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The Sustainability Office would like to welcome Brandon Lee, our new Software Engineer Intern! In this role, Brandon will contribute to the maintenance and development of the Sustainability Office’s various websites and software applications. Originally from Beaverton, Oregon, Brandon is a third-year Computer Science student focusing on artificial intelligence. He chose OSU for its strong […]

The OSU Sustainability Office would like to welcome our new Energy Intern, Isabel Curtin! Isabel’s role will focus on improving energy efficiency by reading utility meters across campus and reading drawings for corvallis campus buildings. She will also manage projects around OSU’s solar arrays and solar trailer. Isabel is a second year student majoring in […]

The Sustainability Office is off to a great fall term with many accomplishments to celebrate! OSU has been included in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2025 Edition! Every year since 2011, OSU has been recognized in the annual Guide to Green Colleges for sustainability practices such as food sourcing, transportation, green building, opportunities […]

Oregon State University’s yearly Greenhouse Gas Report helps to track the progress of OSU’s Path to Carbon Neutrality.  Data from four different inventories make up the report: Corvallis Campus, OSU-Cascades, Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC), and the Statewide Public Services.  The OSU Sustainability Office would like to feature the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center (EOARC) […]

The OSU Sustainability Office would like to congratulate two interns, Ava Wright and Jeff Huang, who have just graduated from Oregon State University!  Ava and Jeff are hard working individuals who have made significant contributions to the Sustainability Office over the past few years! Ava Wright is from Vancouver, Washington and started at OSU in […]

This spring, the OSU Sustainability Office hired two new interns! Mia will be in the Student Engagement role and Tucker in the Assessment and Planning role. We are so excited to welcome them into the office! Mia Saunders will be taking on the Student Engagement role as the new Sustainability Council Facilitator! In this position, […]

TallWood Design Institute (TDI), a collaboration between Oregon State University’s Colleges of Forestry and Engineering, and University of Oregon’s Architecture program, works to advance mass timber and alternative wood-based building solutions.  Mass timber is a category of engineered wood products formed by binding together smaller wood components into larger structural elements. It serves as a […]

Interested in joining a fun and passionate team that works to advance sustainability at OSU? The OSU Sustainability Office is now hiring an Assessment and Planning Intern and a Student Engagement Intern! The Sustainability Office fosters a culture of sustainability at OSU, enhances student competency around issues of sustainability, delivers projects that reduce the university’s environmental […]

The 2024 Washington & Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference (WOHESC) was hosted from March 4-6 at Western Washington University in Bellingham! WOHESC is organized by Pacific Northwest higher education institutions and travels to a different host school each year to inspire change, facilitate action, and promote collaboration around sustainability within the region. 35 students and […]

The OSU Sustainability Office, Corvallis Sustainability Coalition, and Oregon Clean Power Cooperative invite faculty, staff, and community members to invest in the latest Solarize Corvallis projects: rooftop solar on three OSU buildings.  Motivated by the goal of accelerating OSU’s Path to Carbon Neutrality, these projects will reduce OSU’s greenhouse gas emissions from purchased electricity while […]