College of the Arts

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Illustration
May 21st 2025

People First, Community Always

At Portland State, service isn’t a side project — it’s the foundation...
Rendering of PSU Art + Art History + Design building
September 17th 2024

PSU Marks Start of Construction for New Home for Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design

Portland State University faculty, students, funders and friends gathered...
Cherry Hill stage under construction by PSU Architecture students
July 31st 2024

PSU Architecture students design and build brand-new musical stage for 2024 Pickathon festival

Portland State University Architecture students have returned to Pendarvis...
esperanza spalding
July 1st 2024

Grammy winner esperanza spalding receives honorary doctorate at PSU College of the Arts commencement

Portland State University’s College of the Arts recognized jazz artist,...
Team HearBat
May 28th 2024

HearBat: PSU Students' App for the Hearing Impaired Shines in Google’s Global Solutions Competition

What started as a group of Portland State University (PSU) students and...
Two women sit on a couch in front of brick wall while two people talk next to a light and one woman crouches to look through a camera viewfinder
April 22nd 2024

Title IX: Behind the Curtain

Portland State University women and non-binary athletes and former athletes...
Marta Petteni
February 2nd 2024

Marta Petteni named AFO 2024 Van Evera Bailey Fellow

Marta Petteni, a longtime contributor to the Center for Public Interest...
Proposed rendering for Darcelle XV Plaza, courtesy of NNA Landscape Architects
January 29th 2024

PSU’s Center for Public Interest Design, community partners to hold Darcelle XV Plaza Project open house

Portland State University’s Center for Public Interest Design (CPID), Portland...
Coty Raven Morris portrait
December 1st 2023

Coty Raven Morris advances to semifinals for Grammy Music Educator Award

Portland State University School of Music & Theater faculty member Coty Raven...
Group photo of 2023 Student Employment Awards winners holding their certificates
April 19th 2023

PSU Honors Winners of the 2023 Student Employment Awards

On Friday, April 14, for the first time since 2019, the winners of the PSU...
Todd Ferry and students at tiny home village
March 25th 2022

Five PSU Researchers Featured on National Podcast

Portland State research is taking over The Academic Minute podcast next...