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After 40 years, new fish species in OSU Ichthyology Collection named by students on Guam
-Apr 19, 2021
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Four decades after their capture more than a half-mile below the ocean’s surface, three snailfish species have received their scientific names, two of them from school children on Guam in the island’s native Chamorro language.
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Efforts to reduce opioid prescriptions may be hindering end-of-life pain management
-Apr 19, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. – Policies designed to prevent the misuse of opioids may have the unintended side effect of limiting access to the pain-relieving drugs by terminally ill patients nearing the end of their life, new research led by the Oregon State University College of Pharmacy suggests.
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Artist, author, teacher and mentor Lynda Barry to receive OSU’s Stone Award April 29
-Apr 19, 2021
Cartoonist, author and teacher Lynda Barry will deliver a virtual reading at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 29, as the 2021 recipient of Oregon State University’s Stone Award for Literary Achievement.
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Oregon State Board of Trustees names Becky Johnson interim president
-Apr 16, 2021
The Oregon State University Board of Trustees on Friday voted unanimously to name Rebecca “Becky” Johnson as the university’s interim president.
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Rural-urban divide compounds racial disparities in COVID-19 deaths, study finds
-Apr 15, 2021
While Black, Hispanic, Latino, Indigenous, Asian and Pacific Islander people are more likely to die of COVID-19 than white people nationwide, a recent study from Oregon State University found the risk was even greater for racial and ethnic minority groups living in rural areas compared with urban areas.
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