By Molly Rosbach Jack Barth This year, Oregon State University recognized oceanographer Jack Barth and coastal engineer Dan Cox as University Distinguished Professors, highlighting the real-world impacts of their work from sea to shore and celebrating their long-term commitment to teaching. Barth was an early adopter of using underwater gliders to take measurements at sea and uses the robots to study ocean phenomena like marine heat waves and hypoxia. Cox joined OSU as the di