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Healthy People Student Research

Bioengineering Students Jump-start Their Careers

A team effort to find a new way to treat sepsis has provided myriad hands-on opportunities for undergraduate and graduate bioengineering students at Oregon State. They’ve made vital contributions to the research and advanced their careers.

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Student Research

Future Doctors

Students studying genetic properties of a fungal species hope to use their knowledge in medical careers.

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Healthy People Inquiry Student Research

Delving Into Censorship

The past seemed familiar to Matthew Schuck when he began scouring the Valley Library Archives for clues to censorship during WWI.

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Earth Healthy Planet Student Research

Taking the Measure of Seals and Those Who Study Them

In Antarctica, when you sedate a 1,000-pound Weddell seal, it can take a while for the animal to settle down.

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Healthy Economy Innovation Student Research

The Gas Track

For an undergraduate, Josh Tibbitts faced an unusual problem last winter: where to find a source of high-pressure natural gas for a new research lab. We’re not talking about double or triple the pressure that produces the blue flame in your furnace or a kitchen stove — typically less than one-quarter of a pound per square inch (PSI). Tibbitts needed to find a supply at 2,000 PSI.

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Healthy Planet Stewardship Student Research

Shoring Up Our Coasts

As a scholar in environmental communications, Miriah Russo Kelly is digging into the interpersonal dynamics of collaboration and cooperation among people who may share little in common except locale — fishermen and hotel managers, loggers and grocers, political leaders and homeowners, climate scientists and climate skeptics.