Oregon State University

Oregon State University to require COVID booster

By SARA CLINEDecember 28, 2021 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As the omicron variant causes a rise in coronavirus cases, officials from Oregon State University announced Tuesday the school will be joining the growing list of universities and colleges where students, staff and faculty will be required to get a COVID-19 booster shot.

Oregon State University ‘likely’ will require COVID boosters

December 22, 2021 GMT

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State University says it will “likely” require students and employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot.

Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the school has already mandated the initial doses of the vaccine.

Record number of students enroll at Oregon State University

November 10, 2021 GMT

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State University says it has a record number of students enrolled this fall, meaning it continues to be the state’s largest university, with 34,108 students enrolled.

Oregon State researcher suspected of sex crimes in Virginia

October 24, 2021 GMT

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon State University faculty researcher has been arrested on suspicion of sex crimes allegedly committed in Virginia.

The Corvallis Gazette-Times reports that 66-year-old Brett Tyler was booked into Benton County Jail on Thursday, Oct.

Oregon State University drafts presidential search timeline

October 9, 2021 GMT

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State University’s Board of Trustees staff outlined a preliminary plan on Friday to have a new president chosen by May 2022.

The board is hoping to manage a process and presidential hire that can build trust after a scandal forced out the previous president of Oregon’s largest university, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.

Oregon State, Portland State to require COVID-19 vaccines

May 5, 2021 GMT

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State University has announced that it will require COVID-19 vaccinations before the fall term.

The university in Corvallis said Tuesday students and employees who study and work onsite at the university’s locations must be vaccinated...

Oregon State student representative faces felony hate crime

February 1, 2018 GMT

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon State University student faces felony charges after police say he stuck racist bumper stickers on cars that belonged to members of a group called Showing Up for Racial Justice...

Filling the gaps with student tuition

From The (Albany) Democrat-HeraldMarch 11, 2017 GMT

As state support has waned over the years for Oregon's public universities, students have filled the gap by paying more and more and more in tuition.

And it looks as if that's going to happen yet again, as lawmakers grapple with a $1.6 billion shortfall that could leave the state's public universities and colleges millions short of what education officials believe those institutions will need.

3 universities share large new medical building

By STEVEN DUBOISJune 26, 2014 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The largest academic building in Oregon opened Thursday with Dr. Joe Robertson, the president of Oregon Health & Science University, telling the assembled crowd to look above at the gleaming, modern structure and out toward the new car-free, cable-stayed bridge crossing the Willamette River.