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Jayathi Murthy pictured in the Student Experience Center Plaza on June 7, 2022 during a reception for her being selected to be Oregon State University's 16th president.

President Murthy to co-host International Women’s Day celebration

Max Loew, News Contributor
March 6, 2024

Oregon State University community members can join President Jayathi Murthy and the university’s female leaders in celebrating International Women’s Day, as they honor all women who keep OSU running. On...

Carissa O’Donnell (left) and Joe Page.

Legislative politics of the PAC-12 realignment

Riley LeCocq, Senior Reporter
November 16, 2023

One day Corvallis is known as the best college town in the PAC-12, the next the PAC-10, then the PAC-4, and now… the PAC-2.  The end of July and early August 2023 brought rapid news of what has been...

How the collapse of the PAC-12 will affect non-football fans

How the collapse of the PAC-12 will affect non-football fans

Mason Kenneally, Sports Columnist
October 4, 2023

College football is uniquely popular in the U.S. but to fully understand the collapse of the PAC-12 a rare and niche knowledge of athletics is required. It is my aim to familiarize those who might not...

Affirmative action ruling will not affect Oregon State University admissions’ decision making

Affirmative action ruling will not affect Oregon State University admissions’ decision making

Katie Livermore, News Reporter
June 30, 2023

After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling to ban race-based decisions in college admissions on July 29, Oregon State University officials confirmed the Affirmative Action ruling will have no effect on the admissions...

Computer science student Sweta Kashwha paints a lantern during the International Student Open House held by ASOSU in the Memorial Union on Wednesday. The open house was held to welcome all international students to the campus.

OSU annual International Education Week underway

Skand S., News Contributor
November 16, 2022

Oregon State University commenced its annual International Education Week this Monday with events organized by eleven campus organizations.  According to the IEW webpage, the week of events is...

A rendered aerial view of the Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang Collaborative Innovation Complex to be built on the north end of OSU's campus near SW Memorial Place and Monroe St.

Oregon State University’s second philanthropic campaign raises one billion dollars

The Baro Staff
October 14, 2022

One billion dollars—a year’s in-state tuition at Oregon State University for over 80 thousand students—have already been committed by over 56,000 donors during OSU’s second philanthropic campaign. OSU’s...

Jayathi Murthy pictured in the Student Experience Center Plaza on June 7, 2022 during a reception for her being selected to be Oregon State University's 16th president.

Jayathi Murthy selected as OSU’s 16th president

Murthy will begin in September as the university’s first female president and first president of color
Adriana Gutierrez, Copy Editor
June 7, 2022

Jayathi Y. Murthy, previous dean of Engineering at University of California, Los Angeles, has officially been selected as Oregon State University’s next president, taking over for interim President Becky...

Oregon State University presidential candidates Jayathi Y. Murthy (left) and Charles R. Martinez. Murthy and Martinez are finalist candidates running for the position of OSU's next president, and the winner will be selected either on June 3 or June 7.

Two candidates selected as finalists for OSU’s presidential search

Adriana Gutierrez, Editor-in-Chief
May 27, 2022

Two finalists for Oregon State University’s presidential search have been selected and will meet with community members in various formats until the official President is announced on either June 3 or...

Oregon State University Interim President Rebecca Johnson sits alongside VP Patricia Bedient at a Board of Trustees meeting in the Memorial Union Horizon Room on April 8 that discussed tuition increases. Johnson has served as the interim president at OSU since former President F. King Alexander resigned last spring, but the board announced on May 20 the two finalist candidates for the next OSU president.

Board of Trustees announces OSU presidential finalist candidates

Emma Coke, News Contributor
May 20, 2022

Oregon State University’s Board of Trustees announced the finalists for the university’s next president in a public meeting on May 20. Community members can meet both finalists in forums happening...

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