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Wildfire smoke from the 2020 Labor Day wildfires
March 1st 2024

What caused 2020 extreme weather events? PSU study explores meteorology behind extreme fire, snow

The same weather system that led to the spread of the devastating Labor Day...
Flooded road in Tillamook
January 3rd 2024

Flood-prone communities have low trust in the agencies responsible for helping them, PSU survey data finds

Tillamook residents have always dealt with flooding — they sit at the confluence...
Tomas Cotik
November 27th 2023

Dr. Tomás Cotik creates new augmented-reality musical experience

Tomás Cotik, DMA, associate professor in the School of Music & Theater,...
Office of Information Technology Help Desk
November 27th 2023

Computerworld names PSU's Office of Information Technology to 2024 list of Best Places to Work in IT

Foundry's Computerworld announced Portland State’s Office of Information...
Aerial image of glacier
September 25th 2023

Glaciers becoming smaller and disappearing, PSU inventory finds

The Western United States is losing its glaciers. A new inventory from Portland...
A storm
September 21st 2023

PSU study examines how weather patterns will change in the future

In a warming Pacific Northwest, summers are getting hotter and winters less...
View of Mount Hood
September 18th 2023

PSU joins Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center

Portland State University is joining the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science...
Road damage following an earthquake
September 15th 2023

PSU a partner on new earthquake research center

Portland State University is partnering with several other universities on...
Map showing high temperatures (red) across the western U.S. during the heatwave
March 8th 2023

PSU study: Everything was stronger in that deadly June 2021 PNW heatwave

What was different about the deadly, record-breaking heat wave in June 2...
green and yellow rocks venting a cloud of dark gray liquid under the ocean
January 23rd 2023

PSU study discovers immense diversity and interdependence in high temperature deep-sea microorganism communities

A new study by researchers at Portland State University and the University...
Mt. Hood
January 21st 2023

Latest climate assessment says Oregon is getting warmer — what's that mean for the state?

The latest climate assessment for Oregon says the state is getting warmer...
OIT help desk
January 13th 2023

PSU named among best places to work in IT

Portland State University has again made it onto Computerworld's list of...