Oregon State University, Geography

06/19/2026

Did you know that Oregon State University’s first Black graduate earned her bachelor’s degree 100 years ago, in 1926?

Carrie Halsell, ’27, went on to earn a master’s degree and build a career in higher education, teaching business courses at South Carolina State University.

Halsell graduated at a time when Black students were not permitted to live on campus at Oregon State. In 2002, the university named Halsell Hall, a residence hall, in honor of this trailblazing alumna and her role in Oregon State history. 🧡🖤



Photo courtesy of the 1927 Beaver yearbook.

06/13/2026

As we get ready to celebrate the Class of 2026 this weekend, get to know this impressive Geography and Geospatial Science and Environmental Sciences graduate. 🎓⭐

Heather Murillo has built her Oregon State experience around a clear – and ambitious – purpose: to learn as much about our planet as possible. “I had always been drawn to nature documentaries as a kid,” she said. Growing up in the Philippines shaped an appreciation for the environment, and H...

05/31/2026

05/22/2026

Snow depth is mapped across mountain watersheds because snowpack is a source of water supply, but full-basin airborne LiDAR maps are expensive and therefore collected infrequently. We ask whether we can “measure less and map more” by collecting snow-depth measurements within a swath across a basin and then using machine learning to estimate snow depth everywhere else.

From: Small, E. E., et al. including M. S. Raleigh. 2026. Measure less, map more: Using machine learning, physiography, and prior depth maps to extrapolate in-swath snow depth measurements across mountain basins. Geophysical Research Letters 53

With 2 km wide swaths, Swath-random forest (RF) estimates basin-wide snow depth with low bias (0.019 m) and RMSE (0.21 m) across 8 basins and 68 dates Using prior full-basin depth maps in trainin...

05/17/2026

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/deepseadawn_esriuc2026-share-7461171112484401152-8r9u?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAAz2Q4BPK6BGTMvgQBzvE2HaeeoM_7c78I

Join Dr. Dawn Wright, professor of geography and oceanography at Oregon State University and Chief Scientist at Esri, along with special guests, for the Science Symposium on Tuesday, July 14. https://ow.ly/ZiLs50Z0orK

05/12/2026

Please join us in Pendleton for free courses on operation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) and applications of data gathered with UAVs
Register today:
Drone Flight School - 5/18 - 5/22 (full days)
UAV Mapping and Modeling (5/25 - 5/27) (full days)
https://dronecenter.colostate.edu/OSU/

05/12/2026

Come with GEOG460 students for a day at GIS In Action, hosted by American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) and GPN-PNW, in Portland.

04/20/2026

Join us in Bend for free courses on operation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) and applications of data gathered with UAVs

Register today:
Drone Flight School - 4/27 - 5/1 (full days)
UAV Mapping and Modeling (5/4 - 5/6) (fulls days)
https://dronecenter.colostate.edu/OSU/

04/08/2026

Current CEOAS students! We have a job for you!

CEOAS is hiring 3 part-time Student Ambassadors to help represent CEOAS at recruitment and student events. You'll welcome prospective students and their families, support campus tours, and share why CEOAS is such a great place to learn. Apply by April 17: beav.es/xEt

Interested in sharing the Earth sciences with K-12 students and the public? We're hiring a Student Outreach Assistant to support and staff outreach events, develop interactive activities and more. Apply by April 13: beav.es/xjs

This recruitment will be used to fill one (1) part-time (a maximum of 24 hours per week) Student Outreach Assistant for the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University (OSU).The College of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences prioritizes sharing our science with K-12....