Fighting a war of independence should be turmoil enough for a small country, but in 1970, the people of Bangladesh also had to deal with a deadly cholera outbreak.
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A Preventable Disaster
Author: Dylan McDowell
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Learning to Fly
For many first-year college students, going to a new school represents “leaving the nest.” They are now responsible for housing, bills and their own education. But according to Heidi Igarashi , a research assistant at Oregon State University, most are still in their parents’ nest and will be for several more years.
For many people, yoga is a form of relaxation. But in India, the birthplace of the exercise, yoga is beginning to stretch beyond the boundaries of one’s self and into the ecological realm. A new movement called “Green Yoga” encourages men and women who practice yoga — called yogis and yoginis — to strive for bettering their environment.
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Fishing for Facts in Guyana
For two weeks in 2011, dawn signaled the beginning of another day of fish sampling for Oregon State University professor Brian Sidlauskas and his small team of colleagues and graduate students. Their camp was wedged within a mountainous area of northern South America called the Guyana Shield.
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Leave it to the beavers
It’s on the Oregon state flag and a symbol for Oregon State University: the North American beaver. But how much do you really know about these semi-aquatic mammals? Likely, not a lot.
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Dirt, dung and discovery
Clinton Epps, Lauren Gwin and students from Tanzania’s Sokoine University battled intense heat and thieves who attempted to steal their research equipment. At every community, they stopped to meet with local officials and hire guides. They weren’t about to be deterred.