College of Forestry

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Implementation Plan Principles

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New Professor Opportunity

• The College of Forestry seeks internal applicants for the following endowed professor position. More information.

College of Forestry
New Leadership

• Brenda McComb, Head, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society
• Thomas Maness, Head, Department of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management

Strategic Vision Report to the Dean - Final

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Contributing to Oregon's Economy, Environment and Citizens

• College of Forestry Annual Report of Accomplishments to the Provost for Academic Year 2008-09

The Capital Campaign: The College of Forestry

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News

• Forest Engineer Dr. Marvin Pyles Named to Endowed Chair: Knudson Chair of Forestry.
• Tom McLain named Distinguished Service Award from the Society of Wood Science and Technology at their recent annual meeting in Boise, Idaho
• Silviculture Expert Dr. Doug Maguire Named to Endowed Professorship: N.B. and Jacqueline Giustina Professor of Forest Management

• Loss of top predators causing surge in smaller predators, ecosystem collapse
• Riparian zones recover quickly after fire, need little management
• "Green" construction often secondary to cost, building codes
• Ripple receives national honor from Defenders of Wildlife

Highlights

• Steven Running, Professor/Director, Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group (NTSG), College of Forestry & Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT. and 2007 Nobel Peace Prize as a member of the ICCP (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), visited the college on October 30. Video from his lecture How a Tree Physiologist Became a Rocket Scientist is now available.



• New for 2009: The College of Forestry now offers the Peace Corps Master’s International Program in Forestry
  
  
• Study Abroad: Scandinavia Experience This study abroad experience focuses on natural resources management and climate change with a heavy concentration on energy issues. Forestry, agriculture, and aquaculture issues will also be investigated. The Experience includes sites in Finland, Sweden and Norway. Explore the website for an overview.
  
  
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Upcoming Events

• Metrology of Cellulose Nanocrystals
  
  Tuesday, November 17, 2009 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  

  Seminar by Dr. Robert J. Moon , Forest Products Laboratory, US Forest Service, School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University.

  Emerging cellulose-based technologies offer potential development of materials with a wide range of new properties that have applications in products once considered improbable with biobased materials (wood, plant, etc.). Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) are a newly-appreciated class of nanomaterials that offer a unique "building block" on which a new biopolymer composites industry can be based.

• The Forests of Taiwan: New opportunities for biomass utilization
  
  Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  
  Join Dr. Yu-jen Lin as he discusses the history of Taiwan's forests, and his research on bamboo as a potential biomass resource.

• 2009 Starker Lecture Series
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  Fall dates TBA
  
  
  
• Homecoming Celebration
• OSU Homecoming Fernhopper BBQ
  October 31, 2009
  10:00am - 12:30pm
  Richardson Hatfield Courtyard
  http://fernhopper.forestry.oregonstate.edu