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A new PSU study finds that high school students identify more with math if they see their math teacher treating everyone in the class equitably, especially in racially diverse schools. This study suggests that teachers may have a larger role to play in helping students develop a positive math identity than previously thought. 

Kids’ art adorns the walls of PSU’s Littman Gallery’s newest exhibit, “Welcome to My Happy Place” — but it’s not just any refrigerator art. It’s artwork created by kids in collaboration with professional artists like Hank Willis Thomas and Laylah Ali. The exhibit is on display through March 17.

Amanda Grunwald, who is a PhD student in biology at PSU, began studying bats while she was an undergraduate at Portland State. Grunwald made an exciting discovery when she returned to campus following a field work trip to Cameroon: she and her collaborators had identified a new species of bat.