College of the Arts

NEWS

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October 3rd 2025

Film Faculty J.J. Vazquez and PSU Film Alumni Awarded Grant to Travel to Japan to Film Tokyo Strides

Film faculty J.J. Vazquez was awarded a grant from Hollyland Tech to work...
September 24th 2025

The Right to Learn, co-edited by PSU Film's Jennifer Ruth Awarded the American Association of Colleges and Universities Book Prize

The Right to Learn: Resisting the Right-Wing Attack on Academic Freedom has been awarded the American Association of Colleges and Universities book prize, The Frederic W. Ness Award. Established in 1979 to honor AAC&U's ninth president, the Ness Book Award recognizes outstanding contributions...
Palestine Exception
September 24th 2025

"The Palestine Exception" Wins Best Documentary Feature Award at the Morehouse Human Rights Festival

After years of right-wing assaults on higher education, attacks took a new...
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September 16th 2025

The genius of Lin-Manuel Miranda: A Q&A with author & PSU scholar Daniel Pollack-Pelzner

Visiting PSU scholar Daniel Pollack-Pelzner – who teaches theater history...
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September 16th 2025

Celebrating Books Published in the 2024-25 Academic Year by PSU Faculty

Each year, Portland State University faculty make remarkable contributions...
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September 4th 2025

PSU Film Alumni Anchitta Noowong and Haley McCoy Selected for Cine/Seen Showcase

Cine/Seen is a night of shorts films showcasing the talents of filmmakers...
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August 28th 2025

Meet the 2025 Arlene Schnitzer Visual Arts Prize Winners

The Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design and the College of‬...
PSU Architecture students build stage for Pickathon - photo credit Nati Ochoa
August 1st 2025

Architecture students design, build new Cherry Hill stage for Pickathon 2025

Oregon’s beloved annual Pickathon Music Festival, which runs Friday, Aug....
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July 24th 2025

Film Professor Dustin Morrow's New Animated Short Film "Jet Lag" Now Screening in Hollywood Theatre's Microcinema at Portland International Airport

School of Film professor Dustin Morrow’s new animated short film Jet Lag...
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July 8th 2025

PSU Theater Arts student playwrights receive awards

On June 2, 2025, members of the 1917 Drama Reading Club celebrated the conclusion...
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July 2nd 2025

PSU’s College of the Arts announces inaugural cohort of students and faculty for groundbreaking partnership with LAIKA

The College of the Arts proudly announces its inaugural cohort of LAIKA Scholars...
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July 1st 2025

Urban Design graduate certificate provides students with tools to create better public spaces

Creating a city is complicated. Everything, from the biggest skyscraper to...