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Collage of images of Lane Martin making art, as a child with his mother, and a portrait of him smiling

January 26th 2021

Family of PSU Art Practice student Lane Martin creates scholarship in his memory

The family of Portland State University art student Lane Martin has established...

January 19th 2021

Q&A: PSU researcher tracks shifts in the far-right movement post-Jan. 6

Just before Jan. 6 when supporters of President Donald Trump stormed...

January 11th 2021

PSU, community partners honor legacy of MLK with virtual events

A series of virtual campus and community events honoring the legacy of Rev....

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...

November 10th 2020

PSU Names Maryanna G. Ramirez Director of Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

Portland State University announced today it has named Maryanna G. Ramirez as Director of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University (JSMA @ PSU). Ramirez will join PSU on November 30, bringing two decades of experience...

Opera star Audrey Luna moves elegantly in a long, flowing red dress in front of a gray backdrop

February 1st 2019

On a high note

It’s not every day that a PSU alum is the “question” on Jeopardy and...

June 19th 2018

Gained in translation: PSU Italian classes create English subtitles for documentary

Portland State University students studying Italian put their language skills to the test by translating parts of a documentary about Italy's gay community into English — with the hope that a wider audience would be able to enjoy the film. Students in Angela Zagarella's second- and third-year...

April 10th 2018

PSU professor receives National Endowment for the Humanities grant to work on Soviet literature

Cassio de Oliveira (right), a Portland State University assistant professor of Russian, World Languages and Literatures, will receive a $6,000 stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to fund his research this summer...

March 6th 2018

The art and science of the brain: NW Noggin makes neuroscience fun

Students handle brains in a NW Noggin session. The brain is a lot to wrap your mind around. The 3-pound mass of fatty tissue is the most complex structure known to humankind, but thanks to the NW Noggin program run by two Portland...

October 6th 2017

PSU receives $1 million grant to use science to study and conserve artwork

The skillful coupling of chemistry and art by Portland State University professor Tami Lasseter Clare has helped save valuable pieces of artwork from being lost to peeling, flaking, fading and cracking. Clare’s use of cutting-edge conservation science to preserve fine art recently led...