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The Center for Advanced Energy Studies’ Energy Policy Institute held the 5th Energy Policy Research in Denver, Colorado on 10th and 11th September, 2015. I had the opportunity to attend this conference, and it was a great learning experience. This also gave me the chance to increase my knowledge on the subject and update myself […]

  A group of Oregon State graduate students from the Industrial Sustainability lab within MIME traveled to UC Davis to attend the inaugural California forum on energy efficient manufacturing (CaFEEM). The students presented a total of five posters covering research in additive manufacturing, grinding operations, manufacturing process modeling, and plastics injection molding. The forum included […]

The Student Sustainability Initiative is now accepting applications for Sustainability Project, Research and Professional Development Grants! SSI believes our campus can be a model living laboratory for sustainability. We established the Sustainability Grant Program to provide students opportunities to create a more sustainable institution and take an active role in promoting social change. In-line with […]

IAAS USA National Summit 2015 Ann Bernert 5/15/2015 This April, Oregon State University College of Agricultural Sciences hosted the 2015 National Summit meeting for the International Association of Students in Agriculture and Related Sciences. The theme was “Local Soils to World Solutions” and Dr. Dan Arp made a great Welcome Address connecting this idea to […]

“In coping with food insecurity, students often purchase lower quality and less healthy foods than they would like. Essentially all students expressed the desire to eat healthy foods, but were blocked from doing so mostly because of cost and sometimes because of a lack of transportation or cooking equipment. Many mentioned organic and environmentally responsible […]

Sustainable Universities at the AASHE Conference (Katie Kasabian) The 2014 AASHE Conference took place at the Oregon Convention Center October 26th-29th. The conference was a wonderful opportunity to hear about what other universities are doing to foster a sustainable campus culture. The Sustainability Hut The University of Florida’s “Sustainability Hut” is a mobile unit that […]