Glass Half Full (roughly speaking)
The next time you sip a glass of spring water, consider this: Before it got to your lips, that water was soaking through soil, creeping along basalt crevices or flowing through porous volcanic rock....
View ArticleMore Than Machines
Educating tomorrow’s electrical engineers has come to this: Teamwork, creativity and ownership are as important as the principles of theory and design. All get rolled into a box that first-year Oregon...
View ArticleOregon Online
Have you ever tried to imagine how the Willamette Valley will look when your grandchildren are grown? Now you can go beyond imagining. Three visions of the valley’s future are laid out in the...
View ArticleHeady Discovery
Under the rosy glow of deep-red lights, a panel of tasters swirl, sniff and sip mystery beers from dark-red glasses. On rating sheets, they note hints of lemon, straw, tea, smoke, malt, soy, sulfide,...
View ArticleThe Priority of Story
In the modern university, the academic and spiritual quests for understanding appear to be in conflict: the rational versus the mystical. The natural versus the supernatural. The intellectual versus...
View ArticleGreat Blue Engine
The ocean shimmers to the curved rim of the Earth. Pressing her face against the jetliner window, Dawn Wright scans the azure expanse for a glimpse of her destination, a tiny volcanic archipelago that...
View ArticleDreaming of Hurricanes
When Kim Johnson was 8 years old, she would race through her school work so she could watch the Weather Channel. Her favorite show was “Weather in the Classroom,” and Johnson was in love with the...
View ArticleFound in Translation
Words and language have always fascinated Michael Goodman. Growing up in Florence, Oregon, he liked tracing the roots of words that most of us take for granted, and at Oregon State University, he has...
View ArticleCyberforest Unplugged
Brian Wilson sorts through tangled wires to isolate a soil moisture sensor at the Andrews Forest. (Photo: Lina DiGregorio) The science of mountain airsheds requires a strong back as well as a sharp...
View ArticleCaring for the Caregivers
The typical middle-aged woman takes care of everybody in her household except one — herself. The consequences of this benevolent self-neglect can be dire: chronic disease, even death. Even the...
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