Fossils preserved in Dominican amber reveal a new family, genus and species of microinvertebrate from the mid-Tertiary period, a discovery that shows unique lineages of the tiny creatures were living 30 million years ago. The findings by George Poinar Jr. of the Oregon State University College of Science give a rare look at a heretofore
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A $500,000 gift from Ken and Celia Austin is kick-starting fundraising for a device to deliver radiation treatment to animals at Oregon State University’s Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine. The instrument, known as a linear accelerator, will expand treatment options for animals with cancer at the college’s Lois Bates Acheson Teaching Hospital. At this time,
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Redmond School District’s StepUp Program has received a $40,000 donation from City Center Church to fund a school playground. StepUP serves students from ages kindergarten through 21 in a diverse set of programs. These include StepUP Transition, NextSTEPS and social-emotional learning programs for students K-12. The program is based at the Edwin Brown Education Center,
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Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission, the Oregon Department of Education and participating partners announced Thursday the recent launch of the FAFSA/ORSAA Challenge, a statewide initiative aimed to help students in Oregon’s high school Class of 2020 to afford and achieve their college and career goals. The FAFSA/ORSAA Challenge goal is to increase the statewide rate
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Oregon State University’s Global Hemp Innovation Center has received a $1 million gift to explore hemp genomics, research that can grow understanding of how hemp may be used in health and nutrition products, textiles and construction materials. The gift to the OSU Foundation was provided by Oregon CBD, a hemp seed research and development company.
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Aimed at preventing the “summer slide,” Kiwanis Summer School in Prineville achieved that goal for a sixth straight year. “After viewing the results from our Kiwanis Summer School classrooms, it is apparent that the vast majority of students improved over the summer in both reading and math,” reported Crook County School District Curriculum Director Stacy
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(Update: Adding SEIU statement) Bargaining teams from Oregon’s seven public universities and the union representing about 4,500 classified employees reached a tentative agreement early Saturday morning on a two-year labor contract, averting next week’s planned strike. The settlement averted a strike action by the Service Employees International Union that would have started on Monday, the
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(Update: Redmond Proficiency Academy also was in lockout; threat-related closure ends at Lake County SD after 3 days) A man seen open-carrying a handgun in a holster and walking down the street near Redmond High School prompted a brief, precautionary lockout at three area schools Thursday morning, officials said. An email sent to parents said
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“What’s your favorite thing that begins with the letter W?” The teen reads aloud the question from her Chat Pack card. “Honestly, it’s water. I have a serious obsession with water,” she told her classmates. “That’s a healthy thing,” her teacher responded. “Your body is made up of water, so you’re probably going to enhance
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Bola Gbadebo speaks with Redmond firearms training business, OSU professors tracking the changes CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Gun manufacturers are appealing to women as “serious students” of firearms in their advertising – a shift in strategy over the last two decades that may be contributing to increased gun sales, a new study from three Oregon
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George Fox University in Newberg says it’s seeing success with its program to help more people train to earn a degree, obtain a license and become badly needed teachers at schools across the state, including in Central Oregon.
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Gov. Kate Brown announced Thursday that she has dedicated $3.3 million in federal dollars for school safety and violence prevention throughout Oregon.
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Oregon State University’s trustees on Tuesday accepted the resignation of university President F. King Alexander. They concluded he was unable to rebuild trust at the school because of his role in the mishandling of sexual misconduct cases during his tenure at LSU.
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The Bend-La Pine School Board voted unanimously Tuesday evening to pick Dr. Steve Cook as the district’s next superintendent. Cook, currently superintendent at Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene School District, will begin on July 1, succeeding Interim Superintendent Lora Nordquist.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-La Pine Schools officials told families in a message Thursday afternoon that they will extend the school year by two days to compensate for lost instructional time due to two snow-related closures during last month’s storms. “We will have school on Monday, June 17, and Tuesday, June 18,” the message stated. In
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At Bend’s OSU-Cascades Campus, there are plans to further expand academic programs into more fields of endeavors. But the school is also urging lawmakers to provide state funding for a new building, which was not in Gov. Tina Kotek’s recently announced budget proposal.
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Educating students is the main goal for public schools, but for Redmond School District Superintendent Charan Cline, keeping them safe and secure is the highest priority.
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Aiming to fill a big need in providing much-needed child care, the Bend Park and Recreation District said Monday it is teaming up with education partners to provide area students new scholarship and employment opportunities in BPRD’s Kids Inc after-school care program.
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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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The University of Oregon is reporting that dozens of students have tested positive for COVID-19.
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