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Portland Scales Up Green Efforts

Ten students from OIT will be taking a 3-week humanitarian mission to Tanzania to install solar electric systems on rural schools, clinics, and other public institutions. They need your help. Donate to the effort and follow the journey online.

Long said Oregon BEST’s model for driving sustainability and job creation has other added benefits: It is fueling the next generation of Oregon engineers and technologists. “Through hands-on workshops and statewide events, (universities) and industry have come together under a single banner,” said Long.

The city is stepping beyond heat to electricity, building a geothermal generator like the one at Oregon Institute of Technology... read article

There's no such thing as the Oregon Institute of Technology's Wilsonville campus. University officials imagine it being headquartered right here, ... find out more

 

Cindy Childers from Health Services addressed student questions about health insurance on January 13th. Hear the audio.

OIT receives the No. 7 rank on a list of more than 30 colleges across 15 states...

The newly founded non-profit organization Solar HOPE, created in collaboration with Oregon Institute of Technology in Portland, is beginning to solve some of these problems. Solar HOPE's primary goal “is to bring renewable energy ... read more

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