OSU Foundation Press Releases
OSU RECEIVES GATES FOUNDATION GRANT OF NEARLY $1M FOR TUBERCULOSIS RESEARCH
09-25-08
Oregon State University biomedical researcher Luiz Bermudez, M.D., has received a grant of nearly $1 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study a potential new treatment for tuberculosis (TB), a contagious disease that afflicts approximately one third of the world's population. read more...
OSU ALUMNUS LEAVES $2.6 MILLION TO VALLEY LIBRARY
09-17-08
An alumnus of Oregon State University who surrounded himself with books has surprised his alma mater by giving OSU's Valley Library the vast majority of his estate. read more...
TAX INCENTIVE PROGRAM FUNDS SIX OREGON STATE RESEARCH PROJECTS
08-19-08
Six projects are being funded at Oregon State University, thanks to an innovative tax credit program that supports commercialization of university research. read more...
OSU FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT FOR GIFT PLANNING
08-07-08
Dan Peterson, formerly assistant vice president for development at University of Washington School of Medicine, has joined the Oregon State University Foundation staff as assistant vice president for gift planning, working from the foundation's Portland office. read more...
ALUMNI COUPLE PLEDGE $1.4 MILLION TO OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
08-05-08
Jim Youde and Judith Atwood Youde, the founders of the Northwest Economic Associates, Inc., have committed $1.4 million to support Oregon State University's first capital campaign. The couple, who are both OSU graduates, have designated the majority of the funds for scholarships. read more...
OSU OPEN SOURCE LAB GROWS WITH SUPPORT FROM GOOGLE
07-24-08
The Oregon State University Open Source Lab's capacity to support open source projects is being expanded through a donation of $300,000 from Google. That increases the company's cumulative support of academia's leading open source development center to $750,000. read more...
TERRI IRWIN SIGNS MOU WITH OREGON STATE FOR HUMPBACK WHALE RESEARCH
06-25-08
Terri Irwin, whose efforts with Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin and daughter Bindi, to protect wildlife have made her an international figure in conservation advocacy, today signed an agreement with OSU's Marine Mammal Institute to fund two humpback whale research projects. read more...
UDR CEO HONORS FORMER PROFESSOR WITH $1 MILLION GIFT
05-29-08
Thomas W. Toomey of Evergreen, Colo., has committed $1 million to Oregon State University to establish an endowed professorship and expand an endowed scholarship in honor of his former accounting professor, the late Mary Ellen Phillips. read more...
