First Woman Of Colour To Lead Oregon State University

Indian-born educator Jayanthi Murthy has become the 16th President of the Oregon State University (OSU)

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Murthy, 64 , is the first woman of colour to lead OSU that works on addressing some of the most pressing issues facing the planet from climate to sustainability

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Murthy takes over as president of Oregon State at a time when the state’s largest university is experiencing considerable momentum

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OSU has recently broken records in terms of enrollment, research, and philanthropy, and it graduates more than 7,400 students each year

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The 64-year-old Murthy served as UCLA’s engineering school’s first female dean

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Expanding access to a UCLA engineering education was one of her primary priorities when she was president

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Murthy worked at the University of Texas at Austin, Purdue University, Carnegie Mellon University, and Arizona State University prior to joining UCLA

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She was employed by Fluent, Inc., a creator and seller of the most popular computational fluid dynamics software in the world, from 1988 to 1998. Fluent, Inc.

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She oversaw the creation of the algorithms and software that continue to be the foundation of the business’s offerings

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