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‘Community’ Category

February 5, 2024

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by: msanfelipe

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Categories: Community, Project Milestones

In the summer of 2023, the City of Beaverton completed two major water infrastructure projects, increasing the reliability for the growing community demand. GRI played a role in helping bring one of the water infrastructure projects to life, Cooper Mountain Reservoir #2. GRI completed a geotechnical investigation that included geologic information review and site reconnaissance, [...]

September 19, 2017

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by: mdodgson

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Tags: community outreach, GeoGirls, GRI, Sponsorship

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Categories: Community

One of the newest members of the GRI team, Nora Utevsky, GIT, recently volunteered at a 5-day, hands-on geoscience field camp for middle school girls at Mount St. Helens.  In its third year, GeoGirls allows young women to explore the volcanoes in their backyard, the hazards they pose to human population, and the technology scientists […]

May 17, 2017

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by: mdodgson

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Categories: Community

In conjunction with STEM Network, an organization established by Ethiopian scientists and engineers who are working and living in the U.S. and Canada, GRI is collecting engineering textbooks to help support Ethiopian college students. What We Need We are collecting gently used (or new) engineering textbooks printed after 1990.  Books should be in good condition […]

August 30, 2016

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by: mdodgson

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Categories: Community

A few GRI kickball enthusiasts took part in the 8th annual Engineers Without Borders (EWB) fundraiser.  It was a blistering hot day, and each team brought their top competitors.  GRI took the field first and was able to hold back the opponent the first few innings, but after several scoring runs, we lost the first […]

April 26, 2016

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by: mdodgson

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Categories: Community

This past weekend, GRI employees and family members participated in the SOLVE IT for Earth Day Event at Tryon Creek State Park.  GRI worked with several other community volunteers and pulled out non-native English Ivy from surrounding native vegetation. Together with 7,000 volunteers across the state of Oregon, we cleared 12 acres of non-native invasive plants […]

February 16, 2014

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by: mdodgson

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Categories: Community

On March 16th, GRI hit the streets of Portland along with 35,000 participants in the 35th annual Shamrock Run, benefitting the OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.  Nearly a third of our staff along with friends and family participated in the various events ranging from a 5k walk to 15k run up Terwilliger Boulevard.  The morning started […]

May 6, 2011

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by: mdodgson

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Categories: Community

Cinco de Mayo has long been one of our favorite holidays at GRI, and this year an overflow crowd joined the celebration. It’s always good to see new and familiar faces around the office, especially when a party is involved.  Kathryn of Artistic Catering prepared a zesty feast that included chicken and goat cheese enchiladas, […]