Tommy Sheridan at times lives in a glorified tree house, and a houseboat on a remote Alaskan fjord. By day he dodges bears instead of traffic on campus. By night he watches the beautiful Northern Lights instead of a movie at the local Corvallis theater. He’s not your typical Oregon State University student.
Posts Tagged ‘sustainability’
Innovative Materials
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
At OSU, sustainability isn’t just part of our way of life and how we operate our campus, its built into our curricula as well. In this clip, Jason Ideker from the School of Civil and Construction Engineering talks about his research in innovative materials and also his Green Building Materials Class, one of the only [...]
Oregon State among “Green Colleges” listed by Princeton Review
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
The Princeton Review’s annual Green Guide to Colleges has listed Oregon State University among universities nationwide that are demonstrating a commitment to sustainability and environmental responsibility.
Our Sustainable Campus
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Sustainability is nothing new at Oregon State. We’ve been doing it for years. And we still are. We were one of the first universities in the country to begin exploring the potential of wind energy in the 1970s. Oregon’s 1971 Bottle Bill, the first of its kind in the U.S., is widely considered the start [...]
Optimizing Energy
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Imagine a black box with knobs on the outside that you can turn. If you input some fuel, the box produces electricity. By adjusting the knobs you can change the power output, but there’s a catch—you’re not sure how to turn the knobs to produce the most power.
Becoming a Catalyst
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
It’s Engineering Expo day at Oregon State, which means Kelley Engineering Center is teeming with hundreds of students, all eager to showcase their projects, research and ideas. One of them is Mikkel VandeBergh, a senior majoring in environmental engineering, whose mission at the expo – and beyond – is to talk about biodiesel.
Green Education
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
For Matt Shinderman, teaching felt as natural as being outdoors with his grandfather as a child. The senior instructor at OSU-Cascades blends his passion for both in his work.
“Songs for the Blue Ocean” symposium free & open to the public
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
OSU is hosting a major public symposium called “Song for the Blue Ocean” that will feature nationally recognized authors, scholars and scientists exploring the state of the world’s oceans through science, arts and ethics. The free, public event will be held Friday and Saturday, Feb. 18-19, at LaSells Stewart Center on the OSU campus. Speakers [...]
The Melting Point
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
The Collier Glacier captured Cody Beedlow’s attention the first time he saw it. He was eight, on his first backpacking trip with his father and sister in the Three Sisters Wilderness. When he laid eyes on Collier he thought, “Look at all that snow. I could ski on it all year long,” he says. Nearly [...]
From Sea to Table
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
If you think about the fact that Laura Anderson grew up in a small fishing town on the coast of Washington and spent her younger years working in restaurants, it’s not a surprise that she co-owns and operates Local Ocean Seafoods, a renowned restaurant and market in Newport, Ore. Her father, after all, was a [...]
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