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Date	Title
1 May 2006	Bridging the ‘terahertz gap’ Portland State professor Lisa M. Zurk received a five-year, $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s prestigious CAREER Award program.
1 May 2006	Five schools, one application The newly formed Portland Area Higher Education Consortium will allow students to take advantage of Portland State University and four Portland community colleges to achieve their academic goals.
1 May 2006	Frontiers Past and Future Professor Carl Abbott's new book, "Frontiers Past and Future" was chosen as the May 2006 selection for Citizens Read, the City Club of Portland's book club and discussion group.
1 May 2006	New Ph.D. in biology This fall Portland State University will offer a doctoral degree in biology.
1 May 2006	Prime real estate students Students of Portland State's Center for Real Estate program won the 2006 National Association of Industrial & Office Properties Pacific Northwest Real Estate Challenge.
15 Feb 2006	Acknowledging Portland’s Urban Pioneers This year the fifth-annual Urban Pioneer Awards will recognize Mike Lindberg, Williams & Dame Development, Inc., and the National Electrical Contractors Association / International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
15 Feb 2006	Congress expands ONAMI funding Congress approved $6.7 million in funding for three research initiatives of ONAMI, the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute.
15 Feb 2006	New engineering building opens The new engineering building in the Northwest Center for Engineering, Science and Technology opened its doors in January.
15 Feb 2006	What if everybody read the same book? Portland State University hosts guest speakers, exhibits and roundtable discussions as part of the 2006 "Everybody Reads" program.
15 Jan 2006	Building Our Future campaign tops $100 million The Building Our Future Campaign goal of $100 million was met this month, thanks to a $1 million gift from The Miller Foundation.
15 Jan 2006	Google funds open source effort A grant from google created a new partnership between Portland State and Oregon State University for open source technology development.
15 Jan 2006	Mentoring first-generation students A new program at Portland State is helping first-generation students suceed at college and in life.
15 Jan 2006	Work-life balance (if the boss approves) Conducted by the Regional Research Institute at Portland State, a new survey found that a majority of companies allow employees to address personal issues at work.
15 Jan 2006	Writer-in-residence memoir Writer-in-residence Craig Lesley released a new memoir this fall, "Burning Fence: A Western Memoir of Fatherhood."