by The Beaver Caucus | May 25, 2016 | News
By Hari Sreenivasan A small community in Southeast Oregon was thrown into the national spotlight earlier this year when several dozen armed occupiers took control of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, leading to a month-long standoff with law enforcement. They were...
by The Beaver Caucus | May 23, 2016 | News
By Aaron Morrison It’s hard enough to find a “plus one” for last-minute events. Imagine what it’s like if, when nature calls, you’re looking for someone to accompany you to the restroom. Transgender students at Oregon State University may...
by The Beaver Caucus | May 23, 2016 | News
By Anthony Rimel Rockets. Race cars. Graduation caps with solar-powered fans mounted on them. And there was more: Canoes made from cement. A Web service for finding people for pick-up sports games. Camera systems for unmanned aircraft. Water purification systems....
by The Beaver Caucus | May 22, 2016 | News
Lee Cowan reports: New residential towers – super-high and rail-thin – are on the rise and changing big city skylines one expensive condo at a time. Cross Laminated Timber, a product studied and tested at Oregon State University, is the focus of future...
by The Beaver Caucus | May 17, 2016 | News
At a newly renovated plant in Riddle, Ore., workers glue together boards harvested from nearby forests, where Douglas fir has grown for thousands of years, and feed the resulting 10-by-30-foot panels into a pneumatic press. What comes out three hours later, their boss...