Venture teams of students from the Lundquist College of Business and the School of Law at the University of Oregon are making waves around the world as they take top prizes in national and international business plan contests. Perpetua and CleanSmart have won three out of five competitions entered, flying far and wide to compete against the world's best universities and colleges.

Second-year M.B.A. finance students at the University of Oregon's Lundquist College of Business participated in the Eighth Annual Hewlett-Packard Case Competition in November 2004. Student teams presented their analyses of a complex case written by Finance Professor Megan Partch and representatives from Hewlett-Packard.