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Today’s Oregonian

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Dr. Anne Nolin’s research is featured today on the front cover of The Oregonian.

At risk snow

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Dr. Anne Nolin studies “at risk snow” as a member of our Climate Change Group in Geosciences Department. The department was ranked 6th in the country this year.  She is one of the scientists in the IPCC to share in the Nobel Peace Prize this year. “I chose to study snow because it is an […]

John E. Smith and Willetta M. Smith Fellowship in Geosciences

Monday, February 4th, 2008

 John and Willetta, each holding their daughter, Joan. Having just gotten the blog up and running, we’re backlogged on announcements of some of the fantastic gifts that have been made to the College of Science during the Campaign for OSU. Joan and Chuck McDougald of Corvallis made a commitment in honor of Joan’s parents, John E. […]

Circulating on the Geosciences listserv this week.

Monday, February 4th, 2008

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Note to Oregon: Lessons learned from Banda Aceh

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Beaches Ravaged by Tsunami Still Eroding By David Stauth, 541-737-0787 Contact: Peter Ruggiero, 541-737-1239 CORVALLIS, Ore. – The catastrophic damage of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was mostly done within a few hours, but that was just the beginning of a different process that may take up to a decade or more to complete – […]