Collected Curiosities
In the spirit of the Halloween season, Peter Konstantinidis, curator of vertebrate collections at Oregon State University, takes us on a tour of deep-sea fish—and a few scare-inducing mammals and other…
Station Profile: Fruitful Innovation
Founded in 1913, the Mid-Columbia Agricultural Research and Extension Center continues to play an integral role in the success of Oregon’s “fruit basket.” By Chris Branam In 1905, Oregon Agricultural…
Oregon’s Land-Grant Legacy Timeline
In 1862, at the height of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln signed the law that created the nation’s first land-grant colleges. This is the story of Oregon’s land-grant university and…
In Search of the Granted Land
In preparing for the 150th anniversary of Oregon’s land grant university, we found ourselves wondering: where’s the land that was granted? Like many people, we’d assumed that the land that…