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The Magazine: Fall 2025

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Oregon Stater magazine cover featuring an orange background and a playful food-science experiment setup, including a dripping honey bear bottle, an ice cream cone with caramel and a cherry, a martini glass filled with olives, a red liquid in a lab beaker, and a magnifying glass focusing on a strawberry. The cover reads “The Food Issue – YUM!” and highlights stories on engineering the perfect pint and one professor’s recipe for connection. Winter 2026.

Winter 2026

Cover of the Fall 2025 issue of *Oregon Stater* magazine with the bold headline “FANS!” surrounded by a colorful collage of vintage Oregon State buttons and pins. Smaller cover lines highlight stories on President Murthy and research funding, and an article titled “How Not to Cut Off Your Finger.”

Fall 2025

Spring 2025 cover of Stater with robots holding letters

Spring 2025

The front cover of the Winter 25 Stater with underwater salmon on the cover.

Winter 2025

Cover of the Fall Stater 24 with an image of smiley face in the forest.

Fall 2024

The cover of the spring Stater 24 with and image of Benny and Bernice beavers together.

Spring 2024

The cover of the Winter 25 state with a shark on the cover.

Winter 2024

Image of the fall Stater 23 with the image of Benny's traditional illustrated head.

Fall 2023

Spring 2023 Stater cover

Spring 2023

Winter 2023 Stater cover

Winter 2023

Features

Illustration with beaver figuring holding a duck by its neck. Text says

Super Fans!Oregon State Beaver Believers taking fandom to the next level.

By Scholle McFarland

Illustration of baseball players with contract papers, money symbols, and dollar bills, representing sports and finances.

For Love or MoneyFrom “Pay to Play” to the Transfer Portal, Alumni Student-Athletes Reflect on the College Sports SHAKE-UP.

By Kip Carlson

The Quad

The research vessel Western Flyer on the water near rocky coastal cliffs.

Where Science Meets StorySteinbeck’s Western Flyer sails the Sea of Cortez once again.

By Nancy Steinberg

llustration of two faces, one blue and one green, with a chaotic tangle of multicolored lines between them representing miscommunication.

Difficult Dialogues New initiatives help students learn how to talk through heated topics.

By Katherine Cusumano, MFA ’24

Airport interior with tall green trees, wooden slatted ceiling, and directional signs above an escalator.

Into the WoodsHow OSU helped put timber at the focus of the new PDX terminal.

By Siobhan Murray

Our Community

Smiling man in a blue shirt standing in a workshop beside a SawStop table saw and other tools.

Smiling man in a blue shirt standing in a workshop beside a SawStop table saw and other tools.

How Not to Cut Off Your FingerAlumnus Steve Gass’ quest to make table saws safer.

By Katherine Cusumano, MFA ’24

Oregon State baseball team lined up on the field in black OSU jerseys and white pants, greeting each other before a game.

The High-Five LineBehind an Oregon State baseball tradition.

By Kerry Eggers, ’75

Smiling woman with long dark hair and glasses sitting in a classroom with peace sign artwork on the wall behind her.

Alumni NewsFall 2025

Edited by Scholle McFarland

Sights + Sounds

Oregon State baseball players in black jerseys and white pants celebrating on the field as fans cheer in the background.

Diamond Dreams

More

Forested hillside with Mount Hood’s snow-covered peak visible in the distance.

An Emerald Classroom

By Cora Lasson

Researchers in lab coats working at a laboratory bench, with one person holding up a flask while another observes.

OSU’s Impact Felt Across the State

By Misty Edgecomb

Close-up of a bee hovering near purple wildflowers in soft golden light.

A Dose of Nature

By Steve Lundeberg

Young woman working with materials in a workshop, with another person operating equipment in the background.

Class Crafted

By Colin Bowyer

Illustration of a cheering crowd in orange and black, raising their hands toward OSU’s Benny Beaver mascot on stage.

From The Editor

What It Means to Be a Fan

By Scholle McFarland

Abstract illustration of a person pointing at a board while another large face-like figure observes, set against an orange background.

From The Publisher

Teachers Who Never Leave Us

By John Valva

Smiling woman in academic regalia shaking hands with a man in a white military uniform.

Why Science Matters

As told to Scholle McFarland

A series of 6 headshots on a grid

Diving Into the Unexpected

By Oregon Stater Staff

Students walking past a brick building on campus surrounded by trees with autumn leaves.

Beaver Brags & Briefs Fall 2025

By Oregon Stater Staff

Abstract 3D sculpture made of shimmering metallic and crystal-like fragments forming a circular, twisting shape against a dark background.

PRAx Announces New Season

By Molly Rosbach

Grid image of four book covers

Books by Beavers Fall 2025

By Oregon Stater Staff

Illustration of circuit board

AI Everywhere – Letters Fall 2025

By Oregon Stater Staff

Three headshots of the OSU Changemakers

The 2025 Changemakers

By Oregon Stater Staff

Oregon State gymnast celebrating with a coach after a vault routine in front of a cheering crowd.

In Memoriam Fall 2025

Edited by Scholle McFarland

Group of students wearing orange Homecoming Court sashes posing with Oregon State’s Bernice Beaver mascot.

Alumni Happenings Fall 2025

By Oregon Stater Staff

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