OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
CassieRobotics : Cassie the robot , invented at OSU ’ s College of Engineering and produced by OSU spinout company Agility Robotics , earned a Guinness World Record for the fastest 100 meters by a bipedal robot in 2022 .
“I ’ VE ALWAYS BEEN A DREAMER WHO NEVER GETS BORED AND I ’ M NEVER SATISFIED WITH THE STATUS QUO ”
ANDREA BALLINGER VICE PROVOST & CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER , OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
With her natural strengths in math and science , becoming a pediatrician was Ballinger ’ s way of combatting the misogynist expectations for a contemporary woman ’ s career .
She continues : “ People always used to tell me becoming a pediatrician is not something women do ; ‘ women should be nurses ’, they used to say . I was determined to dispel that stereotype .”
Early career planning doesn ’ t always pan out as anticipated . When Ballinger realised the work of a pediatrician wouldn ’ t allow her the level of control she wanted in her working life , she embraced finance and later information and technology .
180 April 2024