Investing in information technology to enable educational innovation
Posted September 18th, 2015 by Ben Davis
- AgSci invested $60K into the technology infrastructure in the Ag and Life Sciences (ALS), in conjunction with the College of Science and the CGRB. This upgrade will enable the expansion of high speed networking to support numerous research labs within the building.
- AgSci invested $70K on a full video conferencing classroom on the EOU campus to facilitate course delivery to that population.
- AgSci provided $100K match to help facilitate water heating capability at the Fryer Salmon Disease Lab, which will enable scientists to study climate change impacts on diseases of aquatic species.
- AgSci’s flagship research publication, Oregon’s Agricultural Progress, launched two new versions in 2014—an app for tablets and a fully responsive mobile website—to reach an ever-expanding mobile audience with news and features about agricultural sciences.
- Ganti Murthy (BEE) created an e-book for the National Strawberry Sustainability Initiative with 60 digital pages and links to more than 70 videos, tools, and publications to improve the sustainability of U.S. strawberry production.
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