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Student Research

Solar Car Race Offers Gold Standard Learning in Abu Dhabi

In January, nine OSU students took a solar car they built to the United Arab Emirates to participate in the Abu Dhabi Solar Challenge, a four-day, 1,200 kilometer race.

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Earth Healthy Planet

When Will the Rains Come?

Researchers at the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences are trying to improve our ability to forecast a phenomenon known as the Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO).

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Healthy Planet

Where Rivers Run in the Human Heart

Kurt Fausch looked the part of a lifelong field researcher, his casual, earth-toned clothes hanging loose and comfortable on his long, lanky frame. But he was about to reveal his alter ego as a philosopher of wild waters.

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Healthy Planet Marine Studies Initiative Student Research

Understanding Tropical Reefs

If a last-minute decision led McMinds to Miami where he fell for corals, it was fate that brought him back to Oregon State.

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Healthy People

Toward Optimal Health

On a lonely planet beset by toxic chemicals, animal-to-human infections, cancers of all kinds, rampant obesity and a looming Centenarian Boom, the “One Health” concept just makes sense

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Healthy People

Child Obesity

Exercisers outperform couch potatoes in long-term memory, reasoning, attention, and problem-solving tasks.” — John Medina, Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving  and Thriving at Work,  Home, and School.