Spring2025 1 PHOTO BY KARL MAASDAM, ’93 In Every Issue On the Cover The magazine of the Oregon State University Alumni Association C ON T E N T S F E A T U R E S ← Photos of cover model Digit by Karl Maasdam, ’93, with Adobe Photoshop additions by Davian-Lynn Hopkins. 2 PHOTO ESSAY 5 EDITOR’S LETTER 7 PUBLISHER’S LETTER 8 LETTERS 58 IN MEMORIAM 64 BACKSTORY SPRING 2025 THE QUAD VOICES P. 14 President Jayathi Murthy on how artificial intelligence will shape the university’s future; four Staters share words of encouragement and advice they carry from their OSU days. NEWS P. 1 7 New program aims to remove last financial barriers for highest-need Oregon students; Student Success Center opens at OSU-Cascades. RESEARCH P. 21 Meet a graduate student who trained her dogs to sniff out critical wildlife ecology data. CULTURE P. 25 In the steam tunnels beneath the Corvallis campus, myth and reality collide. SPORTS P. 29 How technology is helping studentathletes avoid injury and optimize performance. OUR COMMUNITY ALUMNI NEWS P. 49 Alumna Katharine Jefferts Schori, the first woman to lead the Episcopal Church, reflects on a lifetime of change; updates from alumni across the globe. 44 Unconventional Journeys Four not-so-ordinary alumni and why they chose to study online. By Tyler Hansen 32 6 Things You Might Not Know About Oregon State and Artificial Intelligence Brag-worthy facts about Beavers and the technology changing our world.
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