University Research
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Sustainable Alpha: Bill Page is bullish on cleantech
Sustainable Alpha features shared conversations with the best minds, portfolio managers and industry leaders working to maximize returns while prioritizing the environment, social and governance factors…
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Six Oregon schools make 'Green Colleges' list
Six Oregon universities have landed on Princeton Review's annual Guide to Green Colleges. Presented in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council, this year's Green Colleges list features 322 public…
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OSU plans 'tsunami dock' exhibit
Oregon State University plans to exhibit a huge chunk of debris from 2011's Japanese earthquake and tsunami. OSU will unveil a portion of a dock that washed ashore near Newport in June 2012, or more than…
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UO, Arcimoto team on teaching science to middle school students
Electric car maker Arcimoto will host more than 30 Lane County educators Friday as part of a new program to inspire students to learn science, technology, engineering and math skills. At the Eugene training,…
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San Jose State University launches 'battery university' with industry
San Jose State is teaming with a consortium of California battery makers to train workers for the industry. The "battery university" will be launched in San Jose with the assistance of CalCharge, a San…
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Oregon State starts construction on $4.8M nuclear facility
Oregon State University started construction on a $4.8 million facility for testing a new nuclear technology expected to be safer, more efficient and less waste-producing. Researchers said the technology…
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UO sustainability program to take on Portland real estate development
The University of Oregon tripled enrollment in the second year of its new Oregon Leadership in Sustainability certificate. EIghteen program participants will work on a development project along the Willamette…
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PNNL strikes licensing deal for fast-charging battery technology
Battelle struck a deal to commercially license battery technology developed at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to Vorbeck Materials Corp. The battery technology holds the promise of reducing…
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Oregon State to lead overhaul of marine research fleet
Oregon State University could get as much as $290 million over the next decade to design and build three coastal research ships in partnership with the National Science Foundation. The announcement —…
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Waste Management, Arizona State partner on sustainability forum
Waste Management Inc. and Arizona State University are partnering on the third annual Executive Sustainability Forum next week, providing business leaders with ideas on how to implement sustainability…
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Pacific Marine Energy Center to land in Newport
The Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center announced Monday that it will locate the first utility-scale, grid-connected wave energy test site in the U.S. in Newport. The federally funded wave…
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Plum Creek to fund water-quality research at Oregon State
Large forest land owner Plum Creek committed $500,000 to endow a research position focused on water quality at the College of Forestry at Oregon State University. The money will support the Plum Creek…
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At Inspired Light, former HP innovator takes on solar power
Frank Cloutier has a favorite quote: “Do it and brag, not the other way around." So he hasn’t talked much about happenings at Corvallis-based Inspired Light, where he is currently CEO, although he…
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Green building research gets industry input
On a recent sunny fall day in San Francisco, nearly 70 sustainable design professionals from across the country gathered in an historic club on Nob Hill to have what turned out to be an animated four-hour…
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ShelterWorks nets commercialization grant for recycled building material
The Oregon Built Environment & Sustainable Technologies Center awarded a $79,000 commercialization grant to ShelterWorks Ltd. to improve the design of insulated building blocks made from recycled wooden…
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Oregon's beaches need your help
The tragic 2011 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami that devastated Japan had and continues to have a wide impact. The west coast of North America from California to Alaska has begun receiving an…
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Oregon State University installs two solar arrays
Oregon State University jumped ahead in the university system's statewide solar program, installing two ground-mounted solar arrays covering four acres. The arrays will fire up in January generating a…
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Colorado researchers get $9M to 'rewire' E. coli to make biofuels
A research team led by the University of Colorado Boulder is getting a $9.2 million grant from U.S. Department of Energy to investigate ways to "rewire" E. coli bacteria to produce biofuels. The team…
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Preciva taps crowdfunding for prototype development
Preciva, a startup from Portland State University's Social Innovation Incubator, announced this week that it raised just over $11,000 using the website StartSomeGood.com. The startup, a certified B Corporation,…
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Oregon Wave Energy Trust works to position state as renewable leader
There’s little question that Jason Busch will look back fondly on 2012. The executive director of the Portland-based Oregon Wave Energy Trust counted four major accomplishments during the year. Each…
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OSU: Metals industry can use sugar to reduce toxics
Oregon State University researchers have found that simple sugar could replace toxic binders in the multi-billion dollar metals foundry industry. Experts in adhesion science at the OSU College of Forestry…
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Berkeley researchers go old school to make modern biofuel
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, resurrected a century old fermentation process and used it to make diesel fuel from sugar. Chaim Weizmann, the first president of Israel, discovered…
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Newsmakers: Greg Dees on scaling social innovation
Starting a business is difficult. Keeping that business afloat can be herculean. Both can be markedly more challenging for social entrepreneurs. "We know from business entrepreneurs that keeping a business…
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UO's sustainable cities program seeks next city partner
The University of Oregon's Sustainable Cities Year Program is looking for its next city partner. The program, part of the school's award-winning Sustainable Cities Initiative, pairs faculty and students…
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Portland State's Wiewel honored by U.S. Green Building Council
Portland State University President Wim Wiewel will receive the inaugural Presidential Award from the U.S. Green Building Council's Center for Green Schools next month at the Greenbuild International Conference…
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