Nearly 230 attendees from across Oregon, Washington, and Idaho gathered for the third-annual 2012 Pacific Northwest Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Conference, hosted by Oregon State on February 10 and 11. The conference supported LSAMP’s effort of increasing the quality and quantity of underrepresented minority (URM) students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degree programs. Continue reading
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Engineers Without Borders finalizing designs for Kenyan well
After Engineers Without Borders wrapped up a five-year water system project in El Salvador, the group is ready to tackle a new challenge: building a well in Kenya that will eventually serve 2,000 in the surrounding community. This summer, a handful of chapter members will spend four weeks in Lela, Kenya to construct the well. More…