Linus Pauling Institute

06/17/2026

When you support student fellowships at our Institute, your impact reaches far beyond our campus walls.

We are proud to spotlight two of our 2026-2027 Student Research Fellowship awardees, Sima Ziyaee and Daniel Simchuk. Using flexible travel funds awarded by the Institute, both students recently traveled to the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS)'s annual conference. Mass spectrometry is an advanced laboratory technology critical to our ongoing nutrition and metabolic research.

Stepping onto a national stage to present data, receive peer feedback, and network with leading global experts is an important experience for early-career scientists. Sima reached out to share how much the experience energized her work, noting that face-to-face discussions with pioneers in her field have already brought fresh perspectives to her dissertation research back home.

Opportunities like these are made possible through competitive, donor-supported institutional funds. Please join us in celebrating Sima and Daniel's hard work and dedication!

Meet our full class of 2026 student fellows and learn more about their research projects: https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/research-insider/2026-student-research-fellowship-awards

06/09/2026

Please join us in celebrating a major milestone for our Institute! Our Director, Dr. Emily Ho, has been named a 2026 Excellence in Nutrition Fellow by the American Society for Nutrition.

This prestigious fellowship recognizes Dr. Ho’s career dedicated to transforming public health through rigorous nutrition science and research. Congratulations as well to the rest of the 2026 class of Excellence in Nutrition Fellows: https://nutrition.org/2026-excellence-in-nutrition-fellows/

We are incredibly proud to learn from and work alongside Emily, seen here at a recent STEM Like a Girl event at Oregon State University!

05/22/2026

We’re pleased to share the latest research from the Dr. Fred Stevens lab!

Their Phase 2 clinical trial found that xanthohumol, a natural compound from hops, moved patients with active Crohn's disease into remission within 4 weeks, with no adverse effects.

🔎 Check it out in the latest Molecular Nutrition & Food Research: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mnfr.70501

Shout out to College of Health - Oregon State University and LPI alum Paige Jamieson for her work on this exciting research!

To learn more about the research–and the possibilities it may hold for millions of people managing inflammatory bowel disease–check out our Research Insider newsletter hub: https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/research-insider/xanthohumol-crohns-disease-clinical-trial

An LPI-led Phase 2 trial shows xanthohumol, a natural compound from hops, reduced Crohn's disease activity to remission levels with no adverse effects.

04/30/2026

🎉 We did it! Thanks to your support, we exceeded our Dam Proud Day goal and raised nearly $170,000.

This funding is vital, driving the next steps in the Institute's healthy aging research, student scholarships, and Micronutrient Information Center.

And there's still time to donate to these projects: lpi.pub/DamProud

A special shout-out to our challenge gift donors for inspiring a wave of giving! We are truly grateful for the many ways our community engages with the Institute. ❤️

04/30/2026

We are about 15 gifts away from reaching the Linus Pauling Institute's Dam Proud Day goal today!

With your help, when we reach 100 gifts we'll also be able to unlock $154,050 in pledges! Your support will fuel the next steps in our healthy aging research, and our student scholarships and Micronutrient Information Center. lpi.pub/DamProud

If you missed Director Emily Ho's visit to Dam Proud Day Live today, check out the video on our YouTube channel! In the short video, Dr. Ho talks about LPI research, healthy aging, and the benefits of broccoli. 🥦

Thank you to everyone who has been a part of Dam Proud Day!
https://youtu.be/B3jjIPZeUmk

Dr. Emily Ho talks about the Linus Pauling Institute and her favorite superfood: broccoli!

04/29/2026

It's Dam Proud Day! Double your impact today and support student researchers like Tatum Joyner.🔬

Thanks to a Dr. Mary McCarthy Summer Student Research Fund scholarship, Tatum spent last summer investigating the cellular pathways of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s with Institute researcher Dr. Maria Purice.

Today's Challenge: Help us reach 100 donations for our scholarships, research, and outreach, and we'll be able to unlock $104,050 in challenge gifts. Plus, Joe and Tanya Beckman will double all gifts received today until we raise $50,000!
👉 lpi.pub/DamProud

For students like Tatum, your gift can be life changing. “Student scholarships are about so much more than paying tuition. It’s also about helping a student grow their sense of purpose and identity,” she says.

A BioHealth Sciences junior, Tatum continues her research in the Purice Lab, helping us understand—and hopefully one day treat—these devastating diseases. What’s next? After graduation, she’s headed into nursing so that she can combine her scientific knowledge with her passion for caring for others.

Learn more and give at lpi.pub/DamProud today!

04/27/2026

100 Gifts. $104,050 Unlocked. 🔓

Dam Proud Day is April 29! Through our online drive, you can help the Linus Pauling Institute uncover the strategies and treatments that keep us all healthy, active, and resilient.

👉The Challenge: Help us reach 100 donations, and we'll unlock $104,050 in challenge gifts. Plus, up to $50,000 in gifts received Wednesday only will be matched by Joe and Tanya Beckman.

Your gift of any amount will be amplified twice!

With your help, our focus on the mechanisms of aging and optimum health will lead to a future where diseases such as Alzheimer’s and cancer take a backseat to vitality.

What matters most to you? Visit lpi.pub/DamProud and select from the funds that fuel our mission, including:

🔬Healthy aging research to prevent and treat diseases that can touch us all.

👩‍🎓Training for the next generation of science leaders.

🥦Providing free, evidence-based nutrition information to millions of people globally.

BONUS: Catch LPI Director Emily Ho on Dam Proud Day Live Wednesday at 11:33 a.m. PT. She’ll be sharing tips you won’t want to miss about her favorite superfood: broccoli sprouts! DPD LIVE: www.damproudday.org

04/18/2026

The countdown to Dam Proud Day is on, but why wait to make an impact? ⏳

Early giving is officially open! Whether you give today or on April 29, your contribution advances the research and education that help people live longer, healthier lives. lpi.pub/DamProud

Join us in advancing the Institute's innovative research into diseases such as Alzheimer’s and our work mentoring the next generation of scientists and healthcare leaders.

🎙️Don’t forget: Tune into Dam Proud Day Live on April 29! You can catch LPI Director Emily Ho at approximately 11:30 AM online or at OSU's SEC Plaza.

04/11/2026

We love this new article in The Corvallis Inquirer about a little bit of drama between Linus Pauling and J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist behind the Manhattan Project.

Read on for the spilled tea, as well as other more substantial highlights from Dr. Pauling’s rise to prominence as a chemist – and his work promoting nuclear disarmament.

🔎 To dig even further into the fascinating history of the Institute’s co-founder, check out OSU archivist Chris Petersen’s new book, The Many Worlds of Linus Pauling. The Pauling25 discount code is still active for 25 percent off!

https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/14370 =aboutBook

Oppenheimer would go on to lead the development of the atomic bomb, while Pauling would take a very different path.

04/04/2026

Mark your calendars for Wednesday April 29th and join us in advancing science that helps people live longer, healthier lives!

April 29th is Dam Proud Day, our annual day for online giving. It’s a fun name for this Oregon State “Beaver Nation” effort, and we are indeed proud to be part of that!

🔬At its core, Dam Proud Day is critical for funding research the Linus Pauling Institute is poised to advance — research that investigates the biological mechanisms of aging and metabolic and degenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s.

💪Research that leads to better strategies and treatments that help people take charge of their health.

👩‍🎓We’re also highlighting the Institute’s extraordinary environment for teaching tomorrow’s science leaders. On Dam Proud Day, your support can help passionate, talented students who seek to train with us and work on the greatest health challenges of our time.

Stay tuned! lpi.pub/DamProud