Oregon State University
Oregon State University is a public research university in Oregon, with its main campus in Corvallis. On October 27, 1868, its predecessor, Corvallis College, became the state’s land-grant institution, and the university is now one of the few in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States is a federal country in North America made up of 50 states, the District of Columbia as the seat of government, and territories such as Puerto Rico and Guam; its capital is Washington, D.C. The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The 2020 census (April 1, 2020) counted a resident population of 331,449,281, and the 435 seats of the House of Representatives are apportioned among the states on the basis of the census.Open the full entry holding land, sea, space and sun grant designations. NVIDIANVIDIANVIDIA is an American semiconductor and computing technology company that provides graphics processing units, artificial intelligence infrastructure, networking interconnects, and computing software, and is listed on Nasdaq under the ticker NVDA.Open the full entry founder Jensen HuangJensen HuangJensen Huang is a co-founder of NVIDIA who served as its president, chief executive officer, and a director from the company’s founding in 1993 until he resigned from those positions in November 2026. He has a background in electrical engineering education and the semiconductor industry, and under his leadership NVIDIA’s business expanded from graphics chips to GPU general-purpose computing, artificial intelligence, and data center computing platforms.Open the full entry and his wife, Lori HuangLori HuangLori Huang (née Mills) is the wife of Jensen Huang and the president of the couple’s family foundation, the Jen-Hsun & Lori Huang Foundation.Open the full entry, both graduated from its electrical engineering program and have given money to support a research center there.
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October 27, 1868Becoming Oregon’s Land-Grant Institution
On October 27, 1868, Corvallis College became Oregon’s official land-grant institution. Looking back at its 150th anniversary, the university noted that its first graduating class had three students, that enrollment had since grown to more than 31,800, and that its name had changed several times as its programs and facilities expanded.[1]
1984–1985Jensen Huang and Lori Huang Graduate
NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang and his wife, Lori Huang (née Mills), met when they were assigned as lab partners in an introductory electrical engineering class at the university. Huang recalled it as the most important single event of his time at OSU and of his life. Lori Huang earned her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering there in 1985.[2]
February 2013Jensen Huang Enters the College of Engineering Hall of Fame
An alumni story the university published on February 25, 2013, wrote that Jensen Huang had been inducted into the College of Engineering Hall of Fame, the highest level of the Oregon Stater Awards, and that the atrium of the Kelley Engineering Center bears his and Lori Huang’s names.[3]
October 14, 2022A $50 Million Gift from the Huangs
The university announced a $50 million gift from Jensen Huang and Lori Huang to support a planned interdisciplinary research center that would combine supercomputing, artificial intelligence and engineering research to advance work on climate, materials and other fields. The announcement noted that Lori Huang is president of the Jen-Hsun & Lori Huang FoundationJen-Hsun & Lori Huang FoundationThe Jen-Hsun & Lori Huang Foundation is a private charitable foundation set up in 2007 by NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang and his wife, Lori Huang. Registered in Palo Alto, California, it is led by Lori Huang as president, with Jensen Huang as secretary and chief financial officer. It supports higher education, public health and STEM programs and San Francisco Bay Area community organizations, and holds NVIDIA stock.Open the full entry.[2]
April 12, 2024Groundbreaking of the Huang Complex
The university broke ground on the Jen-Hsun Huang and Lori Mills Huang Collaborative Innovation Complex, with Jensen Huang and Lori Huang attending and speaking; the university foundation put its cost at $213 million and its size at 143,000 square feet.[4]
Today: Campuses, Colleges and Research Facilities
The university’s website describes two campuses, 11 colleges, 12 experiment stations and Extension programs in all 36 Oregon counties, offering nearly 200 degree programs to students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries; it is one of three universities in the United States holding land, sea, space and sun grant designations. The main campus is in Corvallis in the Willamette Valley, with the OSU-Cascades campus in Bend, the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport and Ecampus, which offers more than 120 degrees and certificates online.[5]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
Oregon State University: Official website: https://oregonstate.edu/ (opens in a new window).[6]
YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry: https://www.youtube.com/user/OregonStateUniv (opens in a new window).[6]
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- OSU 150 | Oregon State University (opens in a new window)
- $50 million gift from NVIDIA founder and spouse helps launch Oregon State University research center (opens in a new window)
- Doing the important, hard work you love (opens in a new window)
- OSU celebrates groundbreaking of the Huang Complex (opens in a new window)
- About | Oregon State University (opens in a new window)
- Oregon State University (opens in a new window)