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May 1st 2025

Meeting the Moment: A School at the Nexus of Earth, Environment and Society

Portland State junior Kathleen Cummings attributes her love of nature to...
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June 13th 2024

CLAS Grad Student Accolades: Presentations & Media Coverage for Spring/Summer 2024

Madi Lou Alexander (Sociology Ph.D.) presented “How t4t Relationships...
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June 13th 2024

CLAS Grad Student Accolades: Publications for Spring/Summer 2024

Ahmed Almousa and Anne Johnson (Sociology Ph.D.) co-authored "Addressing...
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June 13th 2024

CLAS Grad Student Accolades: Awards & Grants for Spring/Summer 2024

Madi Lou Alexander, Jenna DePasquale, Gabriella Mota, and Bodhi Norton...
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June 13th 2024

CLAS Grad Student Accolades: Community Engagement & Career Progression for Spring/Summer 2024

Madi Lou Alexander (Sociology Ph.D.) has received a position as a sexuality...
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October 12th 2022

Do you swim in the Willamette? PSU researchers explore why and why not

Whether it is safe to swim in the Willamette—and when—is a frequent topic...
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August 10th 2022

PSU students dig into Willamette Valley's past

Growing up, Portland State anthropology major Cory Martinez remembers taking...
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May 16th 2022

Home on the range: PSU researchers help map where wildlife roam across Oregon

Why did the frog cross the road? To get to the other side to mate and lay...
Satellite view and image rendering of 2020 wildfires in Western Cascades in Oregon.
April 14th 2022

Factors including extreme winds, topography and vegetation influenced the severity of burns from Oregon's devastating 2020 megafires.

In early September 2020, severe winds, high heat, and prolonged drought...
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March 25th 2022

Five PSU Researchers Featured on National Podcast

Portland State research is taking over The Academic Minute podcast next...
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May 20th 2021

PSU-The Nature Conservancy partnership taps trees to address regional climate change

For the past two and a half years, Rose Graves has had one foot at Portland...
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January 15th 2020

Oregon's water resources at center of revamped PSU, USGS partnership

From the impacts of the Eagle Creek fire on watersheds in the Columbia River...