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da Vinci Days 2013: Stories from the Edge of Science

Leonardo da Vinci combined the practical and the beautiful, the mechanical and artistic. At the 2013 da Vinci Days festival in Corvallis, Oregon State University scientists, engineers and mathematicians shared their journeys under Antarctic sea ice, to an African village, to Mars and through a mathematical landscape.

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Healthy People Innovation

Online and Face-to-Face

The hallowed “sage on the stage” tradition is giving way to a more interactive process leavened by Wi-Fi and the Web.

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Healthy Economy Innovation

Seeing the Light

Oregon scientists and startups have joined forces to create the next generation of “Low-E” window technology.

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Healthy Economy Innovation

Balancing Work and Family

Babies don’t wait for you to get your master’s degree. They arrive on their own schedules and change your life. Drew Arnold learned that lesson when he became a father. He also found that sleep comes in a distant third to family and education.

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Advantage Healthy Economy Innovation

OSU Advantage: Sustainable Semis

Trucking companies are looking for new ways to cut fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. A partnership between Oregon State and Daimler is making inroads

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Healthy Planet Innovation

Sea Trio

Oregon State has been designated by the NSF as the lead institution for the design, building and launching of as many as three state-of-the-art research vessels.