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Community Engagement
Stay informed about OSU College of Health's community engagement initiatives through news and stories highlighting Extension programs, research impact, and collaborative partnerships that promote health, well-being, and equity across Oregon communities.
Explore how the College of Public Health and Human Sciences responded to COVID-19 through community testing, research, and student-led initiatives like the TRACE project and Surge Bench.
Pat Hahn's leadership at OSU's Team Oregon program has notably advanced motorcycle safety education, reducing injuries and positively impacting public health.
OSU Sherman County Extension and Sherman County Senior Center will be partnering this fall, for the first time, to bring nutrition and wellness programs to the center in Moro.
Oregon State University faculty serving in the OSU Extension Service’s Family and Community Health (FCH) program in the CPHHS received awards from the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS), a professional organization for Extension FCH faculty and staff.
OSU Extension's bilingual 4-H program delivers monthly STEAM activity boxes to families, helping Latino students explore science, engineering, and math at home with hands-on experiments.
OSU Extension and SPOON offer free 'Nourished and Thriving Children' course teaching trauma-informed feeding strategies for foster families and caregivers.
Oregon State Extension partners with FoodCorps to combat food insecurity affecting 14.3% of Klamath County residents through school-based nutrition programs.
Jared Hibbard-Swanson joins OSU Extension as inaugural food security and safety program manager, bringing food access advocacy and community education expertise.
Fewer than half of K-12 PE teachers use high-quality instruction with disabled students, study finds
Study reveals only 48% of K-12 PE teachers use all recommended practices for teaching disabled students, despite high qualification rates. Research shows training makes a crucial difference.
More than a year after wildfires devastated Oregon's Santiam Canyon in 2020, an Oregon State University Community Health Impact Assessment reveals residents struggling with housing shortages, government bureaucracy, environmental health concerns, and ongoing trauma.
Pollutants in drinking water often can't be identified by sight or smell alone. OSU College of Public Health experts share how to test for contaminants like arsenic, nitrate, and lead through the university's Well Water Program.
Kinesiology alumna Samantha Ross shares how she's transforming lives as a WVU professor, combining inclusive physical activity with community health promotion for people with disabilities.