Partnerships for Innovation

ORAU Vice President Arlene Garrison (right) recently visited the University of the District of Columbia to present a consortium membership plaque to university President Dr. Allen Sessoms (center) and Dr. Beverly Hartline, UDC’s councilor. Photo courtesy of Michael B. Harris, UDC.
From its inception in 1946, ORAU has partnered with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to build upon the new science and technology that arose out of the Manhattan Project. The idea of our university consortium was to provide members access to the world-class scientific facility that is ORNL.
That same spirit of partnership continues today. The ORAU consortium encompasses 101 Ph.D.-granting universities across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Puerto Rico and our reach extends to federal research labs nationwide.
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Imperial College London in London, England, joined the ORAU Consortium in 2003.