Winter 2024 17 HANNAH O’LEARY, ’13, ’19 F U N D I N G BEAVER BRAGS QUOTE, UNQUOTE “Those folks in Pullman and Corvallis are in markets that the rest of the country scoffs at, but those of us who are in broadcasting know how special they are, how important they are to the fabric of the market. They are like Green Bay and Buffalo are to the NFL. You need them just as much as you need New York and LA.” Brock Huard, a commentator for Seattle Sports and Fox, speaking about college football television deals. NINE $1.5 100% No. 1 YEARS MILLION NEARLY IN OREGON is how long Oregon State’s Ecampus has appeared in the top 10 of U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of the best online under‑ graduate programs. was awarded to OSU researchers to lead a team of scientists and engi‑ neers on a three‑year project to develop and test a swarm of auton‑ omous robots that can explore under melting ice shelves. efficiency is what OSU scientists are seeing after adding a new elec‑ trolyte to zinc batteries, a significant breakthrough in the quest for better ways to store renewable energy. for innovation is how U.S. News & World Report ranks OSU in its newest lists. The university was named the 38th most innovative school in the nation. anode in zinc batteries to nearly 100%. The discovery could pave the way to an alternative to lithium-ion batteries — an environmental and economic boon, as their production relies on shrinking supplies of rare metals such as cobalt and nickel. The work is part of a global quest for battery chemistries that can store solar and wind energy when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing. REPORTING BY STEVE LUNDEBERG, ’85 ڿ The NSF awarded OSU $4.6 million to host and digitize the Marine and Geology Repository, home to more than 12,000 oceanic sediment cores.
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