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Tomorrow’s Willamette Innovators Night will showcase grassroots entrepreneurship

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

Innovation comes in many forms: life-saving robots, microbial fuel cells, carbonated fruit, plant-based lubricants and adhesives, and clothing that adjusts to your lifestyle. These are among the ideas that are fueling start-up companies in Oregon and will be featured at Willamette Innovators Night (WiN), Nov. 11 at Oregon State University. Mixing research, creativity and business, [...]

Fashion, guilt free

Monday, November 1st, 2010

Sitting on a stool in the middle of her downtown Corvallis store, Nancy Kneisel throws back her head and laughs as she banters with a customer who has just entered the store. Kneisel rarely sits, but she always laughs, and her upbeat voice is constantly greeting customers as they walk into Second Glance, the re-sale [...]

Portland Pub Gives Back

Monday, October 4th, 2010

For more than three decades, Paddy’s Bar and Grill at 65 S.W. Yamhill has been a Portland institution, serving up traditional Irish fare and atmosphere, and garnering a reputation for its wide range of whiskeys – a whole wall full, in fact. Now Oregon State University is honoring Paddy’s owner with the “Orange Spotlight” award, [...]

Preserving the culture

Monday, September 13th, 2010

Recreation Resource management graduate Melinda Stewart found her current job – Public Relations Manager at Corvallis Tourism – when the then-CEO spoke in one of her classes. Since then, she’s promoted everything Corvallis has to offer via social media and other outlets, and has even found the time to do freelance work advocating for historic [...]

Going the Distance

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

For Callum Read, part of the experience of attending the International Baccalaureate Student World Conference at Oregon State was getting here. When found out he’d been chosen to go, his mother told him he should bike from their home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Corvallis, where 300 International Baccalaureate high school students from 10 countries [...]

A Life on the Mountain

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Once a month, we will be highlighting a nominated Powered by Orange business. What does it mean to be a Powered by Orange business? It could be that it’s owned by an Oregon State alum, has many OSU alums working there, or is just a friend of OSU. A Powered by Orange Business also drives [...]

Powered-by-Orange Tweet-Up: Corvallis Custom Kitchen and Baths

Friday, June 4th, 2010

What does it mean to be Powered by Orange? Brian and Kris Egan, owners of Corvallis Custom Kitchens and Baths (CCKB), know and will share the secrets of their success with PBO fans at a June 9 “Tweet-Up” at their acclaimed business, at the CCKB showroom, 602 NW 4th St. CCKB is located in the [...]

Portland is Powered by Orange

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Water — Food — Energy — necessary ingredients for a great city. And Oregon State University is working throughout Portland to make a positive difference in all three. Through research and partnerships with people and organizations, we are improving water quality, encouraging locally sourced food and taking sustainable living from idea to reality. Our faculty, [...]

Restoration…with a Conscience

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Once a month, we will be highlighting a nominated Powered by Orange business. What does it mean to be a Powered by Orange business? It could be that it’s owned by an Oregon State alum, has many OSU alums working there, or is just friends of OSU. A Powered by Orange Business also drives innovation, [...]

Celebrate Earth Week at Oregon State

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

There’s still plenty of time to get in on Earth Week activities at Oregon State. We can’t think of a better place than OSU to show how education and research play critical roles in preserving our environment. We are the nation’s top-rated university in conservation biology, forestry and agriculture, and our faculty and students consistently [...]

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