Technology institute gets
$329,000 programs grant
The Fred Meyer Charitable Trust of Portland
awarded a $329,000 grant to a joint University
and Oregon State University technology transfer
project, officials of both institutions announced
Tuesday.
The Advanced Science and Technology In
stitute was given the three-year award to further
coordinate inter-university efforts to exchange
newly developed technology with business and
industry. ASTI is expected to be self-supporting
by the end of the three-year period.
“Knowledge unshared is knowledge lost,
and ASTI enables Oregon research universities to
bridge the gap that has sometimes existed be
tween the scientists on our campus who are
breaking new ground and the consumers of that
new knowledge,” said Richard Hersh, University
vice president for research.
“The support from the Fred Meyer trust will
be used to promote research activities that in
volve some combination of both universities and
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industry in cooperative research programs,” said
George Keller, OSU dean of research.
"The real theory behind ASTI is that univer
sity research will be useful to industry, and will
help close the bridge between the two,” said Lee
Beyer, staff coordinator for the Southern
Willamette Research Corridor.
The grant will provide supplementary in
come for existing ASTI programs, seed money for
new program development, and some support for
administration functions, Keller said. Other
money will be used to improve the institute’s
technical and executive seminars, and develop
cooperative research programs in computer
sciences and advanced materials.
“As a two-university cooperative program,
ASTI is a natural partnership of complementary
research agendas, proximity of campuses, and na
tionally respected science and engineering
faculties,” Keller said. “The complementary
nature of the research program in such areas as
biotechnology, electronics, geosciences, biology,
chemistry and physics is powerful.”
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No-h olds-barred
romance to open
here Thursday
“Talley’s Folley,” the second offering
of University Theatre’s Second Season
Series, opens Thursday at the Arena
Theatre in Villard Hall.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning romance by
the popular American playwright Lanford
Wilson will be directed by Kevin
Neuharth, a University graduate student.
As told at the beginning of the play by
one of its own characters. Matt Friedman
(Bob Hirsch), “Talley’s Folly” is “a
waltz.. .a no-holds-barred romantic
story.” /
It is the story of Matt and Sally (Annie
McGregor) — both victims of their pasts
— who are drawn together by their com
mon search for love.
They meet on a July evening in 1944 at
an ornate but dilapidated boathouse,
known to the community as “Talley’s Fol
ly.” In this decaying setting, they struggle
together to rebuild their lives.
Showtime for all performances is 8 p.m.
All tickets are $2, and they can be pur
chased at the University Theatre box office
in the lobby of Robinson Theatre.
Box office hours are from noon to 4
p.m. Monday through Saturday, and from
noon to 8:30 p.m. on performance nights.
Reservations and ticket information can be
obtained by calling 686-4191.
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