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  • Expanding Membership Across Sectors

    In classrooms and labs across Oregon this year, students logged on without hesitation, teachers ran seamless digital lessons, and researchers shared massive datasets in seconds.…

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  • Strengthening Community and Connectivity for a Future-ready Oregon

    Recap: Link Oregon’s 2025 Annual Member Meeting Link Oregon’s first in-person Annual Member Meeting last week drew enthusiastic participation from across Oregon—including representatives from local…

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  • Link Oregon Names Seasoned Researcher and Non-Profit Leader Jackie Wirz as Executive Director

    Wirz will tap experience as research scientist, operations leader and community advocate to expand reach of Link Oregon’s state-of-the-art fiber network, and unlock the benefits…

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  • A collage of four images depicting: a man in a white shirt lookeing at advanced computer screens; two robotics lab students; medical lab researchers, and an illustration of computing nodes over a picture of rural Oregon.

    2024 Year in Review: A sharper focus on Oregon research innovation

    In 2024, we continued to deliver on our core mission of broadband connectivity for Oregon’s public and non-profit sectors with a persistent focus on member…

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  • Professor Ram Durairajan, University of Oregon, Joins Link Oregon as Chief Scientist for Sabbatical

    2024-25 Engagement to Focus on Exploration of New Network Topologies, Machine Learning for Network Security, and Data-Driven Frameworks to Identify Optimal Opportunities for Middle-Mile Deployments…

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  • 2024 Annual Member Meeting Highlights

    The full recording is available here. Link Oregon’s annual member meeting for 2024, held on June 24th via Zoom, brought together a diverse community of…

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  • An AI-gerneated image depicted a rural, small town with fiber cables running underground and a communications tower in the distance.

    Strategic Middle Mile Investments Can Minimize Last Mile Islands but Choosing Right Fiber is Key

    In 2023, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded a grant to Zayo Group, LLC for $48 million to address a long-standing set of…

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  • Student working with Genome research machinery

    Oregon State University’s Mission to Expand Access to Higher Ed

    CIO Andrea Ballinger: “High-speed Broadband is the Foundation for Unlocking the Transformative Power of AI for Every Oregonian” When Oregon State University’s CIO Andrea Ballinger picked…

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