Feature News January 12th 2026 Meet the 2026 Cleantech Challenge & Everyday Entrepreneur Finalists! The 2026 Cleantech Challenge (CTC) and Everyday Entrepreneur (EE) Finals... November 12th 2025 PSU Innovators come together Kickstart Weekend 2025 This past weekend, we wrapped up another incredible Kickstart Weekend! ... October 22nd 2025 Join Us for Kickstart Weekend: Community Edition 2025 November 7–9 | Portland State University Ready to turn your ideas into... See all news Press Oregon Universities Shine at InventOR Competition July 1, 2019. Written by Sander Gusinow Solutions to climate change, renewable energy and predictive artificial intelligence were on show last week when teams of students from around the state tackled real-world challenges at the InventOR Collegiate Challenge. Opinion: Every student can be an inventor Feb 11, 2019 5:06 PM EST “What is your problem?” So simple and yet so difficult to answer, that essential question is what I ask my high school engineering students when they begin the study of inventions. Meet 21 Oregon inventors who will reshape your world (Photos) By Andy Giegerich – Managing Editor, Portland Business Journal, Jun 20, 2018, 1:38pm PDT Updated Jun 20, 2018, 2:38pm PDT If ever a state was well-equipped to serve students who've caught the inventing bug, it looks to be Oregon.