Connecting Children Worldwide
Computer science majors Justin Gallardo and Michael Burns log countless hours in OSU's Open Source Lab, writing free software programs to power the children's laptops created by the One Laptop Per Child program. This international venture is bringing low-cost laptops to children in developing nations.
"It's exciting to work in a place where people can bring so many different areas of expertise to bear on complex challenges in the marine environment."
Markus Horning, an expert on seals and animal tracking technology, recently joined the OSU Marine Mammal Institute.
Building Bone Health—For Life
With support from the National Institutes of Health, the OSU Bone Research Laboratory in the College of Health and Human Sciences is conducting a long-term study on how high-impact exercises could have a lasting effect on children's bone mass, potentially preventing bone thinning and fractures later in life.
Creating Pathways to College
The Science & Math Investigative Learning Experiences Program (SMILE) functions as a "pipeline" from fourth grade to post-secondary education for students from Oregon's rural, educationally under served communities. An impressive 91 percent of four-year SMILE participants graduate from high school.
