to teach anatomy at universities.

Historians shed light on science, illness and government

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Ready to Launch

Linn-Benton and OSU students get ready to launch a high-altitude balloon in preparation for the total solar eclipse on August 21. (Photo: Evan Schreiber)

OSU and LBCC students will send a balloon to the edge of space

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Beacons of Light

Gamma ray bursts reveal cosmic secrets

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Healthy Planet Student Research

Star Pilot

Ben Lester is building this drone for a powerline inspection project with Bonneville Power. (Photo: Jen Pywell)

Student flies drones for research