Environmental health is the branch of public health that focuses on the interrelationships between people and their environment, promotes human health and well-being, and fosters healthy and safe communities.

 

At Oregon State University, there are policies and practices in place to promote well-being by limiting exposures to hazardous physical, chemical, and biological agents; to plan for natural and technological disasters; and to provide a healthy built environment for students, faculty and staff so that all members of our community thrive in our physical environment.

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  • Beaver Bus: The Oregon State University Beaver Bus is a free campus shuttle available to everyone!
  • Bike Shop/Repair: Our bike shop offers maintenance services and has several parts for sale.
  • Chemical Safety Committee: The Chemical Safety Committee focuses on chemical safety issues relating to OSU campuses and off- campus research and instructional activities.
  • Community Gardens: Urban and community horticulture is a rapidly evolving field, as more and more researchers, policy makers and the members of the public are beginning to view gardens, parks, and other features of urban landscapes as sites that they can use to promote healthy ecosystems.
  • Composting: OSU composts food waste in a variety of ways on campus, including in dining centers and cafes, residence halls with an Eco-Rep, office break rooms, and more.
  • DAMSafe App: DamSafe of Oregon State University is a free App to enhance user’s safety while they move around campus. You can alert your friends to be a virtual companion and follow your progress through the “Track Me” feature. When you safely arrive at your destination, you then stop the virtual tracking.
  • Department of Public Safety: Public Safety Officers respond to fire and medical emergencies on campus, as well as calls for service for office lock outs, bike lock cuts, and non-emergency transport to Student Health Services. Officers help ensure a safe campus by providing patrol and security checks of buildings and OSU property, responding to animal issues, contacting people in buildings after hours, as well as suspicious individuals present on campus.
  • Eco2go: Eco2Go is a University Housing & Dining Services program that provides customers with reusable take-out containers.
  • Emergency Preparedness: Through the DAM (disaster and mission) Ready movement, we increase emergency preparedness in the campus community through planning and outreach.
  • Environmental Health and Safety: Environmental Health and Safety assists departments in maintaining a safe and healthy university environment for staff, faculty, students, and visitors. We provide training, consultation, and various safety and health services. We help ensure Oregon State University abides by the regulatory requirements established at the local, state and federal level.
  • Environmental Health Sciences Center: The OSU Environmental Health Sciences Center supports research and community engagement to help understand what people are exposed to in their homes, at their work places and in their communities and to discover what hazards these exposures may pose to their health.
  • Environmental Health Career Development: The Environmental Health Sciences Center supports faculty members with strong interests in environmental health science research and outreach. The Career Development Core helps faculty develop strong programs and build effective networks to become leaders in the environmental health field.
  • Food Safety in Dining Centers
  • Human Research Protection Program: The Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) and IRB support OSU’s commitment to research by working to protect the rights and welfare of human subjects who participate in research.
  • Institutional Biosafety Committee: The OSU Institutional Biosafety Committee reviews biohazardous work conducted for any purpose by OSU personnel or in any OSU facility.
  • Insurance and Risk Management Services
  • Occupational Health Services: Occupational Health Services (OHS) is a centrally-funded, comprehensive program that strengthens the campus culture of safety by providing risk-based and employment-related services.
  • OSU Alerts: The OSU Alert Portal allows you to provide OSU with your current emergency contact information. This information will only be used to notify you in the event of an emergency.
  • Parking & Transportation Services: Transportation Services supports the University’s mission by providing safe, sustainable, customer-focused and fiscally-sound transportation programs and services.
  • Radiation Safety Committee: The Radiation Safety Committee has the authority and responsibility delegated from the University President for developing and maintaining a radiation safety program for the University to ensure the safe handling of ionizing radiation in the University’s instructional, research, and operational programs.
  • Recycling Services: Campus Recycling is responsible for managing a comprehensive waste management system that focuses on reducing, reusing and recycling with disposal as a last resort.
  • Risk Assessment Training
  • Safety Committees
  • Secure Bike Parking: Bike lockers are more secure than bike racks, especially if your bike will be locked on campus overnight.
  • Sustainability: Sustainability at OSU is a collaborative effort between multiple organizations, due to the multifaceted nature of sustainability and the breadth of sustainability related subject matter covered at OSU.
  • Tobacco Free Campus: Oregon State University’s 100% tobacco-free policy is compatible with the University’s commitment to health, is more supportive of those who are trying to quit and brings the University in line with recommendations from major public health organizations’ to fully integrate smokeless tobacco products into all tobacco control policies.
  • University Health and Safety Committee: The University Health & Safety Committee ensures the health and safety of the university community by reviewing campus policies and making recommendations to the administration.
  • Worker’s Compensation
  • Zip Car: Zipcar enables students, faculty, and staff to drive on-demand, while reducing congestion and increasing sustainability