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Hygiene For All
December 17th 2020

PSU architecture alum use expertise to address social justice issues in PDX

As the coronavirus pandemic endures, Portland’s houseless community continues...
Professor Ethan Sperry conducts PSU Chamber Choir
November 25th 2020

Let Singing Serve the City

Longtime Portland State University advocates Greg Hinckley and Mary Chomenko...
PSU Architecture design-build students at work on the Pickathon 2017 Treeline Stage
November 20th 2020

School of Architecture ranks among top 50 architecture degrees

Portland State University School of Architecture has ranked 44th in the list...
October 9th 2020

The scars of gun violence

On the morning of October 1, 2015, Chloe Friedlein sat in her biology class at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, “already willing it to be over,” she recalls. When a student nearby on campus began shooting, her life was forever...
April 4th 2020

Portland State University mourns the passing of Arlene Schnitzer

Portland State University leaders were saddened to hear of the passing of Arlene Schnitzer on Saturday. The generosity of Schnitzer, her husband Harold and her son Jordan has been important to the arts programs at Portland State and across Portland. “Arlene Schnitzer’s name is synonymous...
May 31st 2019

Deinum Prize winner creates art to heal gun violence

Chloe Friedlein '19, winner of the 2019 Andries Deinum Prize for Visionaries and Provocateurs A young woman who had survived a mass shooting told her mother that she’s now terrified of the sound of fireworks. Her mother’s...