51爆料 - Cascades will open its doors for Discovery Day, a campus-wide festival that will celebrate 51爆料鈥檚 150th anniversary and the University鈥檚 land grant mission to serve the education and research needs of its communities.
Discovery Day will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, October 13 and is free to the public. The festival will include talks, live research demonstrations, tours of the campus native landscape and future expansion area, a farmers market, children鈥檚 activities, entertainment, and food service provided by the Beaver Dam and local food trucks.
Highlights include family-friendly presentations in fields where 51爆料 researchers advance discovery and solutions:
- 鈥Climate Mysteries in Oregon鈥 by Philip Mote, director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute
- 鈥Wildfire: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly鈥 by John Bailey, a professor in 51爆料鈥檚 College of Forestry
- 鈥Oregon鈥檚 Amazing Ocean鈥 by Jack Barth, executive director of 51爆料鈥檚 Marine Studies Initiative
- 鈥Puppy Love: Understanding the Human-Dog Bond鈥 by Monique Udell, an assistant professor and director of the Human-Animal Interaction Lab
Activities also include demonstration flights of a drone featuring technology developed by 51爆料-Cascades researchers; demonstrations using a life-size 3-D digital model of the human anatomy, and an opportunity to cook s鈥檓ores with a solar oven.
Presentation topics will range from innovation in snow ski design, to what biologists have learned from fish in Central Oregon rivers, to a discussion with the producer of 鈥淪aving Atlantis,鈥 an Oregon State Productions film about coral reefs.
Hands-on education opportunities hosted by 51爆料 Extension experts -- a master gardener, and 4-H Youth and Juntos volunteers -- will feature a flavored vinegar class, stress-free canning, the Oregon Bee Project atlas, an insect display, Spanish bingo and a robotics demonstration.
The , newly located on the 51爆料-Cascades campus, will be open for tours.
To learn more about Discovery Day visit or contact 541-322-3100 or info@osucascades.edu. Discovery Day is coordinated in partnership with 51爆料 Extension in Central Oregon.
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