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Mazama newt research by SOU Ashland students

SOU students help protect Crater Lake’s rare Mazama newts

Southern Oregon University students are helping National Park Service and the Oregon Zoo in a joint project to address a growing ecological threat at Crater Lake National Park, where invasive signal crayfish have contributed to a sharp decline in the lake’s only native amphibian, the Mazama newt. The conservation project combines student research, habitat assessment […]

Preschool "sets" built by SOU Ashland Theatre students
Ed Battistella, SOU Ashland emeritus professor
Resilience summit with SOU Ashland presentation

SOU Campus News

Ed Battistella, SOU Ashland emeritus professor
Resilience summit with SOU Ashland presentation
Survey seeks input from SOU Ashland

Academic Stories

Mazama newt research by SOU Ashland students
Preschool "sets" built by SOU Ashland Theatre students
Cybersecurity student Elliot Glenn of SOU Ashland

Alumni Spotlight

SOU Ashland Distinguished Alumni award winner Brant Hoskins
SOU grad's Cold Connect cooler keeps vaccines cool
New SOU Ashland program in Ghana funded by Matt and Ella Essieh.
SOU Ashland alumni awards recipients

Student Life

Cybersecurity student Elliot Glenn of SOU Ashland
SOU Ashland's CRL Student Fellows program,
SOU Ashland in wellbeing collaborative
Karen Lopez Villanueva appointed to SOU Ashland board

SOU in the Arts

Preschool "sets" built by SOU Ashland Theatre students
Digital Cinema at SOU Ashland
Creative Industries will be consolidated at SOU Ashland
SOU Ashland graduate Thilini Dissanyake stars in "Earnest" at OSF

Awards & Recognitions

SOU Ashland Distinguished Alumni award winner Brant Hoskins
JPR at SOU Ashland
SOU students win poster presentation at symposium for high performance computing
Student worker appreciation at SOU Ashland

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