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Date	Title
24 Nov 2008	Emily Salisbury presents at American Society of Criminology meeting Emily Salisbury, Criminology and Criminal Justice faculty, presented "Women on Probation: Lessons from the Gender-Responsive Classification Project" and co-presented, "Women in Prison: Lessons from the Gender-Responsive Classification Project" at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology conference in St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 12-16.
24 Nov 2008	Mel Gurtov keynote speaker at annual Northwest China Council meeting Mel Gurtov, Political Science emeritus faculty, gave the keynote speech "China and the United States: Responsible Stakeholder or Emerging Threat" to the annual meeting of the Northwest China Council in Portland, Nov. 12.
20 Nov 2008	Oregon Adds 45,620 New Residents in Past Year as Growth Rate Rises Oregon's population increased from 3,745,455 in 2007 to 3,791,075 in 2008, or by 45,620, according to the latest preliminary July 1 population estimates released by Portland State University's Population Research Center.
19 Nov 2008	Steering toward safer streets for cycling Bicycles vs. Vehicles - Jennifer Dill is an associate professor and director of the Center for Transportation Studies at Portland State University (PSU). Lynn Weigand is director of the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation at PSU.
17 Nov 2008	Carl Abbott authors pre-election op-ed Carl Abbott, Urban Studies and Planning Faculty, authored the pre-election op-ed "The Real West Is an Urban West," which appeared in a number of newspapers including the Hartford Courant and the Chicago Sun-Times, as well as onlin at PagosaDailyPost.com.
17 Nov 2008	Siobhan Maty presents at American Public Health Association annual meeting Siobhan Maty, Community Health faculty, presented "Roadmap to the New Horizon: Linking Asians to Improved Health and Wellness: Barriers to and Preferences for Health Service Delivery," "Public Health Workforce in Oregon Survey: Disparities within the Public Health System," and "Oregon Public Health Workers' Participation in National and State Public Health Organizations: Are Public Health Organizations Understood and Valued Anymore?" at the American Public Health Association annual meeting in San Diego in October.
10 Nov 2008	Siobhan Maty co-authors article in American Journal of Public Health Siobhan Maty, Community Health faculty, co-authored the paper "Childhood Socioeconomic Position, Gender, Adult Body Mass Index and the 34-Year Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the Alameda County Study" published in the American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 98, 2008.
5 Nov 2008	To "Thrive" in Old Age, Make Lifestyle Changes Now Study Reveals Secrets of Maintaining Emotional and Physical Health in Old Age
3 Nov 2008	Geoffrey Duh, Vivek Shandas, Heejun Chang, and Linda George author article in Science of the Total Environment Geoffrey Duh, Geography faculty; Vivek Shandas, Urban Studies and Planning faculty; Heejun Chang, Geography faculty; and Linda George, Environmental Sciences and Management faculty, co-authored "Rates of Urbanization and the Resiliency of Air and Water Quality" published in the Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 400, No. 1-3, 2008.
3 Nov 2008	Steve Johnson presents to Port of Portland advisory council Steve Johnson, Urban Studies and Planning adjunct faculty, gave a presentation on the principles of effective public involvement to the Port of Portland's Airport Futures Advisory Council in October.