November 1, 2024 | Oregon State University is one of a consortia of eight universities to receive a National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps Hub grant, which provides $15 million, spread across the institutions over five years, to bolster their innovation training programs. The new Northwest Region Hub (NWR) is one of three grantees this cycle and joins 10 existing regional I-Corps Hubs. NWR institutions will focus specifically on medical technology, agricultural and food technology, blue technology and energy, environment, and clean technology.
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UniCreatives is a unique new virtual marketplace that connects university students and alumni with clients who value the university ecosystem. Conceived in 2022 by Alina Padilla-Miller, UniCreatives addresses the need for a dedicated platform for student and alumni creatives.
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August 1st, 2024 | - In the lush fields of the Willamette Valley, Dana Sanchez, a wildlife ecologist and OSU Extension Wildlife Specialist, is conducting crucial research aimed at mitigating the impact of voles on agriculture. Using transdisciplinary methods, Sanchez aims to provide farmers with tools for early vole detection, promoting precise, eco-conscious interventions in population irruption.
October 5, 2021 | BEND, Ore – Onboard Dynamics, Inc. ("Onboard Dynamics" or the "Company"), a leading climate-tech provider of unique, patented, mobile natural gas pipeline evacuation and vehicle refueling compression technology and equipment, today announced the signing of an investment agreement between Onboard Dynamics and BP Energy Partners, LLC ("BPEP"). The equity investment from BPEP provides Onboard Dynamics capital to scale its products and service offerings.
September 1, 2021 | – A new video from Agility Robotics showcases an increasing familiar sight: advanced, autonomous robots performing boring warehouse tasks. It’s not the sort of video that tends to be hugely viral for a company, rather, it’s the sort of meat and potatoes proof of concept that companies like Boston Dynamics wedge between flashy videos of parkour and highly choreographed dance sessions.
June 15, 2021 | BEND, Ore – Onboard Dynamics has responded to the critical need to reduce methane releases into the atmosphere with their latest product launch of the GoVAC™ Flex. This simple, mobile, fully integrated solution will provide operators of natural gas pipelines a tool to safely minimize their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during routine pipeline maintenance.
April 13, 2021 | The global leader in early-stage alternative protein investing recently announced the launch of the Generation Food Rural Partners fund. BIV is announcing nine additional university collaborators, including OSU, to the fund.
October 15, 2020 | ALBANY, Ore – Agility Robotics, a company launched at Oregon State University that designs and builds legged robots to operate in human spaces, has raised $20 million in new investment, the company announced today.
August 12, 2020 | BEND, Ore – Onboard Dynamics announces the launch of their new GoFill™ refueling system. It is an instant and nimble drying and dispensing unit for refueling compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles.
July 28, 2020 | CORVALLIS, Ore – SUTUREGARD® Medical has formed a non-exclusive distribution partnership with Federated Healthcare Supply to expand market reach of the HEMIGARD® ARS device and the SUTUREGARD® ISR device which are patented wound closure technologies that simplify complex and challenging wound closures.
March 11, 2020 | CORVALLIS, Ore – Oregon State University announces that it has joined eleven other prestigious research universities, which make up the Highly Integrative Basic and Responsive (HIBAR) Research Alliance (HRA). The HRA is dedicated to enhancing fundamental research excellence in service to society.
The Oregon State University Advantage Accelerator Spinout company closes out a $2.5m Convertible Note as a result of the 2019 Investment Challenge.
March 2020
Chad Higgins, associate professor of ecological and biological engineering at Oregon State University and director of the Nexus of Energy, Water and Agriculture Laboratory, is aiming to build a research farm called the Staterra Center to experiment with sustainable farming technology.
Capital Press, December 5, 2019
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CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University has received a $438,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study adding innovation and entrepreneurial achievements into the criteria for higher education faculty promotion and tenure.
OSU Today, October 15, 2019
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Jim Cupples wants to know everything about the farm down the road, even if he’s never been on that road before.
Register Guard, August 21, 2019
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