LA GRANDE, Oregon, May 14 -- Eastern Oregon University issued the following news: On a scale from one to 100, Eastern Oregon University business instructor Kat Yamamoto found that the global food industry's sustainability engagement scored at about 26. The lower the score, the more improvements a food company has to make toward being more engaged in sustainability. Inspired by mentor Gary Keller, EOU MBA alumna and adjunct business instructor Kat Yamamoto is presenting her doctoral dissertati  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 13 [TNSgrants] -- Lewis and Clark College issued the following news: This past March, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation granted Lewis & Clark $750,000, directly following the tenure of the college's previous Mellon Foundation grant for teaching, awarded in 2016. The new project, "Healing Social Suffering Through Narrative," will involve a series of partnerships between the college and the greater Portland area, allowing students and faculty to apply the study of the humaniti  more

SALEM, Oregon, May 15 -- Gov. Kate Brown, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on May 14: Governor Kate Brown announced the counties that can begin entering Phase I of reopening on May 15 under her framework for building a safe and strong Oregon. Qualifying counties demonstrated that they met all of Oregon's safety and preparedness prerequisites for reopening, as well as a declining prevalence of COVID-19. "In each of these counties we will continue to monitor testing rates, effectivene  more

SALEM, Oregon, May 16 -- Gov. Kate Brown, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on May 15: As part of Governor Kate Brown's plan for building a safe and strong Oregon, the Governor's Office, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), and the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) released finalized statewide and county guidance as counties and businesses across the state begin the reopening process. "As we begin the process of reopening and building a safe and strong Oregon, I again ask Oregonians  more

SALEM, Oregon, May 12 -- Gov. Kate Brown, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on the state budget and upcoming May revenue forecast: "One of the many challenging results of the COVID-19 pandemic is the dramatic impact on our economy. With many Oregon businesses restricted or shut down, travel suspended and jobs lost, we expect the revenue that we receive to fund state services will also be significantly reduced," said Governor Brown. "We anticipate a significant budget impact in the state  more

SALEM, Oregon, May 15 -- Gov. Kate Brown, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Governor Kate Brown will hold a press availability tomorrow to announce the counties that can begin entering Phase I of reopening on May 15 under her framework for building a safe and strong Oregon. She will be joined by representatives from the Oregon Health Authority. The press availability will be held by teleconference tomorrow, Thursday, May 14, at 10:00 AM PST. Members of the media must RSVP for call-  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 14 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news release: New images reveal the earliest impairments to nonhuman primate fetal brain development due to alcohol ingested by the mother, in a study led by scientists at Oregon Health & Science University involving rhesus macaques. Magnetic resonance imaging showed impairments to brain growth during the third trimester of pregnancy, even though the fetus was exposed to alcohol only during the first trimeste  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, May 14 -- Oregon State University issued the following news: Companies best equipped to provide safe workplaces are the least likely to do so, because they benefit financially from forgoing the cost of enacting workplace safety practices, a recent study found. In some cases, companies with worker injury claims were more than 50% more likely to survive than their safer counterparts. When it's cheaper to pay nominal fines for violating workplace regulations than to provide sa  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 16 -- Portland General Electric, is a fully integrated electric utility, issued the following news release: Portland General Electric Company (NYSE: POR) and Douglas County Public Utility District No. 1 are partnering to optimize the region's resources in support of clean energy for customers. The two Northwest utilities have signed a five-year power purchase agreement to supply PGE customers with up to 160 megawatts of additional capacity from the Wells Hydroelectric Proj  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 16 -- N.W. Natural (formerly Northwest Natural Gas) issued the following news release: A new study by Portland State University's Center for Public Service, conducted in partnership with NW Natural, finds that the regional natural gas system could provide a transportation sector backup that would be helpful for post-disaster recovery plans. Vulnerabilities in the region's liquid fuel supplies in the face of a major earthquake were highlighted in the Oregon Resilience Plan  more

GRANTS PASS, Oregon, May 15 -- Rogue Community College issued the following news: In response to Gov. Kate Brown's "Stay Home, Save Lives" Executive Order (Executive Order No. 20-12), the Rogue Community College Budget Committee meetings will be held virtually. A public meeting of the Rogue Community College Budget Committee, to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, will take place on May 19, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. via Zoom at: https://bit.ly/RCCbudget-May19. The pu  more